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Black holes in Webb data allay threat to cosmology’s standard model

22/10/2024
A new study challenges the findings of older ones that had concluded the universe had spiral galaxies sooner than expected

AI’s Cassandra moment

22/10/2024
AI systems may not be plotting to incinerate humanity, but they are mushrooming at a time when globalisation has withered, and corporations, not countries, are poised to control technological advances and neural networks

The mystery of Déjà vu

20/10/2024
It’s a normal day, a random moment, but suddenly something clicks. You think, “Wait, have I been in this exact situation before?” You start to wonder if you can see the future. But what you’re experiencing is something called déjà vu.

Redesigned programmes can vastly improve TB treatment outcomes

19/10/2024
Doubling the direct benefit transfer to Rs.1,000 per month, disbursing Rs.3,000 at the time of diagnosis, and nutrition support to TB patients can have a huge impact

First brown dwarf ever found throws up surprise three decades later

19/10/2024
Brown dwarfs are neither a star nor a planet, but something in between

Global coral bleaching event expands, now the largest on record

18/10/2024
Some 77% of the world’s coral reef areas – from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Indian oceans – have so far been subjected to bleaching-level heat stress

What do the Atlantic Ocean hurricane forecasts foretell for India?

18/10/2024
Climate models forecast cyclones indirectly, based on metrics that indicate cyclonic activity and its potential intensity

Thiruvananthapuram observatory captures stunning images of rare comet C/2023 A3

17/10/2024
Although the comet was closest to Earth on October 12, the inclement weather in Thiruvananthapuram hindered observations on that day

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Ada Lovelace

17/10/2024
This week’s Sci-five quiz is on Ada Lovelace.

Canadian climate lawsuit by young people could sway global cases

17/10/2024
The lawsuit, launched against Ontario by seven people aged 16 to 28 as of this summer, contends the province's greenhouse-gas-emissions target is inadequate and violates the young people's rights

Nobel Prize for microRNA find underscores RNA’s primacy in biology

17/10/2024
When Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize last week, 581 clinical trials involving miRNA had been registered in the U.S. alone

To curb antimicrobial resistance, government may include antibiotics in definition of new drug

16/10/2024
If brought into the new drug bracket, manufacturing, marketing and sale of antibiotics will be documented; Patients will be able to buy antibiotics on prescription only

Science for All | What are Trojan asteroids?

16/10/2024
The Hindu’s weekly Science for All newsletter explains all things Science, without the jargon.

Rain may have helped form the first cells, kick-starting life as we know it

16/10/2024
How did the earliest, simplest cells hold it all together before elaborate membrane structures evolved?

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