Chandrayaan-1 data: Earth electrons forming water on Moon

Scientists analysing the remote sensing data from India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission have found that high energy electrons from the Earth may be forming water on the Moon. Photograph: ISRO The......

2022 was the 5th warmest year on record, says NASA

Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. IMAGE: Women use scarfs to shield themselves from the heatwavee.......

India battling climate change and it is getting worse, warn experts

The experts said that climate change is not only raising temperatures and making India's heatwaves hotter, but also changing weather patterns that further drive dangerous weather extremes. IMAGE:......

Covid generated 8 million tonnes of plastic waste: Study

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated more than eight million tonnes of plastic waste globally, with over 25,000 tonnes of it entering the oceans, according to a study. IMAGE: A staff member wearing......

Can global consciousness be mapped by machines?

We are accustomed to our lives being affected by machines -- either to bring comfort or pain. The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks has once again brought forth repeated telecasts of the......

Tasks for an emerging superpower

With its decisive victory, the new Manmohan Singh government should at last be able to implement the required second generation reforms. Their lineaments are well known and with the removal of the......

5th cable cut fuels conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories of deliberately cutting communication lines to West Asia, primarily Iran, gained ground in the media and blogs as reports of another undersea cable cut -- the fifth successive......

'Aussies still in primary school compared to Indians'

IMAGE: Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur celebrate victory. Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images Young Australian cricketers are still in 'primary school' compared to their Indian......

US swimmer forced to end Cuba-Florida swim: CNN

Sixty-one-year-old American swimmer Diana Nyad was forced to end her bid to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage in mid-trip on Tuesday, CNN reported. CNN,......