Clear explanations of science, with a special focus on Assam and North-East India. Why does the Brahmaputra keep changing its course? How did the great earthquake of 1897 create Chandubi Lake? What exactly is a black hole?
Articles in this section answer questions like these step by step, using findings from geologists, astronomers and other scientists, and explain what they mean for people living in the region today.
How NASA’s Deep Space Network hears Voyager 1 from a light-day away: giant antennas, ultra-cold receivers, error-correcting codes, navigation and laser links.
Assam has lost over 4.27 lakh hectares of land to river erosion since 1950. Learn the science behind the Brahmaputra’s shifting channels: sediment, earthquakes, braiding and bank collapse.
What is a black hole, how does it form, and could one swallow Earth? A simple, science-based guide to black holes, from event horizons to the first images and the nearest one to us.
How the 1897 Assam earthquake created Chandubi Lake near Guwahati, lifted the Shillong Plateau and gave scientists the first clear evidence of seismic wave types.
