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Name this famous balancing rock weighing 300 tonnes, considered by the nearby city of Tandil to be its symbol. On February 29, 1912, it dropped from its precarious position and broke. Answer: Piedra Movediza | Photo Credit: Samuel Boote Q: ______ are large rocks balanced on a small point on a surface such that even…
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Roscosmos State Space Corporation shows the International Space Station [File] | Photo Credit: Roscosmos State Space Corporation via AP Russian space officials on Wednesday acknowledged a continuing air leak from the Russian segment of the International Space Station, but said it poses no danger to its crew. The Roscosmos state corporation said that specialists were…
Private US moon lander still working after breaking leg and falling. | Photo Credit: AP The first private U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon broke a leg at touchdown before falling over, according to company officials who said Wednesday it was on the verge of losing power. Intuitive Machines, the company that built the…
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Private US moon lander still working after breaking leg and falling. | Photo Credit: AP The first private U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon broke a leg at touchdown before falling over, according to company officials who said Wednesday it was on the verge of losing power. Intuitive Machines, the company that built the…
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Daily Quiz | On Indian scientists and discoveries Identify this scientist. Name the fields she was known for. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | He was an Indian mathematician and physicist specializing in theoretical physics. He is best known for his work with Einstein. Name the scientist. What is the theory called? Answer :…
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The cannabis plant (Cannabis sativa) has long been of interest to psychiatrists for its perceived effects on mood and cognition. There is currently significant research interest in using cannabis-based compounds to manage and/or treat schizophrenia and cannabis-use and heroin-use disorders. Recently, researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada floated a new clinical trial…
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Questions: 1. Scheelite and X are two important mineral sources of tungsten. Tungsten’s letter in the periodic table comes from X. In turn, X may have got its name because its extraction requires a large amount of tin – supposedly akin to a certain animal consuming a sheep. Name X. 2. Among all elements, tungsten…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks inside the crew training simulator during his visit to Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath in Thiruvananthapuram on February 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 28 greeted people on National Science Day and said his government…
The 2024 theme for National Science Day, which India celebrates every year on February 28, is “Science for Sustainable Development”. Science and technological developments are key drivers of India’s journey towards becoming a developed country by 2047. India is committed to making this progress through sustainable means, as evidenced by its commitments under the Paris…
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There have been only five scientists who have won two Nobel Prizes – Polish-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1903, 1911), American scientist Linus Pauling (1954, 1962), American physicist and electrical engineer John Bardeen (1956, 1972), British biochemist Frederick Sanger (1958, 1980), and American stereochemist Barry Sharpless (2001, 2022). Additionally, there have been two organisations…
