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Neuralink implanted second trial patient with brain chip, Musk says

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Neuralink implanted second trial patient with brain chip, Musk says

FILE PHOTO: Neuralink logo and Elon Musk photo are seen in this illustration taken, December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo | Photo Credit: Dado Ruvic Neuralink has successfully implanted, in a second patient, its device designed to give paralysed patients the ability to use digital devices by thinking alone, according to the startup’s owner Elon…

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Andean glacier retreat unprecedented in human civilisation, study finds

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Andean glacier retreat unprecedented in human civilisation, study finds

Mountaineers walk past the Iver glacier close to the El Plomo mountain summit, in the Andes mountain range, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Recent glacier retreat across the Andes is unprecedented in the history of human civilization, according to a new study published in the Science journal on Thursday….

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Ancient Egypt’s ‘screaming’ mummy woman may have died in agony

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Ancient Egypt’s ‘screaming’ mummy woman may have died in agony

The face of the “Screaming Woman” mummy, discovered in 1935 at Deir Elbahari near Luxor and dating to about 1500 BC during ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom period, is seen at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, January 18, 2023 in this handout photograph released on August 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters It is a…

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What do leading scientists make of the R&D Budget in Modi’s third term?

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What do leading scientists make of the R&D Budget in Modi’s third term?

The previous two terms of the Narendra Modi government saw the launch of some major national advanced technology missions, including for supercomputing, cyber-physical systems, and quantum technologies. These were coupled with initiatives to boost private sector participation with space and geospatial policies. India became the fourth to have a spacecraft’s lander touch down successfully on…

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The joint India-U.S. mission to fly two Gaganyatris to the ISS | Explained

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The joint India-U.S. mission to fly two Gaganyatris to the ISS | Explained

(From left) India’s astronaut-designates Shubhanshu Shukla, Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan, and Angad Pratap. File photo. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: On August 2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that two of the astronauts selected for its maiden human spaceflight mission, ‘Gaganyaan’, will travel to the U.S. in the first…

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As in Kerala, local climate processes can worsen climate extremes | Analysis

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As in Kerala, local climate processes can worsen climate extremes | Analysis

Tragedies like the Wayanad landslides repeat themselves partly because their lessons are not brought to bear on our understanding of the local amplifiers of extreme events. A view of a mountain of the Western Ghats in Wayanad, Kerala, November 15, 2022. | Photo Credit: Nakkeeran Raveendran/Unsplash At no place on the earth is the climate…

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How do high-altitude birds take to the air when thin air offers little lift?

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How do high-altitude birds take to the air when thin air offers little lift?

In high altitudes, despite the air being of low density, which makes the bird wings produce less lift and more difficult to remain aloft, high-altitude birds such as bar-headed geese, cranes, and bar-tailed godwits have been seen at high altitudes of over 6,000 metres. One possibility of how birds at high altitudes take to the air…

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Underwater mapping reveals insights into melting of Antarctica’s ice shelves

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Underwater mapping reveals insights into melting of Antarctica’s ice shelves

New research documents never-seen-before shapes formed at the base of a West Antarctic ice shelf. An autonomous underwater vehicle found these features — including tear-shaped indents — exclusively in areas with higher melting rates by underlying warm ocean water. An ice shelf is a mass of glacial ice, fed from land by tributary glaciers, that floats in the sea…

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Fighting mosquito menace with repellents, vaccines

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Fighting mosquito menace with repellents, vaccines

In 2021, WHO recommended two malaria vaccines — Mosquirix and R21/Matrix Since 2007, WHO has called April 15 World Malaria Day to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment to malaria prevention and control. The book Mosquitopia: The Place of Pests in a Healthy World states that there are over 3,500 species of mosquitoes…

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