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Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret behind a mushroom disease that has frustrated growers for more than a century: It involves more than 17 species of harmful bacteria, not just one.
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
Scientists have discovered that the universe's fundamental physical constants may be finely balanced to make life possible. Even tiny changes to these constants could make liquids too thick or too thin for essential biological processes, potentially preventing life as we know it.
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
TRISHNA is the third satellite that India and France are developing after Megha-Tropiques and SARAL (Satellite with ARGOS and ALTIKA) satellites.
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed a remarkable formation in Madagascar that looks surprisingly similar to the Moon’s bright highlands. Made of anorthosite, a rock abundant on the lunar surface, the formation dates back at least 600 million years and bears the scars of…
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
Mahesh Kakde says that after Independence, mathematics education and research were mainly concentrated in fewer centres
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
Bambara groundnut Ton Rulkens/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Across Africa, wheat, maize and rice are the most consumed cereal crops. When they fail because of drought, floods or other climate disasters, this can be devastating for farmers, particularly smallholder farmers whose livelihoods and food security…
Science & Climate · The Conversation · Africa ·
The number of winners every year should not be confused with the number of people it takes to do excellent science
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
What are chirality and molecular ‘handedness’, and why does life favour one form over the other? Why does the handedness of a molecule matter when developing drugs? What did Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai discover? Can it explain the origins of life?
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
Scientists in Vienna have achieved a major breakthrough in timekeeping by creating the world’s first self-stabilizing nuclear clock, a technology that could eventually surpass even the most precise atomic clocks.
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
Leaves on the ground are part of the natural cycle of nutrients. Manjot Sidhu, CC BY-SA Every autumn, homeowners and gardeners tend to engage in a familiar ritual. As trees shed their leaves, people drag out rakes, leaf blowers and lawn bags to strip their yards bare before winter arrives.
Science & Climate · The Conversation · Environment ·
Hurricane Isaias just after making landfall near Destin, Fla., on Oct. 9, 2026. NOAA Hurricane Isaias shattered the peace of one of the quietest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record as it grew into 2026’s first Atlantic hurricane and made landfall on the northern Gulf Coast near Destin, Fla., late…
Science & Climate · The Conversation · Environment ·
A drilling rig bores a well for a geothermal heating and cooling system. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking.
Science & Climate · The Conversation · Environment ·
Hurricane-force winds from the Wall of Wind test facility rolled mobile homes, showing where their anchoring systems fail. Margi Rentis/Florida International University It’s 9:15 in the morning. The wind is roaring at 110 miles per hour (177 kph); the sound is deafening.
Science & Climate · The Conversation · Environment ·