Science for All | Quest to crack blues mystery in Pollock painting reveals colour-tuning technique
While pigments interact with light and their surroundings to produce specific colours, the hex triplet #1099D6 (shown) approximates what manganese blue might have looked like. | Photo Credit: Google Jackson Pollock’s Number 1A, 1948 is one of the most famous examples of action painting, where paint is dripped, splashed, and layered onto a surface. While […]
As the lights stay on, birds are staying up past their bedtime
These days, an inky, sightless night is a rare sight in much of the world. From the harsh glare of streetlamps that make us squint to the gaudy flicker of neon billboards that force sunglass shields, artificial light is blurring the line between day and night. This has meant birds stay active for almost an […]
Meet the Family Growing Forests, Turning Barren Lands Into Nature Retreats 3 Hrs From Mumbai
A verdant sprawl greets anyone who reaches Shillim, a village cosied in the breathtaking Sahyadri mountain ranges in Maharashtra. Would you believe the land is a corollary of a family trip in 1985? Gavin de Souza, who is now leading Dharana at Shillim — a retreat nestled in the crook of the valley’s arm — […]
Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report
Rising oceans and flooding caused by climate change will threaten the homes and livelihoods of more than a million Australians by 2050, while deaths from heat-related illness will soar, a landmark report warned Monday ahead of Canberra’s release of emission reduction targets this week.The long-awaited national climate risk assessment found that rising temperatures will have […]
Mocked as ‘Vela’, He’s Fed Patients, Ferried the Dead & Raised Rs 1 Cr for Himachal’s Flood Relief
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Majority of US grads feel unprepared for the workforce: 5 tips to fix it
Gap Between US College Education and Job Market: 5 Ways Graduates Can Prepare for Success (Image: TIL) Every spring, millions of college graduates walk across the stage, diploma in hand, ready to take on the real world but when the excitement fades, many find themselves grappling with a harsh reality as they don’t feel prepared […]
Inspiration in a Minute: Meet the Engineers Bringing Safer Battery Testing to India’s EVs
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Robert Koch’s Nobel Prize: winning discoveries on tuberculosis and the foundations of bacteriology
In 1905, German physician and microbiologist Robert Koch was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis.” At a time when TB claimed millions of lives, Koch’s identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the causative agent transformed medical science and confirmed that the disease was infectious, not […]
8 Best Tea Plantation Homestays in India for a Relaxing Getaway
Growing up, my favourite pastime was collecting postcards that I received from friends and family who were globetrotting. They were beautiful, but I’d often wonder whether the pictures they featured were make-believe or actually existed somewhere on this planet. I’ve found the answers to those innocent questions of mine, in the eight tea estates that […]
Greece targets threat of invasive fruit flies from Asia
In a small persimmon orchard in northern Greece, scientists carefully open paper bags to release thousands of flies, in an experiment aimed at blunting the destructive impact of new invasive species. The insects are sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies (Ceratitis capitata), a pest that annually causes significant damage to crops in Naousa, where a large […]