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In plain English

Do grammar rules really matter in the diverse and evolving landscape of languages or are grammar purists wrong in judging those with a limited command of the English language?

Lunar dreams, powered by atom

The US' biggest rival in space exploration, China, too, is banking on nuclear energy to power its moon base

Why Galilean moons, not Mars

In the pursuit of settling humans beyond Earth, wouldn't it be better to explore other worlds that are less hostile than Mars?

The Eliza effect

Humans have a habit of anthropomorphising everything, from computers to animals, cars, and even gods. This is dangerous

Of fake trees and moondust sunscreen

From a man-made sun-shield to deflect the Sun's rays to giant artificial trees to sequester carbon, radical and potentially risky solutions to stave off climate change are gaining traction

The Last of Us: How real is the threat?

The brain-controlling fungal pandemic in HBO's post-apocalyptic thriller is not fiction. It just doesn't affect humans

Tech beyond AI

From moon missions to resurrecting the dead - emerging technology trends to watch in 2023

Bifrost now a reality, or so

If stabilised and made big enough, wormholes can be used as a viable means of space travel in the future-just as Thor does in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Reading & in-betweens: Making sense of words

We appear to be natural at reading, but is that true?

De-extinction: A mammoth task

De-extinction -in its current form - is an excessively time- and capital-consuming process, and has yet to be successful for any singular species

Synthesising life: Getting closer to creating artificial humans?

Science fiction is fast morphing into reality. The latest such achievements are artificial embryos. Here's a look at the problems, pitfalls and potentials of this breakthrough

On path of science

The country gained pace in scientific innovation after Independence

James Webb: It is just the beginning

The giant telescope shall also try to identify supermassive black holes that sit at the centre of almost every large galaxy

Will age be just a number?

Scientists are of the view that if all age-related diseases vanish, the average human life expectancy shall jump to 89 years; still, there will be no escape from death

Simulating gravity

The impact of microgravity on humans' physical and mental health is unfathomable and ensuring artificial gravity shall help humanity settle on celestial bodies beyond Earth

Humans decoded

It's expected that genome-based research will help develop highly effective diagnostic tools and treatments for diseases

US not ready for a solo space ride

From 2011 to 2020, the US relied solely on Russia to fly astronauts to the ISS

Climate truth-tellers

For long, climate change deniers rejected these models as unverifiable and results of questionable inputs

Fuel of the future*

So, what is the world waiting for? Hydrogen as fuel is a win-win. It's an energy elixir, it's the panacea

Humans, all alone

Recently, a near-perfectly preserved fossil of a skull was identified as that of a newly discovered human-like species Homo longi or "Dragon Man"