Nagpur: Chemistry enthusiast Sagar is taking his mobile laboratory to schools to make science engaging and accessible for young learners.An applied physics student with a keen interest in chemical sciences, Sagar has spent nearly a decade collecting, purifying, and studying elements. His journey began at age 21 as a hobby of collecting everyday chemical compounds….
Alan Turing (Image: AI Generated) Many years before the existence of artificial intelligence was discussed among people, Turing questioned the possibility of machines having the ability to think in the future. In an age where computing devices were huge, experimental gadgets mostly used for computations, he envisioned a world in which people would talk of…
Representative image of the linear cluster of earthquakes tracing the edge of the Yakutat microplate in south-central Alaska (AI generated). Beneath the towering peaks of the Alaska Range, home to Denali, North America’s tallest mountain, scientists have uncovered a hidden geological feature that had gone completely unnoticed until now. Using a machine learning system to…
Inside Alaska’s tundra (Image: Alaska Organisation) From above, Alaska’s tundra can look like an ordinary expanse of soil, moss and low vegetation. Beneath that surface, however, lies permafrost, ground that has remained frozen for long periods and contains vast quantities of ancient organic material. As temperatures rise, that frozen material can thaw and begin decomposing,…
Image: Princetoniana Museum Two people can read the same explanation of something and walk away with completely different levels of confidence in what they actually know. One nods along, follows the logic, and quietly assumes that following along counts as understanding. The other insists on rebuilding the idea from scratch, alone, without notes or references,…
Britain’s fields, parks and lawns were thriving areas of fresh greenery, just before summer arrived. Then, everything was burnt to a crisp, with a yellow and golden hue and now landscapes as old as thousands of years have been revealed as green outlines against yellow backgrounds.July was the driest month ever recorded in England and…
Breeding scheme to produce backcross males and (b) possible inheritance patterns of self-sacrificial mating traits. Credit: Biology Letters (2026) Male Australian redback spiders perform an acrobatic somersault during mating that sends their abdomen directly toward the female’s fangs. Scientists have now found that this deadly self-sacrifice behavior comes from a surprisingly simple genetic region.In a…
For someone sleeping on the street, a backpack may be little more than a way to carry the few belongings they have left. But the Backpack Bed turns that familiar object into something far more meaningful: a portable place to sleep. Designed for people experiencing homelessness, the emergency shelter combines mobility with protection, allowing users…
Astronomers discover a possible ‘black hole star’ in the early Universe, with a supermassive black hole hidden inside dense gas (PC: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT) Astronomers have identified an unusual object from the early Universe that may represent a possible early stage of a supermassive black hole. It is called MoM-BH*-1, and was observed using Nasa’s…
Meet ‘MOXIE’, a small Nasa device that for the first time made oxygen from the Martian atmosphere (Image: AI Generated) For the first time, a machine made by humans produced oxygen on the surface of another planet. It did not happen inside a futuristic Mars base or through the work of astronauts in bulky spacesuits….
