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Explained: NASA’s first-ever recording of sound of dust devil on Mars

Researchers hope that recording the sound of a dust devil on Mars will help them better understand the weather and climate on the planet, including how its arid surface and thin atmosphere may have once supported life

Raining Lava: How Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano eruption is different from the others

The magma that flows from Mauna Loa originates in a series of magma chambers located between one and 25 miles (two and 40 kilometres) below the surface. The origin, however, is much deeper in the Earth's mantle, possibly more than 620 miles (1,000 km)

Food for Thought: What cooking and gathering for feasts reveal about human evolution

Cooking food marked more than just a lifestyle change for our ancestors. It helped fuel our evolution, give us bigger brains — and later down the line, became the centrepiece of feasting rituals that brought communities together

Can rats dance to the beats of Lady Gaga?

Japanese scientists found that rodents have an innate ability to synchronise their movements to the beat, which was previously thought to be a human-only skill

Explained: How British scientists cured a man who suffered from COVID for 411 days

The man, who has a weakened immune system due to a kidney transplant, caught COVID-19 in December 2020 and continued to test positive until January this year. However, researchers successfully treated him by analysing the genetic code of his particular virus to find the right treatment

Does adversity make you stronger? What science says

After traumatic events and crises such as child abuse, gun violence or a pandemic, what explains why some people bounce back, while others struggle to cope? Is it nature or nurture that seals a person's fate?

Explained: How scientists engineered mosquitoes that cannot spread malaria

The genetically modified mosquitos have the ability to slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites in their gut, an innovation that can help prevent transmission of the disease to humans

Should thylacines be brought back from extinction? Here’s what experts have to say

Some experts argue that money used on the project to bring back Australia’s iconic lost species, the Tasmanian tiger, could be put to better use by actively preserving habitats of animals on the brink

Former ISRO scientist welcomes the arrest of retired IPS officer RB Sreekumar by Gujarat Police

Nambi Narayanan said that the former officer was 'crossing all limits of decency' and 'there is limit to everything'

Book Review | In The Gutsy Girls of Science, Class 11 student Ilina Singh celebrates women scientists who paved the way

Ilina Singh adopts a friendly, conversational tone to ask her readers if they would like to consider a career in the fields that each of these women chose to work in. Her writing style is in in tune with what her peers would enjoy.