Spotted hyena daughters inherit rank, resources, and a taste for power
Among people, it is common knowledge that privilege is often inherited. But according to new findings, hyenas also inherit resources and status, and not just their forebears’ genes, from their parents. The findings were published recently in Science Advances — and they challenge the traditional evolutionary theories that assume males always face greater reproductive competition. […]
Trump Administration Carbon Limits: ‘Unleash American energy’: Trump moves to scrap Biden-era carbon limits on US coal & gas power plants
Trump’s latest climate rollback targets carbon emissions from US power plants The Donald Trump administration is set to scrap Biden-era limits on carbon emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, marking another major rollback of US climate policy and removing restrictions that targeted a sector responsible for nearly a quarter of the country’s greenhouse gas […]
Tamil Nadu plans to establish a new university exclusively for emerging technologies, ETEducation
Tamil Nadu to set up university for emerging technologies CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu higher education department plans to set up a new university for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, climate technology and space technology. Named Periyar Institute of Emerging Technology, it will first be launched as an autonomous institute under Anna University, […]
Karnataka Considers Reinstating Physical Marks Cards Amid Student Concerns, ETEducation
In K’taka, teachers now get ‘Tr’ prefix Bengaluru: The higher education department is considering revoking its earlier circular on not issuing physical marks cards and only relying on digital ones. At a meeting of vice-chancellors with higher education minister Basavaraj Rayareddi at Karnataka State Higher Education Council, VCs raised the issue of lack of physical […]
Teachers Took Nail Cutters, Not Textbooks, to This Tribal Hamlet in Tamil Nadu. Two Years Later, 50 Children Are in School
On a Saturday afternoon in Kodaikanal’s Kombai-Perungadu tribal settlement, a 5-year-old girl appears on a video call, her hair neatly plaited, her blue frock crisp. She offers a shy smile. “Hi! Yen per Karnika (My name is Karnika),” she says in Tamil. She is delighted to have someone asking her question after question, and even the […]
Science Snapshots: September 13, 2026
Elderly Meitei women sell betel nuts in Ima market in Imphal, Manipur, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Human drug use began millennia earlier than believed Researchers examined the teeth of two ancient hunter-gatherers from Sulawesi, Indonesia, dating back as far as 25,000 years, and found unusual, deep grooves in the teeth caused by sucking on […]
Controversy over ‘Mathathon’ at Caltech
A view of the Millikan Library at Caltech, 2013. | Photo Credit: Canon.vs.nikon (CC BY-SA) A new event at the California Institute of Technology, called ‘Mathathon’, pulled together by a group of undergraduate students to “promote the responsible use of AI in mathematics” quickly ran into controversy last week. Scheduled for October 30 to November […]
New species of legless amphibian discovered from Maharashrtra
Gegeneophis chandgadi, a species of legless amphibia discovered in Maharashtra | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Scientists have discovered a new species of subterranean, legless amphibian — commonly known as a caecilian from Maharashtra. The species named Gegeneophis chandgadi has been discovered by a multi-institutional team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), WRC Pune, […]
Telangana’s Education Policy Aimed at Future Generations: CM Revanth Reddy, ETEducation
“Education policy must cater to Gen Z, Gen Alpha, Gen Beta to achieve its goals for Rising 2047”: CM Revanth Reddy Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said the state’s education policy should cater to Gen Z, Gen Alpha and Gen Beta, saying the education system must be useful for all generations. Speaking in the […]
The Hindu–VIT Conclave explores advances in biotechnology and healthcare
Dr. Maneesh Paul, CEO, Microvioma, Lead Co-Inventor and Program Director of the Anti-infective Enmetazobactam, Orchid Pharma, Dr. Vasan Sambandamurthy, Senior Vice President, Bugworks Research India Pvt Ltd, Dr. M.M. Balamurali, Professor, Centre for Healthcare Advancement, Innovation and Research, VIT, Chennai in conversation with Athira Elssa Johnson, at The Hindu’s Bio Tech Conclave 2026 in Chennai […]