science

People walk without protective masks in Times Square amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

What is the science behind the new US mask guidance?

Science shows why simplifying is hard and complicating is easy
Panorama

Science shows why simplifying is hard and complicating is easy

US President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
World

Biden budget's $14 billion hike for climate includes big boosts for EPA, science

TBS illustration
Thoughts

Sales: Science or Art?

Transport, Power, Science, ICT sectors to get lower development allocation
Infrastructure

Transport, Power, Science, ICT sectors to get lower development allocation

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, wears a Washington Nationals protective mask while arriving to a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing in Washington, DC, US, July 31, 2020. Erin Scott/Pool via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

Anthony Fauci wins $1M Israeli prize for 'defending science'

Eric Lander (right) at a news conference in Mexico City, next to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, on Jan. 19, 2010. Lander on Friday was named by US President-elect Joe Biden as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, as the post was elevated to Cabinet-level status for the first time. REUTERSHenry RomeroFile Photo
Politics

Biden elevates science post to cabinet level

Hayabusa2 Spaceship. Picture: Collected
Science

Samples from asteroid more than hoped for, Japan researchers say

The five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in southwestern China's Guizhou province is the only significant instrument of its kind Handout National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)/AFP
Science

China to open giant telescope to international scientists

A person holds pharmaceutical tablets and capsules in this picture illustration taken in Ljubljana September 18, 2013. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic/Files
Coronavirus chronicle

What science says about vitamins and supplements for Covid-19

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni. Picture: Collected
Education

No more science, commerce, humanities streams at secondary level: Dipu Moni

Lailufar Yasmin.
Thoughts

The philosophy of science, Covid-19 and social sciences: The techie vs the fuzzy debate

Some adorable kittens. Photo: Collected from CNN website
Offbeat

Science finds watching cute animals good for health