What factors impact the environmental footprint of tea and coffee? And what can you do to make your cup greener?

A quote on happiness being the journey rather than the destination also appeared in the 2024 UPSC CSE examination. Why do such quotes encourage a focus away from happiness as a goal? Various philosophers and psychologists have offered insights on this.

Once a supporter of Democratic candidates such as Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton, how did Elon Musk begin championing conservative causes?

Coal will be central to India’s energy mix for at least another decade, and moving away from it poses a massive challenge.

The farm sector’s share in employment is rising despite India registering high GDP growth rates in recent years, reversing a decades-old trend of rural India becoming increasingly less tethered to agriculture. Here's what could have led to this, its implications.

In the 1960s, scientists discovered that some people produced extra amylase in their saliva. But it has only been in the past few years that researchers have been able to zero down on the amylase genes.

Stocktaking by the excise department has revealed that Andhra Pradesh has been losing out a huge chunk of the liquor revenue over the past few years.

Z-Morh Sonamarg Tunnel: The Z-Morh tunnel, now renamed the Sonamarg tunnel, is part of the Zojila tunnel project that aims to provide all weather connectivity from Srinagar to Ladakh throughout the year.

Cyclone Dana update: How are cyclones named, and what conventions are followed in choosing their names? We explain.

A brain network involved in motivation and attention is larger in people with depression. The difference is also visible in people before they develop depression symptoms.

Why have concerns been raised over aging populations in South India? Can people be incentivised to have more babies to impact this trend? What role can internal migration play?

It is generally understood that when satcom services become more mainstream, low-lying and rural areas, and areas prone to natural disasters, will benefit from constant connectivity.

Ruvkun’s award was the fourth Nobel Prize resulting from C. elegans research, cementing the lowly soil worm’s outsize role in scientific discovery.

The TECC in Mumbai marks the Taiwan government’s third office in India, after New Delhi and Chennai. Why were these offices opened and why has China objected?

What is the BRICS? How important is the grouping amid an increasingly tense world? What does an expanded BRICS mean for India? We explain.

Such geo-engineering solutions have long been under study, but have never been tried. With insufficient progress in combating global warming, they are increasingly being considered.

Mission Mausam aims to 'manage' weather events. What is a cloud chamber, and what role can it play in this?

Sonam Wangchuk and other activists from Ladakh have demanded that Schedule 6 be made applicable to the Union Territory. Here is what to know.

Kazan is one of Russia's cities of the future — in the sense that it already anticipates some of the significant demographic changes that are contributing to the country's evolving national identity.

The discussions under Convention on Biological Diversity, which have been extremely low-profile in comparison to climate change negotiations so far, are slowly gaining in prominence because of the growing realisation of the severity of the issue. Here's what…

The Act provides the legal framework for madarsa education where, apart from the curriculum of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), religious education is imparted as well.