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Water of Life

Chandrayaan’s find has suddenly raised the possibility of life elsewhere that much higher.

Searching for ET

Fog on Saturn’s moon Titan strengthens claims that it may hold answers to how life began on earth

The Mind of a City

Research shows that cities are organised like mammal brains, since both systems respond to the problem of efficient transport

A Celestial Rosetta Stone

Newton orbiting X-ray telescope has uncovered a celestial Rosetta stone—the first close-up of a white dwarf star

Hot Dog

Genetic research suggests dogs were first tamed on the southern shores of the Yangtze River for their meat

The Human Superorganism

Science sheds light on how our genes shape our friendships and how these in turn influence our emotions such as happiness and our habits such as smoking

Chandrayaan Down with Sunburn

The Chandrayaan-1 space mission has come to an end with Isro losing contact with the spacecraft

Milky Way

The ability to digest milk as an adult seems to have evolved just about 7,500 years ago in central Europe

Walking in Circles

Research says people cannot walk in a straight line if they do not have absolute references

Zoom to the Future

Galileo Galilei turned his telescope to the stars 400 years ago. No single moment has had a greater impact on our view of the world

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