Nasa just invited India to help build a permanent base on the Moon. It’s the kind of headline that writes itself — and yet, what it actually means for India is still almost entirely undecided.Nasa wants to do something considerably more ambitious than return astronauts to the Moon. It wants to start building a place…
Dalal Street ended last week in the red, with five of India’s 10 most valued firms losing nearly Rs 1 lakh crore in market capitalisation, with IT major TCS suffering the steepest decline. Sensex ended the week 489.92 points, or 0.62 per cent, lower, while Nifty lost 204.65 points, or 0.83 per cent.“Markets ended the…
Researchers in Michigan have helped bring the Poweshiek skipperling butterfly back from the brink of extinction after its US wild population fell to just nine in 2022. Through captive breeding, habitat restoration and carefully planned releases, more than 1,300 butterflies were released in 2025. The recovery effort has now expanded to other endangered butterflies, while…
Geopolitical developments, crude oil major driving factors for market movement this week After snapping a two-week winning run, Indian equities are likely to remain sensitive to geopolitical developments, with the Strait of Hormuz, US-Iran standoff and crude oil prices expected to influence trading activity this week.According to analysts, with the quarterly earnings season now behind…
Fan built her own $200 device instead of using NASA’s $50,000 clinostat. (Society for science photo) Leanne Fan, an 18-year-old student from San Diego, has been named a finalist in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search for her research into wound healing in space. Her project looks at whether red light therapy can help wounds…
Gold and silver prices could continue their upward rally next week, but the momentum will depend on geopolitical and economic cues. Analysts expect bullion to remain firm as markets weigh the latest developments in the Middle East alongside inflation, trade and other global cues.Markets will keep an eye on US housing and trade data, inflation…
What if food scraps, discarded branches and seashells could help produce drinking water from the air? Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new class of biomass-based hydrogels that can capture atmospheric moisture and release it as clean water using relatively mild heat. The approach, described in the peer-reviewed journal Advanced…
Govt fixes refinery-wise output targets, Reliance gets biggest quota India, for the first time, has set production targets for individual public and private-sector refineries and upstream companies as it looks to build a stronger domestic supply system after the Middle East chaos disrupted imports.In an order issued earlier this week, the petroleum and natural gas…
The fossil of Arctobatrachus urdensis as documented in 1948 (A–C), its skull as it appears today (D), and a reconstructed illustration (E). Scale bar: 10 cm. Credit: Schoch et al., 2026. Nearly 80 years ago, a British expedition discovered the battered remains of a giant fossil on the peak of an Arctic island. Unable to…
The foxes reduced seabird populations, which meant less nutrient-rich guano reached the islands. Arctic foxes introduced to more than 400 Alaskan islands for fur changed far more than the local wildlife. According to a study published in journal Science, by preying on seabirds, they disrupted the flow of nutrients from the ocean to land and…