Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of rocket company SpaceX, has claimed that his Starships can travel to Mars within six months, instead of the projected 10 years. How? By travelling when the planets align, “every 26 months” (or 2.2 years), which would shorten the physical distance between the Earth and Mars, and theoritically means that…
You must be wondering why I am writing this. I am not an ingredient, nor something you enjoy munching on, but guess what? I am the one who knows all the secrets! I watch all your batter rise into cake and cookie dough, becoming crispy and golden. Nobody knows the details as much as I…
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) has announced the Class 12 (HSC) results for the Science, General, and Vocational streams. Students who appeared for the exams can now check their results by visiting the official website — gseb.org. This year, the GSEB HSC exam recorded a pass percentage of 93.07%, showing an…
The backlash against Goyal’s remarks was swift and predictable. Startup founders, enablers and watchers joined camps either defending or criticising the progress of India’s entrepreneurial ambition and effort. But beyond the discourse on the internet, Goyal’s remarks pointed to an uncomfortable truth: builders in India have long struggled to turn foundational science into scalable and…
Indian air force officer Shubhanshu Shukla, is set to create history by piloting NASA and ISRO’s joint space mission to the International Space Station later this year. According to a NASA statement last week, Shubhanshu Shukla will pilot its mission travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Florida “no earlier than spring…
Blue Origin launch today: Popstar Katy Perry, is part of a six-member, all-women crew, that is set to take off from Texas later today, as part of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-31 mission. Also part of the crew are Jeff Bezos‘ fiancee Lauren Sanchez, who handpicked her companions for…
India’s first indigenously developed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner, scheduled to be installed for clinical trials at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, according to a PTI report. The machine, which is set to be installed at AIIMS-Delhi for evaluation and clinial trials by October 2025, is expected to cut MRI…
Silicosis is an incurable but entirely preventable lung disease. It has only one cause: breathing in too much silica dust. This is a risk in several industries, including tunnelling, stone masonry and construction. Just last week, ABC reported that 13 workers from tunnelling projects in Sydney have been diagnosed with silicosis. It’s yet another reminder that current…
Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, I’m starting to think so. Piet Mondrian was an early 20th-century abstract artist and art theorist obsessed with simplicity and essence of form. Even people who have never heard of Mondrian will likely recognize his…
Yet, we enthusiastically debated the issue. The debate wasn’t over whether brain drain existed, but whether the government should stop it. Now, for some reason, I don’t hear anyone use that expression, though occasionally people do mention that our “brightest” go to the US. Also Read: America’s H-1B visa is vital to US interests—and suits…
