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Understanding body’s perception of pain key to evolving new drugs: David Julius

20/01/2024
Nobel laureate addresses scientists and students as part of the annual TNQ Distinguished Lectures in the Life Science

Japan's SLIM spacecraft lands on moon, a first for the country

19/01/2024
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, is a lightweight spacecraft about the size of a passenger vehicle.

Japan starts precision landing of 'moon sniper' SLIM spacecraft

19/01/2024
Dubbed the "Moon sniper", SLIM is attempting to land within 100 metres (328 feet) of its target, versus the conventional accuracy of several kilometres

NASA spacecraft pings India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander on the moon

19/01/2024
“We’ve showed that we can locate our retroreflector on the surface from the moon’s orbit.“

Daily Quiz | On stars

19/01/2024
Stars are the universe’s engines, producing warmth, light, and chemical elements that will make more stars, planets, and life. A quiz on stars

Scientists training AI to analyse chicken communications

19/01/2024
Like humans, the “language” of chickens varies with age, environment and surprisingly, domestication, giving us insights into their social structures and behaviours

Why is Japan's 'moon sniper' landing mission important?

19/01/2024
Japan aims to become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon when it attempts the precision landing of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe

The fungi that can freeze water better than bacteria | Explained

19/01/2024
Pure water struggles to freeze, posing dangers to species adapted to living in cold environs – but life has found a way

A model that provides all TB services under one roof

19/01/2024
To strengthen services at primary health facilities, Tamil Nadu has adopted the ‘Walk-in Centre - One Stop TB Solution’ in which a primary facility is designated as a walk-in TB centre in each block. Over 100 walk-in centres have been rolled out.

Crew with first astronaut from Turkey launched on flight to space station

19/01/2024
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the Axiom quartet lifted off about an hour before sunset from NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Rabbits and its kind

18/01/2024
This week’s science quiz is on rabbits and its relatives.

India will ‘commission a nuclear power reactor every year’: NPCIL chief

18/01/2024
An interview with B.C. Pathak on India’s nuclear power plans and strategy

How the weather department uses satellites to track North India’s fog | Explained

17/01/2024
The Kalpana 1 and INSATs 3A, 3D, and 3DR satellites have bolstered India’s weather monitoring and warning services

What it will take to make sure science communication works for India | Explained

17/01/2024
Science communication in India has new opportunities today – even as it exposes old and new lacunae

Scientists explain Antarctica’s raving 2022 heatwave in groundbreaking papers

16/01/2024
In March 2022, Antarctica experienced an extraordinary heatwave. Large swathes of East Antarctica experienced temperatures up to 40°C (72°F) above normal, shattering temperature records.

Giant ‘kings of apes’ once roamed southern China

16/01/2024
The Gigantopithecus blacki was the mightiest of all the primates and one of the biggest unresolved mysteries in palaeontology

Plant roots mysteriously pulsate, and scientists don’t know why

16/01/2024
Scientists discovered about 15 years ago that genes at the root tip (or more precisely, the level of proteins produced from some genes) seem to pulsate

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