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Chinese startup Deep Blue Aerospace said on Wednesday it will sell its first two tickets for seats on a rocket that will take passengers to space in 2027, charging 1.5 million yuan ($211,000) for the experience. Deep Blue Aerospace will put the tickets up for sale at 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on Thursday and plans…
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The next president of the United States could be the first in that office to accept a phone call from the Moon and hear a woman’s voice on the line. To do so, they’ll first need to make a series of strategic space policy decisions. They’ll also need a little luck. Enormous government investment supports…
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A 3D rendering of an antibody (foreground left) and examples of high-priority “prototype” pathogens that have the potential to threaten human health are the focus of pandemic preparedness research efforts worldwide. From left to right: hantavirus, yellow fever virus, Nipah virus, picornavirus, and Chikungunya. | Photo Credit: NIAID For most of modern history, people have…
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The Hindu’s weekly Science for All newsletter explains all things Science, without the jargon. (This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) For all the giant strides science has made in the last few decades, the birth of…
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Questions: 1. The X is a bell-shaped curve generated from a circle and two diametrically opposite points on it to study problems in probability. The curve was first described by Italian mathematician Maria Agnesi in 1748. Name X. 2. The Y theorem, established in 1918, states that for every continuous symmetry in a system, there…
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Trigger warning: suicide On September 26, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug called Cobenfy to treat schizophrenia. Cobenfy is a combination of xanomeline and trospium chloride that has a novel mechanism of action that steers clear of older drugs’ side-effects, too. It has side-effects of its own, of course. Schizophrenia is…
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The newly identified Tenkana jayamangali has been named after the Jayamangali river in Karnataka, where it was first seen | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A team of arachnologists has discovered a new genus of jumping spiders, ‘Tenkana’, found across southern India, encompassing two previously known species. It also introduced a new species, Tenkana jayamangali, from…
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The newly identified Tenkana jayamangali has been named after the Jayamangali river in Karnataka, where it was first seen | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A team of arachnologists has discovered a new genus of jumping spiders, ‘Tenkana’, found across southern India, encompassing two previously known species. It also introduced a new species, Tenkana jayamangali, from…
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Reporters gather around a piece of a meteorite, which according to local authorities and scientists was lifted from the bottom of the Chebarkul Lake, placed on display in a local museum in Chelyabinsk, October 18, 2013. Each year, roughly 17,000 of these fireballs not only enter Earth’s atmosphere, but survive the perilous journey to the surface. |…
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Scientists in Colombia say they have developed a novel food supplement that protects bees’ brains from pesticides, keeping the insects safe from neurological damage caused by agricultural chemicals. | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah/The Hindu Scientists in Colombia say they have developed a novel food supplement that protects bees’ brains from pesticides, keeping the insects…
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