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Wednesday, April 1, 2026
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Fever cannot break bird flu, and we may finally know what led to Indus Valley civilisation’s doom

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

2024 will be the hottest year on record, high temperatures to persist, say EU scientists

Scientists are also monitoring whether the La Nina weather pattern—which involves the cooling of ocean surface temperatures—could form in 2025.

Scientist couple’s research paper-style wedding card analyses their ‘stable covalent bond’

Indian agriculture researchers Alapati Nymisha & Prem Kumar B's wedding invite gives a sneak peek into their love story, how they met, fell in love & decided to get married—all through science.

Harriet Brooks transformed nuclear physics. But Barnard College fired her for getting married

In 'Her Space, Her Time', award-winning quantum physicist Shohini Ghose delves into the stories of remarkable women who transformed science.

Move over blue whale, Peru fossils indicate Perucetus colossus from 38-mn yrs ago was largest mammal

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

NASA reveals new spacesuit for human mission to Moon & traces of glacier found near Mars’s equator

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

How Indians’ genomes can end up abroad & why it’s raising ethical, ‘national security’ questions

As many as 15,000 human genome samples were collected from five states in India and sent to the US for the mega genomics project by Global Gene Corp and American pharma giant Regeneron.   

Meet India’s 25 ‘most productive’ scientists: From CERN atom smashers to whiz with 84 doctorates

52 Indian scientists are in the world's top 2% according to the Alper Dodger Scientific Index for 2023, released Monday. Here’s a look at the top 25 and their work.

Creepy breakthrough? US scientists reanimate dead spiders to use them as claw-like ‘grippers’

A team from Rice University is using dead arachnids to pick up objects and perform repetitive tasks by puffing air into their limbs. Findings published in journal Advanced Science.

Trust science, not scientists, is the lesson from doubt over Wuhan wet market theory: Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama said Wuhan lab-leak theory points to American complicity in the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.

On Camera

RBI delays stricter trading loan rules as volatility climbs amid Iran conflict

The rules now take effect on 1 July instead of 1 April, the Reserve Bank of India said. New rules may raise cost of raising capital for proprietary trading firms & squeeze profits.

More ‘hits’ than Rheinmetall ever—Ukraine drone manufacturer claps back at CEO’s ‘housewives’ remark

Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of Ukrainian drone maker TAF Industries, further went on to highlight the growing 'irrelevance' of European defence platforms.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.