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A molecular biologist from Madurai, our quizmaster enjoys trivia and music, and is working on a rock ballad called ‘Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion’. @bertyashley Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning: Elemental Etymology! Portrait of Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius, who coined the term ‘organic chemistry’. START THE QUIZ 1 / 10 | On…
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Microorganisms have mastered the art of surviving on the earth. They are found practically in all niches where life can possibly thrive. Over millions of years of evolution, they have developed mechanisms to adapt to diverse habitats. They are very flexible and able to colonise extreme environments, even those off limits to more complex life-forms….
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Fire burns through the forest above Stehekin, Wash. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Questions: 1. An important cause of a firestorm is the _____ ______. Here, when air heated by the fire rises in a hot column, the fire’s heat draws more air in from its surroundings. Fill in the blank….
India’s indigenous tetravalent dengue vaccine, DengiAll, has been developed by Panacea Biotec and the first participant in this trial was vaccinated on Wednesday at the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, as per a Health Ministry statement | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and…
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Algae floats on the surface of Lake Erie’s Maumee Bay in Oregon, Ohio, on Friday, September 15, 2017. Scientists found prokaryotes are remarkably resilient to climate change – and as a result, could increasingly dominate marine environments. | Photo Credit: AP The world’s oceans are home to microscopic organisms invisible to the human eye. The…
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When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed our class the sci-fi movie “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.” The plot drew me in, with its depiction of the “Genesis Project” – a new technology that transformed a dead alien world into one brimming with life. After watching the movie, my teacher…
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Tuberculosis dates back more than 9,000 years. It is the most infectious bacterial disease and in 2022 10.6 million people fell ill with it. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Tuberculosis dates back more than 9,000 years. It is the most infectious bacterial disease and in 2022 10.6 million people fell ill with it. Of these 23% occurred in Africa. The only…
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Questions: 1. ‘Proliferation’ is the term used to describe a condition in which countries that aren’t recognised as ‘Nuclear Weapon States’ by the X treaty acquire nuclear weapons. Name X. 2. Name the U.S. representative to the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission who in 1946 floated a plan proposing to destroy the U.S. nuclear arsenal if…
The New Zealand government said that it would introduce new legislation to make it easier for companies and researchers to develop and commercialise products using gene technologies. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The New Zealand government said on Tuesday that it would introduce new legislation to make it easier for companies and researchers to develop…
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A damaged car at the landslide site in Wayanad following torrential downpours. | Photo Credit: National Disaster Response Force/AFP Heavy rain made about 10% stronger by human-caused climate change triggered the landslides that killed more than 200 people in India’s southern state of Kerala last month, a team of international scientists has concluded. The landslides…
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