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Chasing the ‘forever’ pet
For now, grey-muzzled canines still have a bright side to look forward to. With their pet parents, they can help humans understand the process of ageing by signing up for the Ageing Dog Project.
06 April 2024, 23:30 IST
Chasing the ‘forever’ pet
06 April 2024, 23:30 IST
Finding a lost turtle by tapping into people’s wisdom
In a first, scientists used local ecological knowledge to spot nests and hatchlings of the Cantor's giant softshell turtle, thought to be locally extinct, writes Spoorthy Raman
05 April 2024, 23:37 IST
Finding a lost turtle by tapping into people’s wisdom
05 April 2024, 23:37 IST
Cells that make up our body
Guess how much all these trillions of cells weigh? In an average human weighing 70 kg, cells comprise nearly two-thirds of the body weight!
30 March 2024, 01:25 IST
Cells that make up our body
30 March 2024, 01:25 IST
Furry, fuzzy and frazzled?
Over the next few days, Pippi kept a keen eye on the noisy bot whenever it did its thing. About a month in, I’m happy to report the two have made some peace.
03 March 2024, 00:06 IST
Furry, fuzzy and frazzled?
03 March 2024, 00:06 IST
Lab-grown ‘beef rice’ for a healthy planet
In a recent study, Korean researchers reported creating a hybrid food where animal muscles and fat cells are grown inside rice grains. Healthy cells need a supporting framework—or scaffolding—to direct their growth into tissues and organs.
02 March 2024, 02:31 IST
Lab-grown ‘beef rice’ for a healthy planet
02 March 2024, 02:31 IST
The tiny but mighty microfossils
Microfossils range between a few microns to a couple of millimetres in size, but they paint a picture of how our planet looked billions of years ago. Using them, scientists can decipher what gases were present in our atmosphere billions of years ago, how hot the planet was or how cold the oceans were.
23 February 2024, 20:59 IST
The tiny but mighty microfossils
23 February 2024, 20:59 IST
Birders find help in artificial intelligence
In the last few years, mobile internet and smartphones have made birding amateur-friendly and immensely contributed to understanding birds through citizen science.
06 February 2024, 03:06 IST
Birders find help in artificial intelligence
06 February 2024, 03:06 IST
Microplastics menace the food we grow
From irrigation pipes to greenhouse films to mulch that suppresses weeds, plastics are ubiquitous on farms today. As the use of plastic implements increases in agriculture, tiny, microscopic fragments—called microplastics—wither off of them and become one with the soil, threatening the food we eat. Once in the soil, it is expensive and almost impossible to separate microplastics.
27 January 2024, 00:03 IST
Microplastics menace the food we grow
27 January 2024, 00:03 IST
At home with ball pythons and iguanas!
Exotic animals, such as snakes, rats, ferrets, hamsters, turtles, crabs and frogs, are increasingly joining our households.
20 January 2024, 23:27 IST
At home with ball pythons and iguanas!
20 January 2024, 23:27 IST
What’s on the space menu?
Since humans burn more calories in space, they need high-calorie food packed with micronutrients like calcium and Vitamin D, which keep bones healthy under microgravity.
12 January 2024, 19:41 IST
What’s on the space menu?
12 January 2024, 19:41 IST
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