The journalists behind our new show Radical Thinking wanted audiences to experience a guest’s thought processes rather than simply hear their hot takes. Our new podcast series Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty has already managed to generate many such moments.
The initiative, Bengaluru Design: Open Call, under Bengaluru Jatre, is open to designers, architects, artists, students and other creative thinkers
For Dr Richard Munang, Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), these are the realities that must shape how Africa measures progress on climate adaptation. The three-day workshop, held from 22 to 24 October 2026 at the West African Genetic Medicine Centre, brought together African climate negotiators, government officials, technical experts and representatives of the United Nations University and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Exclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries The Romans’ proficiency in the art of glass-making has produced some of the wonders of antiquity, but few of their creations better a 1,600-year-old masterpiece which sits in the British Museum. Depending on where a light source is positioned, the Lycurgus Cup changes colour, from jade green under normal lighting to ruby red when lit from behind – an astonishing feat of optical engineering that has confounded historians and glass-makers for centuries.
Vultures spend half as long on carcasses at an open dump site than at dog-free enclosures, the scientists observed
Yakka skinks are social reptiles that prefer to remain in the same area and live in family groups. While their predictable nature puts the species at risk of predators, a PhD student is using it to their advantage.
Eight researchers from KLE Technological University, Hubballi, have been featured in the 2026 single-year rankings of the world’s top 2% scientists, while five have been recognised for their career-long scientific impact
Dr. Mohana Rao Patibandla presents research on complex craniovertebral junction surgery
Volodymyr Zelenskyy offers thanks to US allies for restoring system key to air defence and ‘frontline logistics’ Ukraine’s military has a “stable connection to Starlink”, the Ukrainian government said on Saturday, 10 days after its ability to use the satellite communications system was suddenly restricted. The Starlink satellite terminals, which are produced by Elon Musk’s SpaceX but managed by the US government, are a key component of Ukraine’s military operations.
Season will be less vibrant with trees such as birches, which usually offer a striking burst of yellow leaves, already bare Among a canvas of copper, red and purple autumn leaves on display at Wisley garden in Surrey, south-east England, one tree stands conspicuously naked. “The birch has lost all its leaves,” says Guy Barter, the chief horticulturist at the Royal Horticultural Society.
Looking further ahead, the lab projects that Sahel countries such as Niger and Burkina Faso could see 60 or more heat deaths for every 100,000 people each year by 2050, a higher rate than malaria causes in Africa today. A study in Nature, promoted by the University of Chicago and co-written by Climate Impact Lab researchers, found that some very hot West African and Sahel countries are becoming too hot for malaria-carrying mosquitoes, while risk is climbing in the cooler highlands of East Africa and in southern Africa.
Mr. Maran in his letter, urging the Centre to withdraw the proposed draft rules in their current form and undertake a comprehensive review in consultation with independent animal welfare experts, scientists, veterinarians, research institutions and civil society organisations
The summit opened with remarks from CultureJoint founder and Climate x Culture Summit Lead, Kenneth Awotwe Darko, followed by a keynote address from Ruth Dzokoto, representing the Ministry of Climate Change and Sustainability. Messages of solidarity were delivered by renowned media executive and culture entrepreneur Ruddy Kwakye and Priscilla Adomaah Nsonwaah of the Centre for CSR, West Africa.
The 3-day event will bring together policymakers and experts from 18 countries seeking to identify practical measures to strengthen regional cooperation in maritime research, ocean governance, climate resilience and emerging technologies
UK allies have long urged people to stockpile supplies for a crisis. How are people from France to Australia being advised to prepare?
Swadeshi Jagaran Manch says India must develop its own satellite internet infrastructure for both commercial and strategic reasons
He was inaugurating the 39th National Convention of Aerospace Engineering and ‘Space 2.0 - The Agenda,’ a seminar organised by the Institution of Engineers (India) under the aegis of its Aerospace Engineering Division Board
Trump could face sanctions, including dismissal of his lawsuit, if he fails to cooperate with questioning.
Communications system still faces speed restrictions despite Trump claim that Musk had resumed full service Trump, Musk, Zelenskyy: who is blaming who in the Ukraine-Starlink row? The slowdown, which has affected the key communications system used by Ukrainian troops, began last week after Trump and Starlink founder Musk publicly criticised Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, over continued strikes on Russian oil refineries.
Environmental group WALHI says it mapped “high confidence” hotspots across Indonesia using NASA fire data and found around 50 percent were inside concessions. “Fires originating outside our boundaries subsequently spread into areas under the Group’s management,” Singapore Exchange-listed palm oil company First Resources said after one of its concessions was listed in WALHI’s report.
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NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 23 – UNESCO is preparing a $30 million (about Sh3.87 billion) regional climate-resilience project targeting Kenya and four other East African countries. Speaking on Thursday at the 24th Ordinary Meeting of the Sectoral Council on the Lake Victoria Basin in Kisumu, Haxthausen said the project would be developed in partnership with the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) and participating governments.
As world leaders struggle to meet deadlines to halt nature loss set four years ago, a rare leopard in host country Armenia offers a symbol of what is at stake Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The Armenian capital Yerevan is chock-a-block right now with officials, scientists and environmentalists from all over the world gathering for Cop17.