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Astronomers typically refer to the journey water takes from its formation as individual molecules in space to its resting place on the surfaces of planets as “the water trail.” Image for Representation.

A ‘Goldilocks’ star reveals hidden step in how water gets to planets like Earth

This photo provided by researcher Katsuhiko Hayashi shows mice derived from stem cells, four weeks after their birth, in Osaka, Japan in September 2021. In a study published Wednesday, March 16, 2023, in the journal Nature, scientists led by Hayashi have created baby mice with two fathers for the first time by turning male mouse stem cells into female cells in a lab.

Scientists create mice with cells from 2 males for first time

Might the saliva of prostate cancer patients have different characteristics from that of healthy people? Could it contain traces of a disease that’s so far away from the mouth? Image for Representation.

Saliva: The next frontier in cancer detection

Matias A. Loewy

‘Communicating science isn’t about the esoteric or the what might be. It is about linking the science, especially food science, to climate and CO2 increases,’ says professor Lewis H. Ziska.

CO2 rise won’t just affect crops: Prof. Lewis H. Ziska

Sudhirendar Sharma

A wildfire threatening property glows at dusk near Clear Range, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. The threat is posed by a blaze on Canberra’s southern fringe that has razed more than 21,500 hectares (53,000 acres) since it was sparked by heat from a military helicopter landing light on Monday, the Emergency Services Agency said.

Smoke particles from wildfires can erode ozone layer: MIT study

A male hazelnut flower viewed under a fluorescence microscope.

Scientists devise ‘glowscope’ to bring fluorescent microscopy to schools

Vasudevan Mukunth

A new species of lizard, of the genus Proctoporus, was found in a high Andean area of a national park in Peru. Image for Representation.

Leaping lizards: Peru finds a new one

Honeybees possess one of the most complicated examples of nonhuman communication. They can tell each other where to find resources such as food, water, or nest sites with a physical “waggle dance.” Image for Representation.

Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language

Debris surrounds damaged homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, September 29, 2022, in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Experts caution that attributing any single event to La Nina or its better-known cousin, El Nino, is difficult as they pronounced Thursday, March 9, 2023, that the La Nina weather phenomenon has come to an end. But they can say generally that tornadoes in the Southeast and hurricanes are more frequent during La Nina.

La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone

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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science quiz: On thermodynamics

A.S. Nazir Ahamed

In this photo provided by the Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey is the Tanaga Volcano near Adak, Alaska, on May 23, 2021. A swarm of earthquakes occurring over the past few weeks has intensified at a remote Alaska volcano dormant for over a century, a possible indication of an impending eruption. The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the alert level to advisory status for Tanaga Volcano late Tuesday, March 7, 2023, after the quakes became very vigorous.

Swarm of quakes at Alaska volcano could mean eruption coming

An Olive Ridley turtle is seen at the Rushikulya river mouth beach and laying eggs on their mass nesting time near to the Podampeta village in Ganjam district of Odisha.

Record 6.37 lakh Olive Ridley turtles arrive at Odisha’s Rushikulya beach for mass nesting

Satyasundar Barik

This photo taken during the early hours of February 20, 2023 shows a hatchling leatherback sea turtle sprinting towards the water after being released by the Thai Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, on Bang Khwan Beach in Thailand’s coastal province of Phang Nga.

Hatching leatherback turtles get helping hand on Thai beach

Scores of disembowelled sharks have washed up on a South African beach putting the spotlight on a pair of shark-hunting killer whales whose behaviour has fascinated scientists and wildlife enthusiasts.

'Surgical' shark-killing orcas fascinate scientists

A view of the Puducherry coastline. Sea level rise this century may disproportionately affect certain Asian megacities as well as western tropical Pacific islands and the western Indian Ocean, according to a new research.

Chennai, Kolkata, in India, at particular risk due to sea level rise: Study