Science

The Arctic does not often give up its secrets quickly. Ice, distance, and long stretches of darkness have a way of preserving stories that would disappear elsewhere. As reported by The New York Times, in 2007, one such story surfaced from the body of a bowhead whale harvested during a subsistence hunt in Alaska. Hidden…

Albert Szent-Györgyi (Image: Wikipedia) The word research usually brings a very specific image to mind. White coats, laboratories, journals filled with dense writing, long processes that feel far removed from everyday life. It feels structured, almost distant. Something formal that belongs in academic spaces rather than ordinary thinking.Albert Szent-Györgyi’s quote shifts that picture slightly. It…

David Eagleman (Image: Wikipedia) There is something slightly unsettling in the way David Eagleman puts this idea. It does not sound like a dramatic statement at first, more like a passing observation, but it stays in the mind longer than expected. The thought is simple enough on the surface. People do not just exist as…

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may one day become one of humanity’s most valuable destinations beyond Earth. A recent NASA-supported study led by planetary scientist Conor A. Nixon of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center examined Titan’s vast resource potential and how it could support future human exploration. Drawing on decades of observations from missions such as…

For centuries, honey bees have fascinated scientists with their ability to travel long distances, locate food and return unerringly to their hives. Now, a new study has revealed an even more remarkable skill hidden in plain sight. Researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered that individual honey bees follow their own highly consistent flight…

Isro chairman V Narayanan (Right) NEW DELHI: Isro chairman V Narayanan has revealed that the space agency is collaborating with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to develop an advanced artificial heating system for future lunar landers that can operate for up to 200 Earth days on the surface of the Moon.The announcement is important…

Quote of the day by Louis Pasteur (Image source: Wikipedia) Not every quote explains itself immediately. Some sit quietly for a while before their meaning becomes clearer. The quote by Louis Pasteur is one of those. It speaks about inspiration, personal conviction and the unseen reasons behind human actions. At a glance, the wording may…

Climate change is often framed as a story of ecological loss, but scientists have uncovered an unexpected consequence unfolding nearly 2,500 metres beneath the Arctic Ocean. As glaciers in Greenland and parts of the Russian Arctic destabilise, increasing numbers of debris-laden icebergs are drifting through the Fram Strait before melting and releasing vast quantities of…

Quote of the day by Richard P. Feynman One of the more unusual qualities of Richard Feynman was that he did not seem particularly interested in being the smartest person in the room.That may sound odd for a physicist who won the Nobel Prize and became one of the most recognisable scientific figures of the…

Some scientists make discoveries. Others create entirely new ways of understanding the universe. Harish-Chandra belonged to the latter group. Born in Kanpur in 1923, he began his academic career as a physicist and earned his doctorate at the University of Cambridge under Nobel laureate Paul Dirac. During this period, he identified a mathematical error in…