Sustainable Development

Scientists Can Now Store Digital Data In DNA With 100 Percent Accuracy

All the digital data we're creating—44 trillion gigabytes by 2020—has to go somewhere. The "where" of the near future, many researchers believe, will be on DNA str...

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Scientists Just Confirmed The Hottest Day In Antarctica

Scientists from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced a new record high temperature of 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit for the continent of Antarctica. The temperature...

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Entrepreneur Beats Disability: Sizzles With Food Stall At Navi Mumbai Mall

At first glance, ‘Aditi’s Corner’ in Bhoomi Mall, CBD Belapur, looks like any other eatery: a couple of chairs and tables neatly laid out; packets of chips h...

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SpaceX Says It Will Send Two Extremely Wealthy People Around the Moon Next Year

Two space tourists are headed around the Moon and back in 2018, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who spoke to reporters in a highly anticipated press call on Monday. Amid Mu...

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Scientists Used A Little Bee Puppet To Teach Real Bees How To Play Bee ‘Soccer’

Scientists have been able to teach bees to do all kinds of things, like tug on a rope or count to four. But so far these skills have largely fallen into the realm of what scie...

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Inside NASA’s Space Farming Labs

For the first time since the end of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon, there is serious talk of sending humans beyond low earth orbit. NASA has been courting ideas for journe...

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Farms Are Turning To Solar As Electricity Prices Soar

Step onto a farm in California, and you're likely to find solar panels planted near almonds or oranges.Solar energy is a growing presence in the agriculture industry, partly a...

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What Next For Renewables In Cities? – The Expert View

A complex range of factors is shaping how and why cities adopt renewable energy, from costs to the need for stable power supplies As renewable energy projects are rolled out i...

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Amritsar’s Golden Temple Leads by Example, Offers Organic Food From Its Farm To 1 Lakh Pilgrims

In Amritsar, at the kitchen of the famed Golden Temple, there has been a quiet yet very healthy revolution taking place. Those who come to the temple to pray have turned to mo...

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Engineers Turn Human Body Into Bioacoustic Communications Channel

You meet Bob at a party—a friend of a friend. He's way drunk but let's slip that he's a procurement manager at a very large, very flush government contractor. Dude sucks...

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GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: USHA UTHUP - THE QUEEN OF POP

Celebrating Usha Uthup’s five-decade journey as a musical trailblazer, cultural am...

November 21 2024