Sheikh Hasina: The rise, reign and ruin of Bangladesh's 'Iron Lady'Few, however, could have imagined that the very tribunal the 77-year-old deposed prime minister once created to try hardened war collaborat...
17 Nov, 2025, 04.56 PM IST
What happens if we nuke 3I/ATLAS? Why scientists say deflection, not destruction, is the key to safely steering comets away from EarthNuking 3I/ATLAS if it changes path: Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is passing Earth. Scientists have studied using nuclear explosions to def...
02 Nov, 2025, 03.50 AM IST
They survived the Ice Age and now the predators of Jaws are on the move again: Where are they headedGreat white sharks are showing up more often off New England and Atlantic Canada, with Maine logging 93 individuals since 2020 and Nova Sco...
24 Aug, 2025, 07.42 PM IST
Great white sharks DNA difference mystery defies scientific explanationScientists have uncovered a perplexing genetic divergence in great white sharks, observing significant differences in mitochondrial DNA des...
18 Aug, 2025, 11.15 AM IST
2028 Olympics bombshell: Donald Trump demands gender tests for all female competitorsDonald Trump suggests gender testing for female athletes at the Los Angeles Olympics. This follows controversy at the Paris Games involving...
07 Aug, 2025, 01.34 AM IST
What is the 'Matilda Effect'? How science became a man's world by dominance, not by meritFor centuries, women in science have been sidelined, their groundbreaking work erased or credited to male peers — a phenomenon known as the...
12 May, 2025, 11.59 PM IST
Indian student awarded Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship for Women in Nuclear Field at Rosatom partner universityHemangi Shrivastava, an Indian student at Moscow Power Engineering Institute, has been awarded the prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fello...
25 Mar, 2025, 08.41 PM IST
Unveiling the hidden legacy of Lise Meitner and why she never won the Nobel PrizePhysicist Lise Meitner played a crucial role in the development of the theory of nuclear fission but has been largely overlooked in history...
02 Oct, 2023, 01.58 PM IST
ETPWLA 2023: Unveiling the finalists nominated for the Woman Pioneer of the Year AwardAs we anticipate the Grand Finale of the ETPrime Women Leadership Awards (ETPWLA) 2023 on August 4, 2023, the Economic Times is proud to an...
15 Jul, 2023, 10.36 AM IST
Potential contact between extremists and Pakistan nuclear scientists: Gina HaspelHaspel, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first female head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). She was responding to a questi...
10 May, 2018, 11.22 AM IST
- Women scientists focus of three Indian science journals
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Three Indian scientific journals have featured, for the first time since their inception, special sections on wome...
21 Mar, 2017, 08.34 PM IST
Entrepreneurs, working mothers among 11% women students in IIM Calcutta's executive MBA programmeEntrepreneurs, scientists, working mothers are among the motley bunch of students that make up the ninth batch of PG program for Executives...
08 Jul, 2015, 04.03 PM IST
Indian-origin scientist wins $500,000 research awardAn Indian-origin scientist has received a $500,000 award to develop ultrathin metal sheets that can help produce better rechargeable batter...
12 Feb, 2015, 02.25 PM IST
Why an earthquake isn’t just a tremorIndia has had three earthquakes in the past seven days and 44 of them in the past year. They do often cause misery, sometimes bizarre behav...
03 May, 2013, 04.35 AM IST
- Police looking for pimp, call girls in Israeli diplomat car attack case
The police is looking for a pimp and two to three call girls who were allegedly engaged by Houshand Afshar Irani during his two visits to t...
25 Mar, 2012, 03.52 PM IST
New technologies have led to an explosion of both science and anti-science contentBut type in 'creationism' in Google and you will get over seven million hits as both sides jostle for popularity.
21 Jul, 2011, 10.46 AM IST
- Shrinking species suffers from poor genetic diversity
A recent study of the Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) population in India shows that the species suffers from poorgenetic diversi...
19 Apr, 2011, 03.35 AM IST