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Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists can model them to predict how they grow
Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists can model them to predict how they grow
Published on Sep 15, 2024 12:33 PM IST
PTI |
Beauty and the beast of Tololing
Females of certain ichneumon species feed on their hosts by sipping body fluids released during egg-laying, or even piercing the host and non-host insects to suck their body fluids
Updated on Aug 18, 2024 07:28 AM IST
Vikram Jit Singh
Like piecing together a puzzle: John van Wyhe on ‘rebuilding’ Darwin’s library
A new catalogue features 7,400 titles, up from fewer than 1,500. van Wyhe, founder of Darwin Online, discusses the surprising finds, and how they were made.
Updated on May 03, 2024 04:35 PM IST
Sukanya Datta
To boldly know...: A tribute to Charles Darwin, and lessons for today
He knew what no man had known before; it became his legacy and burden. What does it take for someone to look at the world the way he did?
Updated on May 04, 2024 04:26 PM IST
Sukanya Datta
'What can SC do?': Court on PIL challenging Einstein's ‘E = mc²’
The court said there was nothing it could do if the petitioner thought these theories were erroneous.
Published on Oct 13, 2023 06:17 PM IST
Vaibhav Tiwari
From Darwin to Mars: Why life's origins are disputed
Life is a mystery. If it all began in Darwin's earthly primordial soup, how do we explain evidence of the same in space?
Published on Aug 30, 2023 06:03 PM IST
Deutsche Welle, Delhi
Charles Darwin's lost notebooks mysteriously returned to library
Believed to have been stolen, the manuscripts worth millions went missing two decades ago. They were now returned in a gift bag with an Easter greeting to the librarian.
Published on Apr 06, 2022 10:14 AM IST
Scientist E.O. Wilson, dubbed modern-day Darwin, dead at 92
Edward. O. Wilson was an award-winning biologist and longtime Harvard University research professor, considered the world's leading authority on ants and their behavior.
Published on Dec 27, 2021 08:11 PM IST
AFP |
Cambridge launches appeal for missing Darwin notebooks
Following an exhaustive search, the library curators concluded that the priceless notebooks, first listed as missing in January 2001, have likely been stolen, the university said in an appeal on its website
Updated on Nov 25, 2020 03:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Sex, bonding or ‘auditory cheesecake’? New evolutionary theory delves into origins of music
Love is not the reason why we sing and create symphonies--at least not the primary reason, according to a new evolutionary theory of the origins of music.
Updated on Oct 27, 2020 10:36 AM IST
Washington DC | Asian News International | Posted by: Alfea Jamal
100-year-old Diego saves Galapagos turtle species, heads back home for retirement
Diego, estimated to be around 100 years old was renowned for his fertility. He alone has fathered some 800 offspring.
Published on Jun 17, 2020 01:17 PM IST
Galapagos Islands | Reuters | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury
When self-isolation led to great works of science and literature
Isaac Newton (Trinity College): Considered Trinity’s most accomplished alumni, he exemplified productivity during a pandemic.
Updated on May 03, 2020 02:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar, London
Our politicians get sillier by the day
The Rajya Sabha is no forum for jokes and should be debating serious bread and butter issues
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sujata Anandan
Sarnath Banerjee explores the supernatural in new exhibition
Delve into natural history with, Darwin, Browne and some ghosts at the Spectral Times exhibition in Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Updated on Feb 26, 2019 03:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Natasha Rego, Mumbai
Rename gravitational waves as Modi waves, says speaker at Science Congress
Dr Kannan Jagathala Krishnan said if his theory is accepted, gravitational waves would be referred to as ‘Narendra Modi Waves’.
Updated on Jan 05, 2019 11:57 PM IST
Jalandhar | Anonna Dutt
Kauravas were first test-tube babies, Dashavatar better evolution theory, says Andhra University VC
Andhra University vice-chancellor G Nageshwar Rao has claimed that Dashavatar, which talks about ten avatars of Lord Vishnu in Bhagavad Gita, has a better theory of evolution than Charles Darwin.
Updated on Jan 05, 2019 08:49 PM IST
Jalandhar | Agencies
I’m a science student, I believe my ancestors were not apes, says minister Satyapal Singh
The junior minister in the HRD ministry said people will accept what he said in 10-20 years if not immediately.
Updated on Jul 01, 2018 10:48 AM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Scientists take to streets to protest unscientific claims, demand more funds
The organisers demanded that funds for research and development in India, which remains a paltry 0.8% of the GDP, be ramped up to at least 3% of the GDP and for education to 6%.
Published on Apr 14, 2018 07:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Malavika Vyawahare
Science minister victim of fake news on Hawking’s Veda comment
This is not the first time senior ministers have made controversial claims about modern inventions and discoveries made in ancient India not backed by scientific evidence or documentary proof.
Updated on Mar 17, 2018 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Malavika Vyawahare