“If scientists find life on Mars or Venus, it is likely to be in a dormant state and we now know that a life form that appears to be completely inert may still be capable of thinking about its next steps.”

A new blood system, Er, was found to influence a person’s blood type along with ABO and rhesus proteins.

The practice of erecting discriminatory caste walls works as a way to socially segregate people and is a common occurrence in Tamil Nadu.

Much like single-use plastic, single-use data is responsible for generating a massive carbon footprint.

The study observed that those who think of their dolls as "ideal romantic partners" tend to have more hostile attitude towards women.

Activists say the project is located in area designated as ‘forest’ where no construction is allowed and is thus “illegal.”

Divorce law in India is based on the “fault theory,” but the court noted that “two good very persons cannot always be good partners."

The New York Times profiled South Delhi -- but the workers and laborers who built its upmarket shops and houses find no space in the upper-class utopian vision of travel.

The studies collectively looked at 30,000 samples of umbilical cord blood. All of them were found to contain toxic PFAS.

A lack of data makes identifying causes of mortality among sex workers in countries like India difficult.

Neal Stephenson, who coined the term as a dystopic fiction, is trying to fix how tech brought it to life. Does it fix the inherent problems with the metaverse?

Deaths of frogs, toads, and salamanders in Central America due to bacteria made insect-borne epidemics worse than usual, researchers found.

The current geological age is dubbed 'The Meghalayan Age' after the location of the caves. Stalagmites found here can help us figure out when to expect another drought.

By co-opting and deifying a revolutionary figure, the state takes away from Dr. Ambedkar's radical politics.

Researchers observed that while nanoplastic particles -- omnipresent in nature and the food web -- didn’t kill organ cells entirely, they disrupted major metabolic functions.

Following several petitions to look into caste hierarchies across religions, the move highlights the ubiquity of caste in South Asia.

Local Kung Fu offered audiences a fresh style of filmmaking. Nine years down, the film continues to engage and entertain in Assam.

Scientists develop a technology that prevents potentially sensitive personal biometric information from being extracted or shared.