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From analysis to action: should climate scientists engage in activism?

October 1, 2024 admin

Record-breaking heat waves scorching cities, landslides and floods sweeping away whole towns — the world is currently in the grip of a climate emergency. More than 2,300 local governments in more than 40 countries around the world have declared it. At this time, when climate change is affecting the earth in unprecedented ways, climate scientists…

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New science awards, old political project

September 30, 2024 admin

Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In 2023, the government did away with a bevy of awards conferred to scientists by the science ministries and their various institutes and departments. The decision was polarising but many, including outside the government, argued in favour of the move saying there were just too many awards…

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Scientists explain Mount Everest’s anomalous growth in new study

September 30, 2024 admin

Mount Everest is the earth’s tallest mountain – towering 8.85 km above sea level – and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift that dates back to their birth roughly 50 million years ago when the Indian subcontinent collided with Eurasia, Everest is growing more…

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INCOIS, NCPOR to launch a glider to study Antarctic ocean

September 30, 2024 admin

A file photo of a glider deployed in INCOIS in Arabian Sea. | Photo Credit: Handle @ESSO_INCOIS on X Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) together with the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) will be launching a glider near the country’s research station ‘Bharati’ at Antarctica to study the sea…

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With Earth locked down in 2020, Moon saw cooler days and nights: Study

September 30, 2024 admin

Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: Reuters Effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on Earth may have reached the Moon, as lunar temperatures were found to have abnormally dipped during April-May 2020, according to a study. Maximum temperatures on the Earth’s natural satellite fell in this period, while nights were found to be cooler…

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Not just nothing, dark matter quests close in on dire ‘neutrino fog’

September 30, 2024 admin

On August 28, two members of an experiment at conferences in Chicago and São Paulo had an announcement to make. They were representing about 200 of their colleagues involved in the design, building, and operation of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment located 1.5 km below the earth’s surface at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South…

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Rare celestial object sighted over Bengaluru skies

September 29, 2024 admin

An image of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) captured in North Bengaluru early on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Deepak Choudhary Over the last couple of days, the Bengaluru skies have been witnessing a rare celestial event as a non-periodic comet has been visible in the early hours of the day. The comet which has been spotted…

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Frigid alien planet may offer a glimpse at Earth’s distant future

September 29, 2024 admin

An artist’s impression shows a rocky planet orbiting a stellar remnant called a white dwarf roughly 4,200 light years from Earth in this undated illustration. | Photo Credit: Reuters The first rocky planet ever spotted orbiting a burned-out star called a white dwarf offers a glimpse of what may be in store for Earth billions…

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Chandrayaan-3 landed on possibly oldest craters of Moon, say researchers

September 29, 2024 admin

Rollout of rover of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 from the lander to the lunar surface, as observed by Lander Imager Camera, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 possibly landed in one of the oldest craters of the Moon, according to scientists who analysed images from the mission and satellites. The…

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Was animal fat present in Tirupati laddus? | Explained

September 28, 2024 admin

Members of Hindu organisations stage a demonstration at Garuda Circle, the entry point to Tirumala hills, in Tirupati on September 26, 2024. Photo: Special Arrangement The story so far: Laddu prasadams from the temple town of Tirupati have left a bad taste after reports that the ghee from cow milk, the traditional ingredient, may have been adulterated…

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