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66 stories for “Science” · March 2026
Clear filtersTwo days were observed on 21 March:International Colour Day: Celebrated every year around the world to recognise the importance of colours in art, science and everyday life.World Day for Glaciers: Observed to draw attent...
The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) released the India BioEconomy Report (IBER) 2026 in New Delhi.India's bioeconomy stood at $195.3 billion in 2025, contributing roughly 4.8–5% of GDP, with gr...
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified a new category of exoplanets covered by global oceans of molten magma.These worlds are neither rocky planets nor water worlds, making them a third class dom...
NASA has confirmed, after fresh observations, that Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the Moon in 2032. Discovered in 2024, the asteroid had earlier been estimated to have a roughly 3.8–4.3% chance of striking the Moon on 22...
Aqua AirX Autonomous Systems has launched Avataar, described as India's first amphibious drone. An amphibious drone can operate both in the air and on water, which allows it to take off from, land on and move across wate...
ISRO has successfully carried out a sea-level hot test of its CE20 cryogenic engine at a thrust level of 22 tonnes. The CE20 powers the C25 cryogenic upper stage of the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3), India's heavy-lift ro...
A faunal survey by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, has identified nine species new to science. They include the jumping spider Stenaelurillus megamalai, the mayflies E...
A new study shows that NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) altered the orbit of a whole asteroid system. In September 2022, a spacecraft was deliberately crashed into Dimorphos, a small moonlet circling the as...
India and New Zealand plan to deepen sports cooperation as 2026 marks a century of sporting relations between them. The ties date back to 1926, when an Indian Army hockey team toured New Zealand. A high-level meeting in...
India's data centre capacity has grown roughly fourfold, from about 375 MW in 2020 to nearly 1,500 MW in 2025. A data centre is a secured facility that stores, processes and manages large volumes of digital data. India's...
Pi Day, which is also marked as the International Day of Mathematics, is observed worldwide on 14 March every year. The date was chosen because 3/14 matches the first three digits of the mathematical constant π (3.14159)...
Scientists have identified two fruit fly species new to science, Acidoxantha paratotoflava and Hemilea suneriae, in the Himalayan foothills of the Solan region in Himachal Pradesh.Both belong to the subfamily Trypetinae....
