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Shielding humans alone won’t prevent pandemics if animals can fall ill

September 6, 2024 admin

In this file photo dated Friday November 6, 2020, mink look out from a pen at a farm near Naestved, Denmark. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has appointed Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, a new agriculture minister, after Mogens Jensen resigned after the government ordered the culling of all Danish mink because of the coronavirus, but…

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The Science Quiz: Scientific terms beginning with ‘X’

September 6, 2024 admin

In this photo provided by the The University of Alabama at Birmingham, medical researchers collect a kidney biopsy during the transplant of a pig’s kidney into a donated body on Feb. 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Questions: 1. What is the term for a transplantation procedure in which cells or organs are transferred between…

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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Whale Sharks

September 5, 2024 admin

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Whale Sharks 1 / 5 | What is the scientific name of the whale shark? Rhincodon typus Cetorhinus maximus Megachasma pelagios Carcharodon carcharias The scientific name of whale sharks is Rhincodon typus. Next 2 / 5 | Where is the largest known annual aggregation of whale sharks? Great Barrier…

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Dozens of viruses detected in Chinese fur farm animals

September 5, 2024 admin

This undated handout image received on November 20, 2013 from animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and taken at an undisclosed location in China shows angora rabbits in cages. | Photo Credit: PETA Dozens of viruses have been detected mixing in animals at fur farms in China, some of which…

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Chip that steers terahertz beams sets stage for 6G internet

September 5, 2024 admin

Imagine a future where internet connections are not only lightning-fast but also remarkably reliable, even in crowded spaces. This vision is rapidly approaching reality, thanks to new research on terahertz communications technologies. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Imagine a future where internet connections are not only lightning-fast but also remarkably reliable, even in crowded spaces….

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Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: Know your flora and fauna

September 5, 2024 admin

All these animals and plants have a common name because of the way they look! Just fill in the blanks with what you think they look like. The number in the brackets is the number of letters of the word. Good luck! Source link

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Avalanches can grow 100-times larger undersea than on land

September 5, 2024 admin

This underwater photograph shows light penetrating the water surface in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Batroun city on August 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Underwater avalanches are powerful natural events that happen all the time under the surface of the ocean. They are impossible to see and extremely difficult to measure, which…

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Why planes don’t fly over the Tibetan Plateau

September 5, 2024 admin

Examine a flight path map and you’ll notice an eerie absence: a hollow expanse where planes dare not venture. This is the Tibetan Plateau, a geographical black hole for aviation. The challenges of flying over the plateau High altitude The Tibetan Plateau is not merely high; it’s an altitude anomaly. Its peak stretches miles into…

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Mobile phones not linked to brain cancer, major review of 28 years of research finds

September 5, 2024 admin

A man poses with an Apple iPhone 12 in a mobile phone store in Nantes, France, September 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organization and…

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Boeing’s empty capsule back to Earth soon; Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore stay aboard

September 5, 2024 admin

NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will close the hatches between Starliner and the space station on Thursday (September 5, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Boeing will attempt to return its problem-plagued capsule from the International Space Station later this week — with empty seats. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on Wednesday…

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