Category: Science

Mosquitoes target people who release more carbon dioxide, body heat and skin chemicals that signal an easy blood meal/ Representative Image If you have ever stood outside with friends and watched mosquitoes ignore everyone else while repeatedly landing on you, the experience can feel personal. Scientists say it is not. According to decades of entomology […]

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places where resupply from Earth is slow, expensive, and limited? Machines and technology will play a significant role, but scientists are increasingly turning to biology for answers. In recent research, insects have emerged as unlikely but […]

Russia aims to build a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2036 to power its lunar program and a joint Russian-Chinese research station. Major powers are competing to explore the moon, with both Russia and the United States racing to establish lunar bases for future space missions.The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has signed a […]

Cracking knuckles creates a gas cavity in fluid; it makes noise but causes no damage Nearly everyone who cracks their knuckles has heard the same warning at some point: keep doing that and your hands will grow, your joints will suffer, and arthritis will follow. The habit has long carried a reputation for causing damage, […]

While the term new moon is well established in astronomy, the phrase black moon is far more informal, yet it has gained steady popularity among skywatchers and space enthusiasts. A black moon does not describe a visible event in the night sky. Instead, it refers to a rare timing quirk in the lunar calendar. Much […]

Earth’s relationship with space is much more complex than it used to be. Space around our planet was thought to be influenced almost solely by natural forces like the Sun and the Earth’s magnetic field for many years. But the latest studies indicate that humans have had a hand in the matter too, although it […]

Artificial intelligence has already taken over large parts of modern hiring. Algorithms scan CVs, software ranks candidates, and automated systems now replace junior recruiters and even some of the engineers who once built them. CV screening, shortlisting and candidate ranking are now routinely automated. What has largely remained untouched, until now, is the interview: a […]

India’s scientific milestones of 2025 We Indians take immense pride in a relationship with science that is deeply emotional. It is visible when millions watch a rocket rise from Sriharikota, when collective celebration follows a successful mission, or when our eyes well up as disappointment settles after years of painstaking work do not go as […]

Scientists were stunned as dolphins used suction feeding, flaring lips and throats to vacuum prey whole/ AI illustration For most people, dolphins sit in a safe mental category: intelligent, playful, sociable animals better known for aquarium tricks and beachside encounters than for anything genuinely threatening. They do not carry the menace of sharks or the […]

NASA confirmed that a bus-sized asteroid passed Earth on 22 December 2025 in a routine flyby that had been tracked well in advance and posed no risk to the planet. The object had been monitored by astronomers for some time, and its movement was carefully calculated long before it approached Earth. According to NASA, the […]