Quote of the day by Charles Darwin: “If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some...” — The profound wisdom from the evolution pioneer: Ignoring music, poetry, and beauty can slowly rob the human soul of happinessCharles Darwin quote of the day is gaining fresh attention in 2026 as millions struggle with burnout, stress, screen addiction, and emotion...
18 May, 2026, 07.44 PM IST
In 1983, Kary Mullis imagined copying DNA while driving through California at night: the idea transformed modern genetics foreverWhile cruising through the scenic highways of California, a visionary scientist named Kary Mullis stumbled upon an extraordinary concept th...
17 May, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
In 1938, a museum curator sorted through an ordinary trawler catch off South Africa: One strange blue fish revealed a lineage scientists thought had vanished millions of years agoA remarkable find in 1938 stunned scientists. A fish, believed extinct for millions of years, was caught off South Africa. This living coel...
17 May, 2026, 07.53 AM IST
The idea that Claude has feelings is great for Anthropic: Parmy OlsonRichard Dawkins, a prominent skeptic, recently declared a large language model named Claude to be conscious after a series of interactions....
10 May, 2026, 05.40 PM IST
Quote of the day by Charles Darwin: ' "A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives....' ; life lessons from British biologistCharles Darwin believed true morality stems from self-reflection and admitting errors. His insights, shared in 'The Descent of Man', highli...
29 Apr, 2026, 07.06 PM IST
Why Do Ants Kill Their Own Queen? Scientists Reveal A Shocking ReasonNew research reveals a disturbing aspect of ant colonies: worker ants can be manipulated to kill their own queen. Parasitic queens employ c...
25 Apr, 2026, 03.22 PM IST
How Animals Work Together in Changing EnvironmentsNature's constant flux demands animal adaptability. A new study reveals how unpredictable interactions, or stochasticity, surprisingly fost...
23 Apr, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
Why Some AI Agents Start Acting Like Family, and What That Reveals About CooperationBiologists' inclusive fitness theory, where individuals cooperate with gene-sharers for indirect survival benefits, is now inspiring AI. Re...
22 Mar, 2026, 06.23 PM IST
What Happens When AI Agents Care About Each Other’s SuccessScientists are now using evolutionary biology to boost cooperation in AI. A recent study shows artificial agents learn to work together bet...
05 Mar, 2026, 04.40 PM IST
Why Starfish Are Actually One Giant Head With No Body, Scientists ConfirmModern evolutionary biology reveals starfish, or sea stars, possess a body plan akin to a head without a trunk. Genetic and developmental s...
08 Feb, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
Is the Y chromosome disappearing? Scientists reveal the new gene that could define future menThe human Y chromosome, responsible for male sex determination, has forfeited 97% of its ancestral genes over the past 300 million years. E...
09 Dec, 2025, 12.10 AM IST
It’s all in the mindSumit Paul‘Life is disarmingly uncomplicated,’ opined philosopher J Krishnamurti. ‘But we make it unnecessarily complicated,’ added the Fre...
02 Sep, 2021, 12.19 AM IST
Noah’s ark or a shot in the dark?Besides, genomic data can only approximate sizes of past populations, so while numbers may wax and wane, it cannot be concluded that once u...
27 Nov, 2018, 11.08 PM IST
- Zebras, giraffes, impalas and other evolutionary conundrums (Book Review)
Title: How the Zebra Got its Stripes And Other Darwinian Just So Stories; Author: Leo Grasset (translated by Barbara Mellor); Publisher: Pr...
22 Dec, 2016, 10.37 AM IST
Lust for lifeYayati committed infidelity and was cursed by his father-in-law , the Sage Shukracharya, to lose his wife and virility but not his desire!
27 Oct, 2011, 08.05 AM IST
Marriage of True MindsThe lack of conflict between science and religion arises from a lack of overlap between their respective domains of expertise.
23 Aug, 2011, 05.49 AM IST
Harmonising one's faith with scienceFrancisco J Ayala, a geneticist who trained as a Dominican priest, has won this year's $1.5 million Templeton Award for making “exceptional...
31 Mar, 2010, 05.45 AM IST