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A house is seen collapsed in Oosaki town, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan Friday, August 9, 2024, following Thursday’s powerful earthquake. | Photo Credit: AP Japan’s earthquake scientists say the country should prepare for a possible “megaquake” one day that could kill hundreds of thousands of people – although they stress the warning does not mean…
A view of Mars on August 26, 2003. | Photo Credit: NASA/AP The idea of transforming Mars into a world more hospitable to human habitation is a regular feature of science fiction. But could this be done in real life? Scientists are now proposing a new approach to warm up the earth’s planetary neighbour by…
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Can Indian Systems of Medicine, such as Ayurveda, Siddha, and tribal medicines, be evidence-based? These questions have come to the fore in the Ramdev Baba Coronil dispute, in which an herbal product was claimed to be a cure for COVID-19 without sufficient scientific evidence. Many decades ago, in Vietnam, during the war, more soldiers fighting…
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Can Indian Systems of Medicine, such as Ayurveda, Siddha, and tribal medicines, be evidence-based? These questions have come to the fore in the Ramdev Baba Coronil dispute, in which an herbal product was claimed to be a cure for COVID-19 without sufficient scientific evidence. Many decades ago, in Vietnam, during the war, more soldiers fighting…
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The rise of drug-resistant fungal infections, notably Trichophyton indotineae, is emerging as a significant health concern in India. This resilient dermatophyte, linked to the misuse of topical steroids, poses challenges for both patients and healthcare providers. Imagine battling a skin infection that refuses to heal despite multiple treatments. This is the reality for many who…
NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly delaying their return aboard Boeing’s troubled capsule. Do they take a chance and send them home soon in Boeing’s Starliner? Or wait and bring them back next year with SpaceX? Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have…
ISRO Chairman S. Somanath, MBU Chancellor M. Mohan Babu and Pro-Chancellor Vishnu Manchu particpating in the ‘National Space Day’ event in Tirupati on Thursday. Over 1,000 students from across 30 colleges and 25 schools located in the vicinity of Mohan Babu University (MBU) turned attentive, even as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath…
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Reminders that Covid-19 has not gone away pop up from time to time, even if the world seems to have moved on. More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Olympics in Paris have tested positive, highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on August 6. And now, the subgenus…
Mathematics always interested 18-year-old Ananda Bhaduri. Growing up in Guwahati, he spent his formative years learning topics not generally covered in school curricula. Last year, he dove into the expansive archives of mathematics problems on the internet, carefully curating the hardest ones and solving them — sometimes in solitude, at others over online meetings with…
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Osteoporosis is a condition in which the body’s bones become weak and brittle. There are more than 10 million cases of osteoporosis every year in India, and it disproportionately affects ageing women more than men. The hormone oestrogen plays a crucial role in this condition because it stimulates the growth and formation of new bone….
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