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Representative illustration. | Photo Credit: Getty Images (This article is part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) This is a relatively rare condition, estimated to affect about 1 in 10 people, and is characterised by the experience of not having an…
Infosys co-founders Narayana Murthy and S. Gopalakrishnan, and Pratima Murthy address mediapersons at Infosys Science Foundation, Jayanagar, Bengaluru on May 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) on May 15 announced certain changes in the Infosys Prize. The upper age limit for prize winners is being revised from 50 years…
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According to a recent research, the summer months in 2023 were on average 2.2 C (4 F) warmer than the estimated average temperature across the years 1 to 1890. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The intense northern hemisphere summer heat that drove wildfires across the Mediterranean, buckled roads in Texas and strained power grids in…
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On Friday night, people from across the world were treated to a rare spectacle: vivid aurorae hanging like curtains of light in the sky. They appeared even in places where aurorae aren’t usually visible. For instance, people at the Indian Astronomical Observatory spotted an aurora over Hanle in Ladakh — far away from places near…
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Amid the hectic activity at the Indian Space Research Organisation ahead of its NISAR satellite launch, the space docking experiment (SPADEX), the Gaganyaan mission and Chandrayaan-4, The Hindu spoke to ISRO Chairman S. Somanath in his Bengaluru office. Excerpts: What is unique about NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite? We have built the satellite. We…
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ISRO Captures the Signatures of the Recent Solar Eruptive Events from Earth, Sun-Earth L1 Point, and the Moon, on May 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has captured the signatures of the recent solar eruptive events from Earth, Sun-Earth L1 Point, and the Moon. A powerful solar storm impacted…
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A false-color image obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows the galaxy JADES-GS-z7-01-QU, the universeÕs earliest-known “dead” galaxy, a galaxy that has stopped star formation, in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters. | Photo Credit: Reuters The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is one of the most advanced telescopes ever…
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Six of the world’s eight baobab species are indigenous to Madagascar, where the distinctive trees with giant trunks have historically grown in huge forests. But these forests are threatened by slash-and-burn agriculture – 4,000 hectares of baobab forest in Madagascar are destroyed every year. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Six of the world’s eight baobab species…
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People walk on an overpass past office towers in the Lujiazui financial district of Shanghai, China October 17, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Across the world, many cities are slowly sinking. Most are on the coast, including tropical megacities like Jakarta in Indonesia or Manila in the Philippines, or places like New Orleans, Vancouver or…
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Q: I had a fracture in my ankle about five months back. Under continuous stress, like hanging for an hour or so, it swells. As per doctor’s advice, I undergo wax treatment. What is the basis for using wax? Can one not use hot water instead of wax? A: The swelling in the ankle and…
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