Science & Environment

Aditya-L1 Spacecraft Escapes Sphere Of Earths Influence: ISRO

This is the second time in succession that ISRO could send a spacecraft outside the sphere of influence of the Earth, the first time...

Scientists say 6,200-year-old shoes found in cave challenge

Scientists say grass sandals discovered in a cave in Spain are 6,200 years old, making them the oldest woven grass footwear ever discovered in...

Battling a Water Crisis: Bottles, Barges and Maybe a Quarter Billion-Dollar Pipe

People in New Orleans are used to preparing for hurricanes and floods. So when they learned of a new threat — an infusion of...

Saturn’s Rings May Have Formed in a Surprisingly Recent Crash of 2 Moons

Try to imagine Saturn without its signature rings. Now picture two large icy moons shifting closer together little by little until — boom. Chaos....

M. S. Swaminathan, Scientist Who Helped Conquer Famine in India, Dies at 98

M. S. Swaminathan, the eminent crop geneticist who fused plant breeding science with keen administrative skills to produce bountiful harvests that ended famine and...

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