Down To Earth
Battle for reefs
Scientists are helping corals fight back against warming seas
10 min |
November 01, 2025
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Back to the roots
Over 200 tribal villages in Madhya Pradesh are turning to forests to restore food security, breaking free from years of market dependence
5 min |
November 01, 2025
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In unsettled state
Battered by disasters, land- scarce Uttarakhand must relocate villages deemed unsafe. Forestland is the only available option, but the state faces resistance from forest department
5 min |
November 01, 2025
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FATAL NEGLECT
A spate of child deaths from contaminated cough syrup exposes deep flaws in India's drug oversight
5 min |
November 01, 2025
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Emphasis on rebuilding Gaza post-truce
ON OCTOBER 10, Israel and Palestine declared a ceasefire after a two-year war that led to the deaths of thousands of people and led to mass displacement and a famine in the disputed Gaza strip.
1 min |
November 01, 2025
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Flushed and forgotten
Poor containment systems, weak monitoring and illegal dumping have turned Uttar Pradesh's faecal sludge handling into an environmental ticking bomb
4 min |
November 01, 2025
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TAINTED FLOW
Panipat shows an overreliance on groundwater even as residents remain wary of its contamination due to untreated discharge of textile recycling wastewater
3 min |
November 01, 2025
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How to slash a drug price by 97 per cent
Rulings that bar patent extensions on flimsy grounds by drug giants are opening the gates to dramatically cheaper generic medicines
4 min |
November 01, 2025
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FADING REEFS
Warm-water corals are the first major ecosystem to collapse in a rapidly warming planet. Scientists are racing to save them using cutting-edge technologies, from preserving spawn to breeding hardier varieties, but admit their efforts may fall short unless global temperature rises are limited to below 1.5°C.
5 min |
November 01, 2025
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The life of water
A THREE-PART FILM SERIES THAT LOOKS AT ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY OF WATER IN INDIA THROUGH A SOCIO-ECONOMIC PRISM, HIGHLIGHTING THE NATURAL RESOURCE'S INTEGRAL LINK TO AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND POLITICS
4 min |
November 01, 2025
Down To Earth
Green shoots in wreckage
Even with deepening ecological collapse, from vanishing species to fractured habitats, signs of hope emerge
3 min |
November 01, 2025
Scientific India
First Transplant of Kidney with Modified Blood Type Expands Hope for Patients
In a medical first, scientists have successfully converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted it into a patient a breakthrough that could transform organ transplantation by eliminating one of the biggest barriers: blood-type compatibility.
1 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
The Fifth Force: Could It Unlock the Secret of Dark Matter?
What if the universe is powered by a force we've never seen before? For centuries, science has explained nature with four fundamental forces.
3 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
A flu test you can chew
As flu season nears in the northern hemisphere, scientists are exploring a surprising new way to detect infection: through taste.
1 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
Does cooking in iron cookware increase iron intake
In much of the world including India iron deficiency anemia remains a serious public health issue.
3 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
Coral Collapse: Atlantic Reefs Face Erosion Beyond 2°C Warming
Coral reefs, nature's living sea walls, are not just biodiversity hotspots they're also vital shields protecting coastlines from flooding and storm surges.
1 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
The billion-year reign of fungi that predated plants and made Earth livable
New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems.
2 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
How Brain Tumours Hijack Sugar to Fuel Their Growth
The human brain is a glutton for glucose consuming nearly a quarter of the body's energy to power thought, memory, and movement.
1 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
Genomic Evidence Redefines the Evolutionary Age of Mosquitoes
A new genetic analysis has shaken up what we thought we knew about one of humanity's most notorious pests the mosquito.
1 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
'Is cold nuclear fusion feasible?
In early May 1989, two chemists from the University of Utah, Pons and Fleischmann, arrived in Washington, U.S.A. The aim is to present their findings to members of the US Congress.
3 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
Guardians of Immunity: Nobel Prize 2025 Honors Discoveries that Keep the Immune System in Check
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries in the field of peripheral immune tolerance a crucial mechanism that prevents the body's immune system from turning against itself.
1 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
Lab-Grown Kidney Brings Artificial Organ Dream Closer to Reality
In a major leap toward bioengineered organ replacement, scientists have successfully grown human kidney 'assembloids' in the laboratory that mimic key structural and functional features of natural kidneys.
1 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
2025 Nobel Prize in Physics Reveals Quantum Secrets in Superconducting Circuits
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for their pioneering experiments that brought quantum mechanics from the invisible atomic world to the macroscopic scale a system large enough to hold in your hand.
1 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
Festival of Lights, Season of Smog: India's Air Crisis in a Global Context
Festivals are significant markers of cultural heritage and community traditions. Nevertheless, every year, significant increases in pollution levels are recorded during celebratory events, due to the overuse of firecrackers. This study evaluated gaseous and particulate matter (PM) concentrations using a gas and particulate sampler, alongside noise levels measured by a sound level meter, during the pre-topost-Diwali period of 2023 and 2024 in Malda, India
4 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
Your pumpkin might be hiding a toxic secret
Pumpkins, squash, zucchini, and other members of the gourd family have a surprising trait: they can take up pollutants from the soil and store them in their edible parts.
1 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
The vitamin D mistake weakening your immunity
Taking vitamin D2 might lower the body's levels of the more efficient form of vitamin D, vitamin D3, according to new research from the University of Surrey, John Innes Centre and Quadram Institute Bioscience.
1 min |
September - October 2025
Scientific India
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: Building Molecular Architectures with Room to Breathe
In a scientific breakthrough that bridges molecular design with planetary-scale problems, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi.
1 min |
September - October 2025
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Bone dry to soaking wet
Farmers in Marathwada were ill-prepared for the intense rainfall that hit the perennially water-starved region.
4 min |
October 16, 2025
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'Depopulation would mean fewer people contributing to advancement of knowledge'
Trends show that in a few decades, global population will begin to shrink. Once depopulation starts, no one knows how to stop it in a sustained way, write DEAN SPEARS and MICHAEL GERUSO, associate professors of economics, University of Texas at Austin, US, in their recent book, After the Spike. The authors, who are also economic demographers, argue that population decline will be detrimental to global progress and that a smaller population would not necessarily be better for the environment. In an interview with ADITYA MISRA, they say that the time to talk about depopulation is now because the search for a solution could take decades. Excerpts:
5 min |
October 16, 2025
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Despair follows deluge
As floodwaters recede in Punjab, communities are left with ruined fields, lost livelihoods and an uncertain future. VIVEK MISHRA travels through the seven flood-hit districts to gauge the scale of the crisis.
6 min |