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Science for All | How bird songs have evolved
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Dolly, the sheep that stands as an icon for cloning
On July 5, 1996, Dolly the sheep was born. The existence of Dolly – the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell – wasn’t revealed to the world until February 22 the following year. Thirty years on after Dolly’s birth, A.S.Ganesh tells you some secrets about her and the debates that centred around her…
Jolene, vaccine and cancer research — the enduring scientific legacy of Dolly Parton
Following the recent death of Dolly Parton, public attention has turned to her extensive philanthropic support for scientific and medical research. Her financial contributions over the decades have notably aided advancements in healthcare, including vaccine development and cancer studies.
Rare freshwater swamps in the Western Ghats are on the cusp of extinction
Today, the wetlands’ water holding capacity is vanishing as they are drained, leading to floods and dry streambeds, says a new study.
How IITs and IISc are redefining medical education in India
India's top engineering schools IITs and IISc are redesigning medical education by embedding engineering fundamentals into the curriculum, admissions and thesis work, creating a distinct medical degree that blends technical and clinical training. The approach seeks to produce doctors equipped to handle advanced medical technologies and interdisciplinary challenges.
We need more mega-science projects, says CERN Director-General
Future Circular Collider will push the boundaries of innovation, technology and imagination, says Mark Thomson
Gaganyaan Episode 1: Why India’s Human Spaceflight Mission Matters | The Scope
In the first episode of The Scope’s special series on Gaganyaan, we explore why India’s first human spaceflight mission is about much more than sending astronauts into orbit. Discover what Gaganyaan is, why human-rating a rocket is essential, how ISRO has prepared through years of testing, and why this mission could make India only the fourth nation capable of launching humans into space on its own.
Gaganyaan Episode 2: Why India Needs Special Rockets | The Scope
India’s LVM-3 has already launched satellites and carried Chandrayaan-3 towards the Moon. But carrying astronauts demands an entirely different level of safety. In Episode 2 of The Scope’s Gaganyaan — India’s Leap, we explore how ISRO is transforming the proven LVM-3 into the human-rated HLVM-3, with redundant systems, rigorous testing and a powerful Crew Escape System. From the 2018 Pad Abort Test to the dramatic 2023 TV-D1 mission, discover how ISRO is preparing for every possible failure befo...
What two districts can teach India about dealing with rural waste
Worldwide, around 2.7 billion people do not have their waste collected, and of them 2 billion live in rural areas, an analysis by the UN Environment Programme has found. Where people cannot manage waste, they dump it on land or in rivers, streams, and seas, or they burn it — a major concern in India
New study captures Sun’s early warning signs before solar flares
‘The results suggest that repeated small-scale energy release may progressively destabilise the magnetic field in an active region, eventually leading to a large solar flare,’ ISRO, which collaborated on the study, says
What is the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope?
It is a follow-on to the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, and the James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021, and has capabilities that can expand on the knowledge gained by those pioneering observatories
How a star with an extreme magnetic field could prove space is not empty
The work could prove the ‘nothingness’ of space is actually a complex and active medium and help scientists refine their maps of the universe
Do mRNA tumour vaccines herald a new revolution in cancer treatment?
Results of a recent melanoma trial using mRNA vaccines have been exciting. If the promise of mRNA tumour vaccines holds across multiple cancers, then this could be the next great leap forward in cancer care
Dung beetles prefer dog poop, but their children pay the price
The ‘accumulation of domestic dog waste … may pose a widespread but underappreciated risk to urban dung beetles’, new research has found
Climate change is denuding Indian languages
Nearly 100 words from Indian languages appear to be vanishing in the Anthropocene, according to a new research effort
Science Snapshots: August 30, 2026
Three recent important research developments, all readable in one minute
TikTok aids scientists to report an unknown subterranean fish in the Gangetic Basin
The Hindu’s weekly Science for All newsletter explains all things Science, without the jargon.
Lunar eclipse August 2026: When and where will it be visible from?
A lunar eclipse is a celestial event that occurs when Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow across the lunar surface.
Cyclone frequency may rise over Indian coast from the warming of Pacific: study
A combination of global warming and a cyclical event called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation that repeats every 20-30 years, could make cyclones that originate near the Equator more frequent in the coming years
