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The model of the Gaganyaan crew module, a spacecraft that will carry a crew of three astronauts into orbit and back to Earth displayed at HAL stall. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of ISRO has dispatched the Crew Module for the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan (G1) after successfully completing…
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Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit by the WHO team tasked with investigating the origins of COVID-19, in Hubei province, China, February 3, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters Built in just days as COVID-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a…
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SpaceX’s Starship flies during its fifth flight test, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Questions: 1. The path an object traces as it moves through the four dimensions of spacetime is called its X. When X forms a closed loop in spacetime, the object can be said to be…
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This is part of the efforts to develop a long-duration supersonic combustion ramjet technology. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a crucial milestone in the development of next-generation hypersonic munitions, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully demonstrated a cutting-edge active cooled scramjet combustor ground test for 120 seconds for the first time…
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A Bank of America building is engulfed in flames along Lake Avenue, Los Angeles, January 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Emails and videos of burned buildings in Los Angeles next to those left standing have been flying back and forth among architects, builders, and fire safety specialists around the world. Many experts say luck…
Regular exercise is proven to be beneficial for our overall well-being. It strengthens our muscles, improves cardiovascular health, helps to maintain a healthy body weight, and can be considered an effective stress buster. But what if there is more? What if the benefits of exercise go beyond general health? A recent study by engineers at…
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Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new analysis suggests. Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage. An examination of ancient…
Fundamental research in cryptography that’s used worldwide to facilitate internet banking, e-commerce services, and secure messaging systems is now taking root in India as well. The principal goal of those developing or using cryptographic systems is to improve system security. Cryptography — from the English roots of “hidden writing — is the name for techniques…
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A boat carrying domestic tourists passes through hyacinth at Central Beach in Lake Naivasha in Nakuru county, Kenya’s Rift Valley, December 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP For someone who fishes for a living, nothing says a bad day like spending over 18 hours on a lake and taking home nothing. Recently, a group of…
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Newly recorded blood-sucking flies from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified 23 species of blood-sucking flies, 13 of them recorded for the first time in the country, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. These tiny insects, also called midges, are similar…
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