The recent advent of right-wing leaders in functional democracies... Read More ...

A new book by journalist J. Rajasekharan Nair, Classified: Hidden Truths in the ISRO Spy Story, claims to unravel certain unanswered questions about the scandal. But Nair’s effort remains only partly ...

Fossil fuel companies are suing countries that enact climate change policies, arguing that they are illegally cutting into their profits. Fossil fuel companies are suing countries that enact climate ...

“Behaviour of tiger P243 strengthened the belief that his presence means no harm to cubs. Instead, it showed lots of promise about the safety of the cubs. There is not much knowledge of the cubs’ ...

Parachute science is rife in palaeontology, and we need to do something about its consequences for the field, scientists say. A fish fossil from the Araripe basin on display in the Santana do Cariri ...

Chandigarh: India’s energy requirements are spiking. Electricity consumption has more than doubled since the year 2000. And this trend is only likely to continue. India’s latest National Electricity ...

The NCBS paper's retraction had a problem that has been common with issues in papers written by Indian scientists. The National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru. Photo: NCBS There are a few ...

Perhaps the most well-known quantum communications application is quantum key distribution, which allows someone to securely distribute encryption keys. Image: Richard Horvath/Unsplash Quantum ...

Khasi customs forbid tree-cutting in the law kyntang – the sacred groves and forests – and also disallow anyone from taking anything, even a leaf, out. A view of forests in Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya.

Kappaphycus alvarezii proved to be a commercially viable livelihood option for the people of Rameswaram. But it also poses a danger to coral reefs in the biodiversity hotspot of Gulf of Mannar region.

The doubts throw a spanner, at least for the time being, in efforts to ascertain that the residents of Keeladi were literate as early as the sixth century BC. The Tamil Nadu Archaeological Department ...

When the bacillus affects other parts of the body, it is called extrapulmonary TB. The bacteria can infect virtually every other organ in the body. Non-pulmonary cases accounts for 15-20% of all ...