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How has Daniel Kahneman’s work in psychology withstood the test of time?

03/04/2024
Psychology, behavioural economics, public policy, and many other fields owe a great debt to his and Amos Tversky’s work

‘Underwhelming Indian genomics research, and gatekeeping’

02/04/2024
India is an extremely price sensitive market and people routinely tap foreign genomics organizations to get superior insights from their biological samples at a value bargain.

Bird species exploded after dinos’ doom, largest yet bird genetics study says

02/04/2024
The new family tree overturns some previous ideas about bird relationships, while also revealing some new groupings.

Team led by PRL Ahmedabad finds ozone on Jupiter’s moon Callisto

02/04/2024
The presence of ozone also suggests the existence of stable atmospheric conditions and thus the possibility of hosting life

As India’s summer begins, understanding the heat and health conundrum

01/04/2024
Heatwaves are deadly natural hazards: they have multiple direct impacts and their indirect effects include disrupted power and water supply, more food- and water-borne diseases, and overburdened hospitals

How neuroscience reshapes marketing strategies in India

01/04/2024
Neuroscience is increasingly applied in India to solve business challenges, such as understanding consumer behaviour; ethical considerations arise particularly concerning informed consent and transparency

World’s most powerful laser points to uncharted arenas

01/04/2024
The laser at the centre is operated by French company Thales, using Nobel prize-winning inventions

Russia’s war is weakening scientists’ ability to track the climate

31/03/2024
Scientists collecting data in the Arctic already face an uphill battle, with the unforgiving weather and polar bears that sometimes accidentally destroy instruments. But lack of data because of war is an additional, and exacerbating, variable

Sprouting a sandalwood sapling

30/03/2024
The sandalwood fruit is probably even more unfamiliar. About 1.5 cm in diameter, the fleshy fruit is a shiny purplish black when ripe.

Increasing tropical cyclones of higher intensity necessitates a new category

30/03/2024
Tropical cyclones with peak wind speeds far exceeding category 5 scale of 252 km/hour are increasingly seen due to global warming, making a case for introducing category 6 for wind speed above 309 km/hour

Song lyrics are getting simpler, more repetitive: study

29/03/2024
A team of European researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across the genres of rap, country, pop, R&B and rock from 1980 to 2020

Study finds one way statins can cause diabetes, and a solution

28/03/2024
Researchers have found that a gut microbiome deficient in Clostridium bacteria could influence bile acid synthesis and hamper glucose metabolism

Daily quiz | On asteroid names

28/03/2024
For his contributions to astronomy, the International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after Prof. Jayant Murthy. Here’s a quiz on other asteroid names

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Frogs

28/03/2024
March 20th is celebrated as World Frog Day. Take this quiz to know more about these fascinating amphibians

Twisted magnetic field observed around Milky Way's central black hole

28/03/2024
Sgr A* possesses 4 million times the mass of our sun and is located about 26,000 light-years - the distance light travels in a year, 9.5 trillion km from Earth.

Send robots into space rather than people, says Britain's Astronomer Royal

28/03/2024
Martin Rees said space travel should only be for those prepared to accept a "very high level of risk", and it should be paid for privately rather than by the taxpayer

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