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    How to cool buildings on the cheap

    science
    Published on Sep 9, 2026 10:37 IST
    A group at University College, London (UCL), led by Ioannis Papakonstantinou, has painted the tops of two buses with material that reflects 93% of sunlight.

    Satellites get a new type of armour

    Roughly one small satellite in five stops working within a year of launch, estimates a study published in 2021, and in three-fifths of these cases operators do not know what happened.
    science
    Published on Sep 8, 2026 13:07 IST

    Should you avoid blue light before bed?

    Light from screens often has a lot of blue in its spectrum, leading some to suggest that blue is to blame for poor kip.
    science
    Published on Sep 5, 2026 03:04 IST

    Humble exoskeletons work better than combat supersuits

    Exoskeletons, as strength-amplifying rigs of this sort are known, are a staple of science-fiction films,
    science
    Published on Sep 3, 2026 14:57 IST

    NASA’s latest mission to map the cosmos takes off

    A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the Nancy Grace Roman space telescoe lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Augst 30, 2026. NASA launched its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed light on some of the biggest mysteries in physics.
    science
    Published on Sep 3, 2026 13:57 IST

    A suspicious signal in a dark-matter detector has physicists excited

    This handout image obtained and released on March 18, 2025 by the ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA shows space telescope Euclid�s new image of examples of galaxies in different shapes, during Euclid first observations of the Deep Field areas. On March 19, 2025, the European space telescope Euclid, a veritable �detective of the dark universe� aided by AI and humans, delivered the first data from a mission designed to help unravel the mystery of dark matter and dark energy.
    science
    Published on Sep 3, 2026 11:57 IST

    How salmon evolved to cope with the ice age

    Their odd behaviour seems to be a relic of the time of the glaciers
    science
    Published on Aug 27, 2026 09:30 IST

    How I got hooked on chasing solar eclipses

    ‘It was glorious,’ said a witness to the Aug. 12 celestial experience. ‘For me, there is something sacred about the eclipse. It’s the face of God I don’t believe in.’
    science
    Published on Aug 23, 2026 13:00 IST

    Rock-solid evidence for the origins of birds

    Lots of dinosaurs had stones, known as gastroliths, in their stomachs.
    science
    Published on Aug 20, 2026 15:39 IST

    Scientists got a lettuce to make meat protein: Its science & why it matters

    Myoglobin is the molecule that plant-based meats have struggled hardest to replicate.
    HT Explainers
    Updated on Aug 7, 2026 13:18 IST

    A bipartisan coalition is taking aim at animal research

    The campaign to end research on animals has forged one of the most eclectic coalitions in American politics.
    science
    Published on Aug 6, 2026 15:07 IST

    An old SpaceX rocket is about to crash into the Moon

    The rocket stage is one of thousands that have been discarded after completing their one and only flight.
    science
    Published on Aug 5, 2026 14:38 IST

    How to trap antimatter in a canister

    Some of the 1232 dipole magnets that bend the path of accelerated protons are pictured in the Large Hadron Collider in a tunnel of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Echenevex, France. (AFP File)
    science
    Published on Aug 5, 2026 01:48 IST

    Quantum computers promise mathematical superpowers

    Quantum computers promise mathematical superpowers
    science
    Published on Jul 30, 2026 14:36 IST

    AI and quantum computers will be frenemies

    The most promising use-case for quantum computers is simulating quantum mechanics itself
    science
    Updated on Jul 30, 2026 09:35 IST

    How big is America’s “obesity penalty”?

    Metabolic measures, such as blood sugar and cholesterol, improve.
    science
    Published on Jul 27, 2026 13:50 IST

    Your Mouth Could Hold the Secrets to a Longer and Healthier Life

    The emerging science poses a challenge for healthcare, given the traditional divide between medicine and dentistry—fields that have long been divided by separate training, records and insurance systems.
    science
    Published on Jul 27, 2026 10:56 IST

    GLP-1 diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of hair loss: Study

    (GLP-1) receptor agonists are increasingly prescribed for the management of type 2 diabetes and, more recently, for obesity treatment in populations without diabetes.
    health
    Published on Jul 22, 2026 23:00 IST

    The surprising benefits of red light

    REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Faster wound-healing is just one of the proposed uses of photobiomodulation (PBM), as therapies that use red and infrared light as the agent are known.
    science
    Published on Jul 21, 2026 10:00 IST

    Is instant delivery of satellites possible?

    Bengaluru-based startup Gimbal Space wants to create plug-and-play satellite components (Photo courtesy: Gimbal Space)
    science
    Updated on Jul 21, 2026 09:51 IST

    Sky no longer the limit: Vikram-1 launch is a leap for India's pvt space sector

    India's first private orbital rocket Vikram-1 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh,
    india news
    Updated on Jul 21, 2026 10:45 IST

    Smoke, AQI at 600, wildfires & floods: What's fuelling weather chaos in America

    (Left) People walk and bike in Brooklyn Bridge Park as wildfire smoke from Canada causes hazy conditions in New York; Flooding as heavy rains and severe weather hit Kerrville, Texas,
    world news
    Updated on Jul 21, 2026 10:47 IST

    The rate at which Earth is absorbing energy is alarming climate scientists

    The amount of sunshine reflected is known as the albedo. This is going down. Everything not reflected is absorbed, so the energy absorbed is going up.
    science
    Published on Jul 16, 2026 09:36 IST

    93 hrs/yr in Chennai: Warmer nights are stealing sleep, South losing the most

    Residents sleep on the roof of their home near Versova Beach to escape the oppressive indoor heat amid hot and humid conditions in Mumbai
    india news
    Updated on Jul 16, 2026 06:09 IST

    Thousands with ‘explosive’ diarrhoea: The parasite that loves veggies & fruits

    Microscopic image provided by the CDC shows cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a stool sample, which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin.
    us news
    Updated on Jul 21, 2026 10:48 IST

    The big-stakes fight to save pygmy hog, the world's tiniest wild pig

    There are just few hundred pygmy hogs left in the wild today.
    india news
    Updated on Jul 21, 2026 10:52 IST

    SpaceX lands on legs, China on a net: How will Isro's reusable rocket come home?

    Isro's winged vehicle in the RLV programme.
    india news
    Updated on Jul 21, 2026 10:52 IST

    The world is making heady progress in the fight against dementia

    Instead of confirming the received wisdom that America faced an intensifying plague of the condition, they showed that the proportion of old people succumbing to it was in fact shrinking fast.
    health
    Published on Jul 10, 2026 14:01 IST

    After SpaceX, China lands rocket booster with hooks, net: How the tech differs

    People watch as a Long March 10B carrier rocket takes off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, before returning vertically to an offshore platform for a controlled recovery, in Hainan province, China
    world news
    Updated on Jul 21, 2026 10:54 IST

    How the biggest trees survive droughts

    A tree’s trunk contains a network of tubes known as xylem whose job is to ferry water from the roots to leaves.
    science
    Published on Jul 9, 2026 14:47 IST
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