Category: Science

Commemorating December 22 as National Mathematics Day invites memories of biographies, theorems, institutes, and prizes. But India also has mathematical places: built environments that render the mathematical act of measurement public. Jantar Mantar in New Delhi is one of them. It was commissioned by Sawai Jai Singh II and completed in 1724 as an architectural…

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For many students, mathematics feels less like a subject and more like a verdict, you’re either “good at it” or you’re not. There’s no escape from maths in school, and for some, every class brings a familiar knot of anxiety rather than curiosity or confidence. You’re not imagining it: the fear is real, and it’s…

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A NASA illustration depicting the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars. | Photo Credit: AP NASA has lost contact with its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, the Mars orbiter that has worked for more than a decade to study how the planet’s atmosphere is escaping into space. The spacecraft went silent in early December and…

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The chilly waters of the Southern Ocean that surround Antarctica like a moat are among the least explored and least understood of all the world’s oceans. This is stark because we also know that this ocean plays an outsized role in regulating the earth’s climate with its moody currents and its tremendous ability to absorb…

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Targeting remission might represent a new approach to cardiovascular prevention, the authors wrote | Image used for representational purpose only | Photo Credit: MAHESH KUMAR A Bringing blood glucose to normal range through lifestyle changes could halve the risk of heart attack, heart failure and premature death among prediabetics, according to a study. Findings published…

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Does the sight, or even the thought, of blood scare you? In that case, this one might not be for you. If it doesn’t or if you wish to brave on, you’ll find out more about blood and the means to handle it by the end of this one. Components of blood Human blood takes…

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