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Why is earth’s atmosphere not blown away into space?

February 4, 2026 admin

The atmosphere possesses the same momentum as the solid earth. | Photo Credit: ActionVance/Unsplash — GayatriChandrashekar The primary reason is gravity, which acts like an invisible tether. Every molecule of gas in our atmosphere, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, etc., has mass. Earth’s core exerts a gravitational pull that attracts these molecules towards the center of…

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How will budget boosts, EU access remake AYUSH beyond India? | Explained

February 3, 2026 admin

The story so far: On February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a slew of resources for AYUSH in the 2026-27 Union Budget. A week earlier, India’s new free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union opened the door for Indian doctors and products to enter the European market more easily. What has AYUSH received…

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Loud music may damage your hearing before you realise it

February 3, 2026 admin

The thrill of live performances and the euphoric atmosphere of large music events may leave behind more than just memories. New research published in Scientific Reports suggests that prolonged exposure to loud music can cause long-lasting hearing damage. The study conducted by Nele De Poortere, a postdoctoral researcher, and her colleagues at Ghent University in…

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Low-cost flexible biosensor for early heart attack detection developed by BITS–RMIT Univ

February 3, 2026 admin

A biosensor capable of detecting myoglobin early, aiding physicians to identify cardiac events | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES A flexible, low-cost biosensor capable of detecting myoglobin — a key cardiac biomarker associated with the early stages of a heart attack — has been developed by a joint doctoral researcher, Mohsina Afrooz, at the Birla Institute…

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Japan retrieves rare earth mud from deep seabed in test mission

February 3, 2026 admin

Japan’s drilling-equipped research vessel Chikyu before its departure from Shimizu port to conduct a test recovery of rare-earth–rich mud near Minamitori Island, marking the world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth seabed sludge from a depth of about 6 km onto a ship, in Shimizu, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan on January 12, 2026. | Photo Credit:…

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Singapore to launch space agency in response to global investment surge

February 3, 2026 admin

Singapore will launch its own space agency ‍on April 1 as it bids to “fully harness the value and ‌opportunities of the growing global space economy”, the Trade Ministry announced on Monday (February 2, 2026). “Singapore’s strengths in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, micro-electronics, precision engineering and artificial intelligence position us well to capture new opportunities in…

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What is suborbital tourism? – The Hindu

February 3, 2026 admin

Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos is launched with three crew members aboard a New Shepard rocket on the world’s first unpiloted suborbital flight from Blue Origin’s Launch Site 1 in Texas, U.S., July 20, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters A: On January 31, Blue Origin, the private space company owned by Jeff Bezos, announced that it…

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Paresthesia: The Science of ‘Sleeping Limbs’

February 3, 2026 admin

Paresthesia | Photo Credit: Gemini DALL E Paresthesia, or sleeping limbs, is characterised by a numb, tingling, or a slight burning sensation in your limbs that usually affects hands, arms, and feet. It can also affect joints, pressure points and areas close to a nerve. Science it out So, how does this happen? Well, when…

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Indian scientists make affordable dipstick test to track AMR in sewage

February 3, 2026 admin

Scientists from the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, have developed an affordable way to check for antimicrobial resistance in sewage. In their study, detailed in a paper published in Nature Communications on December 29, the scientists analysed sewage samples from 381 sites in Assam, Haryana, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal,…

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Spreading endlessly: The ad infinitum story

February 3, 2026 admin

1,2,3,4,5,6,7…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..∞ The dots lead us to infinity. Or so I can say and immediately end this article here. Try imagining the highest number imaginable (which is, in layman’s terms ‘infinity’). Can you? Let’s hold that thought as it will become a crucial point of departure for our deep understanding of the infinity. The brain-melting vagueness…

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