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Charles Darwin (Image source: Wikipedia) Charles Darwin was an English naturalist and biologist whose work changed the way people thought about life on Earth. He wrote On the Origin of Species in 1859. This book introduced the idea of evolution through natural selection. This idea explained how species change over time by allowing individuals who…

Elon Musk claims, “SpaceX will build a system that allows anyone to travel to Moon” Elon Musk said that his company SpaceX plans to build a system that would allow anyone to travel to the Moon and, eventually, Mars.“SpaceX will build a system that allows anyone to travel to the Moon. This will be so…

Is AI secretly increasing the world’s carbon footprint? Know the truth AI growth is often framed in terms of speed and scale. Less often discussed is what sits underneath it all, quietly drawing power. As artificial intelligence spreads across offices, factories and digital services, researchers are beginning to trace how those gains ripple through energy…

The Curiosity rover, along the lower slopes of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater, has reportedly uncovered the largest organic molecules ever found on the Red Planet. Decane, undecane, and dodecane are the mid-sized hydrocarbons that look a lot like fragments of fatty acids preserved in mudstone that’s 3.7 billion years old. Scientists reveal these molecules…

NASA finds Earth’s magnetic field may be the hidden reason oxygen has lasted for millions of years Scientists have debated for decades whether Earth’s magnetic field plays a role in keeping the planet habitable. The question matters because Earth stands apart from other rocky worlds. It has a long-lived magnetic field generated deep inside the…

Homi Bhabha admired Picasso Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha is a well-known name in India’s scientific community. He is known as the “father of the Indian nuclear program” because he was a visionary physicist who helped shape the country’s nuclear energy policy and set up the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the Atomic Energy…

The story of the tortoise and the hare is one of the most widely told fables across cultures. Parents, teachers, and elders have long used it to explain how success can come not from speed alone, but from patience, discipline, and persistence. The lesson is applied everywhere, from preparing for exams and surviving a competitive…

Elon Musk (Image source: Reuters) Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, has given a clear picture of how his space company plans to make money in 2026. In a post on the platform X, Musk said that NASA’s share of SpaceX’s revenue next year will be only about five per cent. That is a small portion…

Anand Mahindra’s Monday Motivation – Dr Shubha V Iyengar Every Monday, India’s well-known industrialist Anand Mahindra shares a short post on social media that many people look forward to. He calls it Monday Motivation, and his messages range from lessons in life to stories of people doing remarkable work. On one recent Monday, he posted…

Humanity has been reaching for the stars for decades. Moon landings, Mars rovers, and long stays on the ISS. But there’s one question that seems to hang in the air: can humans actually have children in space? It sounds simple. But it isn’t. Space is not just empty air with combination of radiation, microgravity, stress,…