A Bright EndingIn a First, Astronomers Watch a Galaxy Die in Real‑Time The historic observations are challenging some fundamental assumptions about the trajectory of such star systems. By Satviki Sanjay
Deep Sea DiscoveryScientists Discover Microbes at Ocean Temperatures Thought To Be Inhospitable To Life Researchers say their findings could help reimagine where we look for extraterrestrial life. By Devrupa Rakshit
Not TwinningIdentical Twins Are More Genetically Different Than We Thought: Study The new research has important implications for how scientists study the influence of nature versus nurture on disease. By Rajvi Desai
Hold The SaltResearchers Discover Cheaper, More Efficient Means of Making Saltwater Drinkable The innovation could make desalination a legitimate component of solutions to the global freshwater crisis. By Aditi Murti
First ContactWorld’s Only Telescope Powerful Enough to Detect Alien Life Opens to International Collaboration China's FAST, or Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, was previously only open to local scientists. By Satviki Sanjay
Drastic Measures3 Indian States Confirm Bird Flu, Plan to Cull Thousands of Local Birds The bird culling is intended to prevent transmission of the avian flu virus to humans. By Rajvi Desai
Litter Litter Everywhere!Japanese Scientists Are Developing Wooden Satellites To Minimize Future Space Junk There are currently nearly 6,000 satellites circling the Earth, and about 60% of them are defunct space junk. By Devrupa Rakshit
STEM the Gap30% of India’s Science Decision‑Makers Must Be Women, Proposes Centre in Draft Guidelines The proposed policy is part of a broader push to make India's scientific fields more inclusive. By Devrupa Rakshit
Deep Blue SongScientists Discover A New Population of Blue Whales in the Indian Ocean The discovery was made based on recordings of the unique whale songs that each population uses to communicate. By Devrupa Rakshit
We Need AccessDelhi HC Directs Sci‑Hub, Libgen To Stop Publishing New, Copyrighted Research With academic journal subscriptions rates completely out of reach for most Indian students, these sites represent their only access to quality research. By Devrupa Rakshit
Wilful DestructionClimate Change Has Made 75% of Indian Districts Vulnerable to Extreme Weather: Study Increased cyclones, droughts, floods, and cold waves are likely to affect areas home to 638 million Indians. By Devrupa Rakshit
Winter Is ComingEarly Humans May Have Survived the Winter by Sleeping Through It, Fossils Show Researchers suggest early humans hibernated after discovering fossils that show bone growth stopped for months at a time every year. By Rajvi Desai
On ScheduleEarth’s Mass Extinctions Aren’t Random, Follow a 27‑Million‑Year Cycle: Study We've got 20 million years until the next expected mass extinction -- unless we hasten it through climate change. By Devrupa Rakshit
Dead In Its TracksUV‑Emitting LED Lights That Kill the Coronavirus Could Be Used to Disinfect Public Spaces, Researchers Say In the year it will take to vaccinate the entire world population, we’re going to need other strategies for curbing the virus’s spread. By Devrupa Rakshit
Newer PasturesAfrican Cheetahs Will Be Reintroduced to India 70 Years After Local Extinction The country's last cheetah was hunted in Chhattisgarh in 1947, and the cheetah was declared extinct in India in 1952. By Devrupa Rakshit
Trees Run RiotInvasive, Exotic Tree Species Are Threatening the Animals of the Western Ghats Colonial attempts to re-engineer the natural biome have resulted in a dwindling food supply for indigenous animals years later. By Devrupa Rakshit
Hurtling Through SpaceScientists Discover Cosmic ‘Superhighways’ That Could Accelerate Long‑Distance Space Travel Space travel that would have taken hundreds of thousands of years might be possible in a matter of decades using these celestial shortcuts. By Rajvi Desai
Shades of GrayWhat Does It Mean to Be Color Blind? Color blindness is the inability to distinguish between certain colors or, in rarer cases, the inability to see colors at all. By Devrupa Rakshit