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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams waves to well wishers as she leaves the Operations and Checkout building before heading to Space Launch Complex 41 to board the Boeing’s Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket for a mission to the International Space Station at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Cape…
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Gharials 1 / 5 | From which Hindi word do we get the name for Gharial? Ghara (pot) Ghati (valley) Ghora (horse) Ghari (clock) When male gharials reach sexual maturity, they develop a bulbous, fleshy growth on the tip of their snout. It is from this “ghara”, the…
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Brazilian Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon Lalandii) are being analysed at a laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this handout picture made available on July 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sharks off the coast of Brazil’s party city Rio de Janeiro have tested positive for cocaine. The predators were consuming the potent stimulant due to…
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A view of Sea urchins during an event to collect the urchins and ship them off to be used as fertiliser on local fields, in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan July 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters In Japan, researchers are feeding vegetables to hungry sea urchins – a popular sushi ingredient – to try and…
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Supporters of environmental group Friends of the Earth hold signs outside the Royal Courts of Justice, during their legal challenge at the High Court, in London, Britain July 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Britain failed to set proper objectives in its climate adaptation strategy, environmental campaigners argued on Tuesday in a case which relies…
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city to publish an adaptation plan. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: AP South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will…
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A new tablet that slowly releases the drug ketamine can ease treatment-resistant depression, offering an alternative to cumbersome clinic-based treatments for people with the condition, researchers have found in a clinical trial. Ketamine, sometimes called a “party drug”, blocks the receptor for an excitatory neurotransmitter — those that cause neurons fire and send messages —…
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A new tablet that slowly releases the drug ketamine can ease treatment-resistant depression, offering an alternative to cumbersome clinic-based treatments for people with the condition, researchers have found in a clinical trial. Ketamine, sometimes called a “party drug”, blocks the receptor for an excitatory neurotransmitter — those that cause neurons fire and send messages —…
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The target missile was launched from Launch Centre-IV Dhamra mimicking adversary ballistic missile, which was detected by weapon system radars deployed on land and sea, the DRDO said | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully flight-tested the Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system demonstrating the indigenous capability…
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A colourised transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory, captured, and colour-enhanced. | Photo Credit: NIAID/AP Scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on 7-year old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on a handful of her playmates at a camp for displaced people…
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