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Boeing’s Starliner capsule, atop an Atlas V rocket, sits on the launch pad during sunrise at Space Launch Complex 41 on June 1, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Photo Credit: AP Boeing took another crack on June 1 at launching astronauts for the first time aboard its new space capsule, after a delay for…
This handout picture obtained on May 30, 2024 from the Institut Botanic de Barcelona (CSIC) shows a fern in New Caledonia. | Photo Credit: AFP New research shows that a fork fern species, called Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has a genome — all the genetic information of an organism — that is 7% larger than that of…
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This handout image obtained on May 30, 2024 courtesy of NASA/ESA/CSA STScI shows an infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. A galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0 (shown in the pullout), was determined to be at a redshift of 14.32 (+0.08/-0.20), making it the current record-holder for the earliest known galaxy. | Photo Credit: AFP NASA’s James…
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The story so far: At least five people in Bihar’s Aurangabad city reportedly died on Thursday due to a sunstroke, news agency Reuters reported. Parts of north and central India continued to reel under a severe heatwave on Thursday, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted a gradual fall in temperature over the next…
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A Sea crab pulls a fresh hatching baby turtle towards the Sea water for its food as it is attached in the plastic thread of fishing nets at the Rushikulya river mouth beach at Podampeta in Ganjam district of Odisha. Baby Olive ridley turles returns back to the Bay of Bengal Sea after their hatching…
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, have developed a novel method for the production of recombinant proteins. According to IISc, mass production of recombinant proteins using yeast cell factories needs methanol, a compound that requires safe handling, carries the risk of catching fire, and sometimes produces…
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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On the third eyelid 1 / 5 | What is the third eyelid called in animals? Lacrimal membrane Nictitating membrane Meibomian membrane Macula membrane Usually called the ‘third eyelid’, the nictitating membrane is present in some animals that can be drawn across the eye. Next 2 / 5 |…
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A new study conducted by scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), Mumbai published in NPJ Systems Biology and Applications, has shed light on the process of speciation, meaning the formation of new species, in the absence of geographic barriers. Traditionally, it is believed that speciation largely occurs when populations of a…
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Viruses infect plants, animals, and humans. A virus’ spread from animals to humans could unleash pandemics like COVID-19 — significant public health crises with considerable economic and social fallout. To nip such infections in the bud, public health researchers have advocated the ‘One Health’ approach: monitoring and protecting plant, animal, environment, and human health in…
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Questions: 1. Scientists first synthesised the element promethium in 1945 even though the Czech chemist X had predicted its existence 43 years earlier. X was in fact renowned for his study of rare-earth elements. Name X. 2. In the earth’s environment, promethium is produced in two ways: when europium-151, an already very rare isotope, breaks…