A frozen Arctic grave held its secret for 181 years until DNA revealed four more sailors from Franklin's doomed expeditionDNA science is finally putting names to the lost crew of the 1845 Franklin expedition. A recent study identified four more sailors, bringin...
29 Jun, 2026, 06.35 PM IST
The Mummy Returns: Scientists recreate voice of 3,000-year-old Egyptian Mummy NesyamunScientists have remarkably recreated a vowel-like sound from the vocal tract of Nesyamun, an ancient Egyptian priest who lived around 1100 ...
29 Jun, 2026, 12.41 PM IST
India and Switzerland step up innovation partnership with focus on startups, researchIndia and Switzerland are boosting science and technology ties, combining India's scale with Swiss innovation for citizen solutions and sta...
27 Jun, 2026, 12.45 PM IST
Quote of the day by Mary Sarton: 'Loneliness is the poverty of self. Solitude is the richness of self' - The difference between loneliness and solitude explained by Belgian-American novelist and poetPoet Mary Sarton's timeless wisdom distinguishes between loneliness and solitude, a crucial difference often missed today. She argues that ...
27 Jun, 2026, 12.26 PM IST
At just 14, this Indian schoolgirl is chasing Moon: Class 10 student shares how she was selected for ShakthiSAT space mission with 108 countriesA 14-year-old Indian student, Mahima Rajput, is set to represent India in the international ShakthiSAT space mission. After completing an e...
26 Jun, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
'Jurassic Park' got it wrong! Scientists just found that pterosaurs, may have had more wing-shape diversity than current reconstructions allow, changing how we picture ancient flightFor over a century, our understanding of pterosaur wings has been based on limited fossil evidence, leading to remarkably similar reconstru...
25 Jun, 2026, 05.20 PM IST
In 1950, Australia used a virus as a biological weapon against millions of rabbits; scientists just decoded how they fought back, using DNA from a rabbit that once belonged to Charles DarwinAustralia's 1950 introduction of the myxoma virus to control rabbits backfired as evolution intervened. Scientists, analyzing rabbit DNA ac...
25 Jun, 2026, 04.54 PM IST
India's CDMO industry set for global shift as pharma diversifies beyond China: Sai Life SciencesIndian contract manufacturers are poised for significant growth as global pharmaceutical giants diversify away from China. Companies like S...
25 Jun, 2026, 02.09 PM IST
Avience Biomedicals shares make blockbuster debut, list at 90% premium on NSE SMEAvience Biomedicals made a spectacular debut on the NSE SME platform, with its shares rocketing 90% on listing day. The Rs 30.24 crore IPO,...
25 Jun, 2026, 10.05 AM IST
Microsoft's quantum computing technology called into question, againA new scientific critique in Nature casts doubt on Microsoft's quantum computing claims, potentially impacting its 2029 target. While rival...
24 Jun, 2026, 08.43 PM IST
U. S government health CDC journal blocked COVID-19 vaccine study but paper has finally been published. What is in it? Details hereCovid-19 study approach, called "test-negative design", looks at people who were admitted to hospitals or visited emergency rooms with resp...
24 Jun, 2026, 07.08 PM IST
More trees do not always mean more birds, and a Japanese study found grassland species fell by over 70% near shelterbelts, showing that restoring habitat can sometimes reduce biodiversityA surprising study reveals that planting trees as windbreaks on farms can devastate bird populations, particularly those needing open grass...
24 Jun, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
Bottled-up stress is causing you more damage than you think - A new study suggests silent stress could be quietly stealing older adults' memoriesBottled-up stress, particularly internalized feelings of hopelessness, is silently eroding memory in older Chinese Americans, a Rutgers Hea...
24 Jun, 2026, 04.56 AM IST
Daughters stayed home, sons left: That was the rule in a 9,000-year-old Turkish village, says a 2025 Science paper that sequenced 131 ancient skeletonsAncient DNA from 9,000-year-old Çatalhöyük reveals a surprising social structure. Contrary to common assumptions, men appear to have moved ...
22 Jun, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
In 1962, a French geologist descended into a dark underground cave, but when he emerged more than two months later, he had lost track of time and helped reveal the human body's internal clockMichel Siffre's 1960s cave experiment revealed a hidden internal clock within humans. Isolated from all external time cues, his own sense o...
18 Jun, 2026, 02.59 PM IST
Scientists just found a new walking shark in a tiny corner of Papua New Guinea, and the meter-long species may be vulnerable because its range is so restrictedA new species of walking shark, Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, has been discovered off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Named after Dr. Christine Du...
17 Jun, 2026, 03.10 PM IST
In 1953, scientists pieced together a twisted molecule, and DNA finally had a shapeScientists uncovered DNA's double helix structure in 1953. James Watson and Francis Crick proposed the model. It explained how genetic info...
16 Jun, 2026, 06.12 PM IST