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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Solar Eclipse Photographers The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Who was the first person to attempt photographing a solar eclipse? Galileo Galilei Gian Alessandro Majocchi Eustachio Zanotti…
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When astronomers turn our radio telescopes out towards space, we sometimes detect sporadic bursts of radio waves originating from across the vast expanse of the universe. Image for Representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu When astronomers turn our radio telescopes out towards space, we sometimes detect sporadic bursts of radio waves originating from across the…
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Lights dim, projector whirring, and the smell of buttery goodness fills the air. Movie night is the perfect escape, but something seems missing… what could it be? Popcorn. Popcorn and movies go together. But have you ever wondered what makes the popcorn pop? Source link
Smoke from a fire rises into the air in the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, June 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The scorched carcasses of monkeys, snakes and caimans dot the charred expanses of the once-green Brazilian Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands. As night falls,…
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Inspiration4 crew Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor, Hayley Arceneaux, and Chris Sembroski chatting with St. Jude patients from space in this handout photo released on September 17, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters When pediatric cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux and a trio of crewmates spent three days in space in 2021 as part of SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission,…
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A general view of installed solar panels at the Khavda Renewable Energy Park of Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), in Khavda, India, April 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters With just five months to go before this year’s U.N. climate summit, countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill to help the…
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A false-coloured scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte, 1984. HIV has more variants circulating in a single patient at any given point of time than influenza cumulatively generates in one year in all influenza patients around the world combined, creating a vaccine development nightmare. | Photo Credit: U.S. CDC In…
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Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters India is the world’s second largest source of nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas that heats up the atmosphere far more than carbon dioxide. Nearly 11% of such global man-made emissions in 2020 were from India, topped only by China at 16%. The major source of these emissions…
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The new craters Lal, Mursan, and Hilsa on Mars. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The scientists of Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) have discovered three new craters on Mars. They have been discovered in the Tharsis volcanic region (around 21.0 S, 209 W) on Mars. On the recommendation of the PRL, the International Astronomical Union…
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Atomic clocks are the backbone of the Global Positioning System (GPS), the network of satellites above the earth that we use every day to navigate cities, respond to emergencies, and organise military operations, among other things. Despite being one of the most accurate timekeeping methods, however, there is still room for improvement. Scientists today are…
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