Southern yellow-billed hornbills struggle to breed at high temperatures. | Photo Credit: Nicholas B. Pattinson, Special arrangement Rapid climate change has the potential to strongly influence the physiology, behaviour and breeding success of animals. Research is showing that increasing temperatures, for instance, are having negative effects on animals. These range from mass die-off events during…
Viruses are ubiquitous entities that have long plagued humans, often presenting in pesky, self-limiting infections, like a bout of the common cold. While most viral encounters are transient and merely inconvenient, some can have devastating or chronic consequences, leading to severe disease or even death. The recent COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging infectious diseases around…
As a solar storm brings the northern lights to the skies farther south, social media is flooding with mesmerizing images of the fresh aurora borealis citied in the United States of America and United Kingdoms. The Space Weather Prediction Center of US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had earlier issued a “strong geomagnetic storm watch”…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) continues to share images from space of celestial bodies, planets, nebula, moon, star clusters, interacting galaxies, etc. Most of these images are captured by NASA’s James Webb Telescope, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, and NASA’s Chandra Space-based observatory. Here are a few images from space shared by NASA so…
Director, School Education, EV Narsimha Reddy with the four students nominated for the ‘Sakura Science Program’ to be held in Japan. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Four students from State-run gurukula colleges will participate in the ‘Sakura Science Program’ or ‘Japan Science High School Programme’ to be held in November. Implemented by the Japan Science…
Increasing tree cover is often seen as a positive outcome of biodiversity conservation, and a much-needed effort to combat climate change. What happens, then, if tree cover increases in areas that historically hosted a different habitat? In a study published on June 5 in the journal Global Change Biology, scientists of the Universities of Witwatersrand,…
chemicals that usually cost ₹1,00,000 would now be bought for ₹2,50,000. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Three digits have thrown scientists across the country into a tizzy. Budget documents, made public earlier this week, show that the Basic Customs Duty on laboratory chemicals, a critical component of research, has been hiked to 150% from…
Using innovative strategies that astronomers use to identify the shape of distant, dim galaxies, Adejumoke Owolabi, a master’s student at the University of Hull, and her mentor Kevin Pimbblet, a professor of astrophysics and director of the Centre of Excellence for Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling at the University of Hull, have described a…
A man pours water atop his head outside the Emergency Aid Coalition during a heat wave in Houston, Texas, U.S., August 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The world just experienced the hottest day on record and prolonged heat waves have become more common due to climate change, conditions that can alter medications and their…
NASA has released new images of Jupiter taken by the Juno spacecraft, showing the planet’s turbulent clouds and cyclonic storms in its northern hemisphere from May 12, 2024. View Full ImageJupiter’s cyclonic storm. (Photo; NASA) Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has been explored by nine spacecraft—seven flybys and two orbiters, including Juno,…
