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A drone view shows a a centuries-old sunken town that reemerged amid extreme heat in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, May 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in northern Philippines, giving residents a rare spectacle and an extra source of income in a…
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A male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus, with a facial wound below the right eye, is seen in the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in Indonesia, two days before the orangutan administered wound self-treatment using a medicinal plant, in this handout picture taken June 23, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters An orangutan appeared…
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In the 17th century, a Dutch draper named Anton van Leeuwenhoek used a small handmade microscope to peer into a world previously unseen by the human eye. Thus he discovered microorganisms and gave rise to the field of microbiology. It offered solutions to challenges in healthcare that until then had seemed intractable. Today, we face…
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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science: On Bees 1 / 5 | Can all species of bees die after stinging? Yes No Not all the time Only the female bees die Only eight out of almost 21,000 bee species in the world die when they sting. Next 2 / 5 | What is a stinger? A…
Watch | Earth Day: wake-up call on climate change In this episode, we will be discussing Earth Day, which The Hindu covered with thematic articles on April 22. We look at multiple dimensions of climate change, beginning with the most recent Supreme Court ruling on climate change in terms of the rights of us citizens…
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We know that all matter is composed of atoms, and atoms are made of protons and neutrons inside the nucleus and electrons outside. But unlike electrons, protons and neutrons are composite particles because they are further made up of quarks. Quarks can’t exist in isolation. They can only be found in groups of two or…
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Activist Dianne Peterson places a sign on an art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics, April 23, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario. File photo | Photo Credit: AP Activist and environmentalist groups have termed the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations that concluded in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday as “disappointing”. Nearly 192 member countries deliberated for…
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A woman covers her head for protection against the scorching sun on a hot summer day, in Kolkata, on May 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The searing April temperatures were the highest over eastern and northeastern (E&NE) India and the second highest over south India since 1901, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in…
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While moving in its orbit roughly once a month, the moon will occasionally occult, or hide, bright stars that are behind, and sometimes, even planets. | Photo Credit: AP The Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has filmed the passing of the moon in front of Antares, a bright red star. The moon passed in…
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This picture, taken by Chandrayaan-1’s Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) on November 15, 2008, shows many large and small craters on the polar region of the Moon. | Photo Credit: File photo A study carried out by Indian space scientists has found evidence of enhanced possibility of water ice occurrence in the polar craters of the…
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