Nature and Science

For a planet to be habitable for humans, 1) It should be at a safe distance from the ...

The Quadrantids The Quadrantids give off their own New Year’s fireworks show. ...

If you spot a meteor shower, what you’re really seeing is the leftovers of the icy ...

Astronauts aboard Apollo 16 installed a linear telescope called the Far Ultraviolet ...

My friend says semi-conductors are used in transistor radios. What is a semi-conductor? ...

In 1796, an English doctor called Edward Jenner (1749-1823) gave the first vaccination. He ...

Research chemists examine different chemicals to find out how they react with other ...

Understanding the cause of an illness can often help a doctor to bring a patient back to ...

Anaesthesia prevents pain signals from being received by the brain, so that the pain is not ...

Archaeologists have found skulls, dating from at least 10,000 years ago, that have holes ...

Ranjit Lal is one of my favourite nature writers. His essays on birds are like stories ...

Biorocks need electric current to function. So they have to be installed close to the ...

Once a natural coral reef is disturbed due to human activity like shipping, whaling, ...

They speed up the natural process of coral formation. Corals on the biorocks survive ...

Once the biorock is well-installed, reef gardeners and biorock volunteers attach live ...