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Many plankton journey from the cold, dark depths of our oceans to the surface, only to eventually drift down again into the darkness in a perpetual rhythm. Yet, how single-celled phytoplankton, most of which have no appendages to help them swim, make this pilgrimage has remained a mystery. In a paper published in the journal Current…
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TB remains a major public health problem in India with an estimated three million new patients with TB and 3,00,000 TB deaths every year. The recent announcement by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of doubling the direct benefit transfer from ₹500 to ₹1,000 per month in the Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) for the…
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This artwork shows a pair of celestial objects called brown dwarfs, named Gliese 229Ba and Gliese 229Bb, located about 19 lightyears from our Solar System. | Photo Credit: K. Miller, R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)/Reuters In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star…
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In this underwater photo taken on April 5, 2024, marine biologist Anne Hoggett snorkels to inspect and record bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 km north of Cairns, Australia. | Photo Credit: David Gray/AFP The mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world since February 2023 is…
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Questions: 1. This star has gone by the names 1ES 1727-21.4, GCRV 67121, and PN G004.5+06.8, among others. But before the modern era, it was known simply as X’s star, after a German astronomer who described its appearance in a 1606 book. Name X. 2. The book (from Q1) had the extended title ‘On the…
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Tropical Storm John along Mexico’s Pacific coast and Hurricane Helene over the Gulf of Mexico on September 25. | Photo Credit: NASA Meteorologists had previously forecast a historic hurricane season for 2024 based on the expectation that a strong La Niña would emerge this winter. But while the hurricanes Helene and Milton may seem consistent…
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A sighting of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) [the bright spot on the left of the frame] from Thiruvananthapuram Astronomical Observatory on Thursday. Also seen is Omega Serpentis, a star in the Serpentis constellation. The Kerala University-run Thiruvananthapuram Astronomical Observatory has successfully captured images of the bright comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) since Wednesday, marking a significant milestone in…
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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Ada Lovelace 1 / 5 | What is Ada Lovelace most famously known for? Being the first female mathematician Writing the first computer program Inventing the computer Discovering the theory of relativity Ada Lovelace was the first person to write a computer program. Next 2 / 5 |…
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Alex Neufeldt, 28, one of seven young people taking the Ontario government to court over its greenhouse gas emission reduction target, poses by Lake Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The appeals court in Canada’s most populous province is set to rule on Thursday whether Ontario’s climate target violates…
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Alex Neufeldt, 28, one of seven young people taking the Ontario government to court over its greenhouse gas emission reduction target, poses by Lake Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The appeals court in Canada’s most populous province is set to rule on Thursday whether Ontario’s climate target violates…
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