A city of horns and highways: New model maps Delhi's noiseA new study developed a model for mapping environmental noise in Delhi. This model combines geographical and real-time traffic data for acc...
01 Sep, 2026, 05.00 PM IST
Science says some objects can look like they’re moving when they are perfectly still, here’s how your eyes get fooledEven when you appear to stare steadily at an object, your eyes are constantly making tiny involuntary movements known as fixational eye mov...
01 Sep, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
Adulthood pleasure experiences get affected by childhood traumas you face. Can the brain be rewired to change behaviour? Neuroscience explainsNew research suggests childhood trauma may be linked to difficulties experiencing pleasure in adulthood through changes in brain pathways i...
31 Aug, 2026, 10.45 PM IST
Psychology says people who avoid listening to voice notes may not dislike the person sending themThe next time someone leaves your voice note unopened, it may have far less to do with rejection than you think. They could be caught up wi...
31 Aug, 2026, 02.57 PM IST
Psychology says people who recognize friends by their footsteps may have highly tuned social memoryRecognizing a friend by the sound of their footsteps is a small example of a broader psychological ability: the brain can build detailed re...
31 Aug, 2026, 12.43 PM IST
In a 2026 study, scientists scanned the brains of 12 awake dogs as they viewed human faces showing happiness, anger, fear and sadness, and found specialized neural activity for smiles while dogs could distinguish fear from anger and sadnessNew findings suggest that dogs have developed specialized brain regions for identifying human emotions. Their brain activities reveal notic...
30 Aug, 2026, 10.16 AM IST
A neuroscientist dropped people from a 150-foot tower in Dallas to find out if time really slows down when you think you're about to dieA fascinating study investigated whether fear alters our perception of time during intense moments. When volunteers simulated a fall from a...
27 Aug, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
Gigged and Gagged: Algorithms, gig platforms are reshaping cities faster than planners and regulations can adaptAlgorithms and logistics are subtly redesigning India's urban geography and economics. Dark stores and ride-hailing platforms are altering ...
26 Aug, 2026, 11.37 PM IST
Psychology says people who recognize songs from the first few notes may have highly efficient auditory pattern recognitionPeople who recognize songs from the first few notes may be demonstrating an impressive form of auditory pattern recognition supported by lo...
25 Aug, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
Dogs may read your emotions better than you think as brain scans reveal how canines distinguish happiness, fear and sadness in humansNew research reveals dogs' brains process human emotions distinctly. Happy faces activate specific brain regions associated with reward pro...
25 Aug, 2026, 12.38 PM IST
Psychology says people who always check how much time is left in a movie may experience anticipation differentlySomeone who repeatedly checks how much time is left in a movie may be experiencing the story through a slightly different psychological len...
23 Aug, 2026, 12.45 PM IST
Psychology says people who check the time on their phone instead of wearing a watch may experience time cues differentlyPsychologists have long explored the idea that humans have aninternal timing system that helps the brain perceive and organize the passage ...
23 Aug, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
Psychology says people who bounce their feet to music without realizing it may be responding to rhythmic alignmentBouncing your foot to music without consciously noticing it does not necessarily reveal anything unusual about your personality. It may sim...
22 Aug, 2026, 06.58 PM IST
Five major floods followed Pajaro's 1949 levee construction; a 2023 breach sent water through homes within 3 hours and costing $300 million; UC Berkeley researchers are now recreating the watershed digitally to show how new barriers could change the next floodFlood risk is hard to picture until water is inside your home. UC Berkeley researchers are building a digital twin of California’s Lower Pa...
17 Aug, 2026, 10.42 PM IST
India Q1 GDP growth seen at 7.3% as consumption, capex cushion Iran war shock: ET pollIndia's economy likely grew over seven percent in the first quarter of fiscal year 2027. Resilient consumption and exports supported this r...
17 Aug, 2026, 09.30 AM IST
At 16, a seizure gave her a strange superpower: 16 years later, she still has the bizarre ability science finds difficult to explainAt just 16, Michal Sklar experienced a sudden medical episode that changed something about the way her brain worked. What she noticed in th...
17 Aug, 2026, 12.06 AM IST
Scientists rebuilt ancient primate brains from fossils and found a stunning clue to human evolution: The brain may have grown larger not simply to think more, but because our ancestors were processing an increasing amount of visual informationAncient primate brain evolution is now better understood. Researchers reconstructed fossil brain spaces using advanced imaging techniques. ...
12 Aug, 2026, 11.30 PM IST