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A nurse takes the pulse of a patient in the influenza ward of the Walter Reed hospital in Washington. (AP)

World in 2020 resembles 1918 despite science advance

As in 1918's Spanish flu, people are again hearing hollow assurances at odds with the reality on ground

08 May 2020 11:45 AM

What's it going to be like when we're back on our feet. (DC Photo; Satish Basavaraj)

Imagining a safe India, after coronavirus

How should India reimagine and remake a post-coronavirus future?

15 Apr 2020 3:42 AM

Researchers presented the plant-inspired "growing robot" at the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) in Macau.

Rise of the machines! A robot that can 'grow, retract, re-grow to different shape'

MIT engineers have developed a robot designed to extend a chain-like appendage flexible enough to twist and turn in any configuration.

11 Nov 2019 7:51 AM

This chemical, Opabactin, is also known as "OP," which is gamer slang for "overpowered," referring to the best character or weapon in a game."

Here's how plants can remain green throughout the year

It mimics abscisic acid, or ABA, the natural hormone produced by plants in response to drought stress.

26 Oct 2019 11:53 AM

More accurate and reliable short-term forecasts are necessary so that people can be evacuated from the seismic impact zone. (Photo: ANI)

Researchers close to developing short-term earthquake forecast system

This data can help experts develop short-term earthquake forecast methods.

25 Oct 2019 9:26 AM

Scientists developed a new method to analyze the elements in rocks from asteroids or rocky planet fragments that orbited six white dwarf stars. (Photo: ANI)

There might be Earth-like planets in the universe

They are Earth-like and Mars-like in terms of their oxidized iron.

22 Oct 2019 8:41 AM

Antiheroes and morally ambiguous characters like Walter White were more complicated for people to rate on likability. (Photo: ANI)

People admire superheroes for these reasons

People best liked the heroes they rated as most moral, and least liked villains they rated as most immoral.

14 Oct 2019 8:04 AM

This study suggests that we are often ignoring our physical environment. (Photo: ANI)

Home designs speak about one's personality

Being in a certain location dramatically constrains or facilitates certain emotional experience.

14 Oct 2019 7:35 AM

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said the participation of women in the field of science in the country is far from satisfactory and steps need to be taken to ensure greater involvement of girl students in the area. (Photo: File)

Need to increase women participation in science field: President Kovind

Vardhan also presented the President a Fuel Cell Prototype developed by CSIR labs.

27 Sep 2019 11:26 AM

The group hasn't studied more complicated surfaces like airplanes yet, but they think it's an obvious future step. (Photo: ANI)

Now you can defrost surfaces in seconds!

The researchers established a technique that melts the ice where the surface and the ice meet, so the ice can simply slide off.

09 Sep 2019 7:46 AM

'This isn't my statement. A very talented research team from Gujarat conducted research and proved this,' Assam BJP legislator Dilip Kumar Paul said. (Photo: ANI)

Assam BJP MLA 'scientifically' defends claim cows give more milk listening to flute

He asserted that 'we are going to bring this technique back to modern times.'

28 Aug 2019 9:51 AM

While it may sound exciting on paper, these humanimals won’t be anything like we see in the movies like the recently released Cats movie or X-Men’s Wolverine or Beast.

Scientists aim to create world’s first Humanimals

Yes, you read that right!

31 Jul 2019 12:02 PM

The flexible device measured 0.6 by 1.2 inches or about double the size of a person's thumbnail. (Photo: American Chemical Society website)

Scientists develop artificial throat that could someday aid mute people speak

To make their artificial throat, the researchers laser-scribed graphene on a thin sheet of polyvinyl alcohol film.

25 Jul 2019 2:13 PM

The asteroid is named after the nymph Psyche who was married to Cupid. (Photo: NASA)

NASA to explore giant asteroid that makes everyone on earth a billionaire

16 Psyche is a giant metal asteroid that comprises of iron and nickel and was first discovered on March 17, 1852.

28 Jun 2019 11:08 AM

The spacecraft to be launched on Monday, called LightSail 2, was developed by the Planetary Society. (Photo: NASA)

Cruising nebula with nothing but photons to power flight

No engine, no fuel, and no solar panels, but instead harnessing the momentum of packets of light energy aka photons, in this case our Sun.

20 Jun 2019 5:27 PM

The next step in the wolf’s journey is to undergo a procedure called plastination. (Photo: Albert Protopopov/The Siberian Times)

Russia uncovers 40,000 year-old wolf head, preserved in ice

A Yakutia resident, Pavel Yefimov, found the head last summer on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh River.

18 Jun 2019 3:29 PM

The World Health Organization cites mistrust of authorities in Congo. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ebola's spread shows how science needs societies to succeed

Public health experts say this underscores the importance of factors beyond medicine.

18 Jun 2019 3:07 PM

Solar panels could help schools unplug from grids fed by natural gas and coal power plants that produce particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

Solar panels could allow schools to meet 75 per cent of electricity requirements

The study suggested investments in the right solar projects could free up much-needed money in schools' budgets.

04 May 2019 1:37 PM

Sadhvi Pragya called the cure scientific, saying she is a living example of its effectiveness. (Photo:File)

'Gau Mutr' can cure cancer, control blood pressure: Sadhvi Pragya

When questioned about the controversies surrounding cows, Sadhvi Pragya said it was traumatic to see how cows are being treated in India.

23 Apr 2019 4:18 PM

Teachers use waste products demontrate magic of science

A group of Amravati-based science teachers are demonstrating zero-budget experiments to show students how science operates in the real world.

10 Dec 2018 1:45 AM

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