Imagine a loved one receiving a cancer diagnosis when it’s too late for effective treatment. Now, imagine if that cancer had been caught early — when it was still treatable, when hope was still alive. This is the reality we face today, where early detection, diagnosis, and prevention are not just crucial but lifesaving. With…
Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams’s job was simple when they took off to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 5. They were to test-fly the Boeing Starliner crew capsule for the first time with a human crew, assess its performance (including its manual controls), dock with the ISS, and return to the earth in…
File picture of ISRO Chairman S. Somanath addressing the media. | Photo Credit: PTI ISRO chairman S Somanath on Tuesday (August 20, 2024) said the space agency has completed the design for the next round of moon missions — Chandrayaan 4 and 5 — and is in the process of seeking government approval for the…
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission is seen in this artist’s impression handout from NASA. | Photo Credit: NASA European scientists were due to attempt a first in orbital gymnastics late on August 19, tapping into the gravity of the earth in quick succession to guide the JUICE probe towards Jupiter in the first-ever…
K.M. Ajith’s first research paper, co-authored with his supervisor in 2005, was about mathematical physics they had worked out in quantum field theory. The U.K. journal to which the paper was submitted had no hesitation in accepting the quality of the research work, yet the review was quite scathing. “The reviewer pointed out grammatical errors,…
For 13 consecutive months, global average air and ocean temperatures were probably the hottest they have been in human history. This streak of extraordinary heat ended last month, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported, as July 2024 was only the second hottest ever recorded – 0.04°C cooler than a record set the previous July….
Two scientists have flagged what they have called evidence of “problematic behaviour” in multiple scientific papers co-authored by Mandyam Srinivasan, emeritus professor of visual neuroscience at Queensland University, Brisbane. The papers are concerned with the honeybee waggle dance, a mode of communication between bees that plays a crucial role in pollination. Based on his work on…
Girish Sahni | Photo Credit: File photo/The Hindu Former director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Girish Sahni, passed away August 19 at the age of 68. Multiple sources told The Hindu he had died of a heart attack. On X (formerly Twitter), CSIR said it “mourns the sudden loss” in a…
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore reached the International Space Station on Boeing’s new Starliner in June. What was meant to be an 8-day trip is now likely to continue till February 2025 after their flight suffered helium leaks and thruster failures before docking. Boeing insisted the astronauts were not stuck and said “there’s no…
All eyes are set for the rare supermoon, which will be visible across India today. According to reports, the moon will reach its peak brightness and size at 11:56 pm IST, today. A supermoon occurs when the moon is at its closest point to the Earth while it is full, hence making it look larger…
