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A man walks on a sand dune with his camels in Mhamid el-Ghizlane, in the Moroccan southern Sahara desert.

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science quiz: On climatic zones

Close up illustration of atomic particle for nuclear energy imagery

Science For All | X-ray of an atom

Evapotranspiration over Czech forests. Evaporation of water from spruce forests near Liberec. loss of water as vapor from leaf vents. Lungs of the Czech healthy air. Liberec forest.

Evapotranspiration: part of cycle transmitting water into atmosphere

A view of a cotton field.

Satellite images and AI to help detect organic-cotton fields

Representative image.

Why It Matters | China beats U.S. in contributions to science journals

File image for representation.

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science quiz: On vaccines

For the first time after more than a decade of work by researchers in France and Switzerland, a paralysed man has regained the ability to walk naturally using only his thoughts thanks to two implants that restored communication between his brain and spinal cord. The advance was revealed in a study in the journal Nature.

Paralysed man walks with the help of brain implant

A murmuration of migrating starlings fly across the sky.

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science quiz: On migrating birds

The immense weight of New York City’s buildings, estimated to be around 771 billion kg, is helping the island buckle.

Why It Matters | The new Venice? New York City is sinking

Scientists have come up with a unique solution to incorporate disposable diapers into building materials to make it cost-effective and environment-friendly.

Why It Matters | Using disposable diapers to make concrete?

A night sky view at Emerald village, Udhagamandalam. File

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: on stars

Improved cookstoves such as rocket and gasifier cookstoves could be more harmful to humans than conventional cookstoves, according to a new study.

The problem with improved cooking stoves

This view taken on January 17, 2015 from a boat at sea shows a frigate bird (C) flying on the thermals from the new vent as steam and gas rise from the eruption of a volcano, some 65 kilometres (40 miles) northwest of the South Pacific nation Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa.

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On submarine volcanoes

About 81% of people in India are worried about global warming while 64% of Indians think that the government should do more to address global warming.

Why It Matters | Most Indians want quick climate action from government