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A pencil illustration of the vertebral column and the spinal cord. | Photo Credit: H.G. Wetselaar, Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden A1: We are all indeed taller in the morning. There are two components to this. In a growing child, the growth hormone is secreted in pulses overnight. This acts through several intermediary steps to cause lengthening…
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Susmita Mohanty wears many hats: spaceship designer, serial entrepreneur, and space diplomat. She is co-founder and director-general of Spaceport SARABHAI (S2), India’s first space-focused think-tank, which she founded in 2021. Ms. Mohanty has spent more than 25 years in the international space sector working with the Americans, Europeans, Japanese, Russians, and Indians in various capacities,…
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Scientists at the world’s largest physics experiment have reported the most precise measurement yet of the most massive subatomic particle we know. The finding sounds esoteric but it wouldn’t be an understatement to say it has implications for the whole universe. The Greek philosopher Empedocles surmised 2,400 years ago that matter could be broken up…
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The first stage of the Tianlong-3 rocket falls back down. The smoke from its engine shows the stage’s ascent trail following its accidental lift-off. | Photo Credit: YouTube Beijing Tianbing Technology Co. said on Sunday that the first stage of its Tianlong-3 rocket under development had detached from its launch pad during a test due…
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A file photo the New Shepard rocket taking off from the Blue Origin base near Van Horn, Texas, U.S.A. on May 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: BLUE ORIGIN US-based Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA), in collaboration with Jeff Bezos funded Blue Origin, has announced India as a partner nation in their human spaceflight programme…
The global prevalence of prosopagnosia, or face blindness, is estimated to be 1.8-2.9% in the general population. It is one form of visual agnosia, or inability to identify everyday items just by looking at them. Representative photo. | Photo Credit: Stewart MacLean/Unsplash A simple joy, often taken for granted, is to unexpectedly run into a…
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A dunking bird toy, December 28, 2011. | Photo Credit: RobinLeicester (CC BY-SA 3.0) Nothing lasts forever. This is good life advice, and it also happens to be an important feature of our physical universe. Natural philosophers considered and discarded the idea of ‘perpetual motion’ a long time ago. The basic premise of perpetual motion…
Union Minister for Environment Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav along with director Zoological Survey of India Dhriti Banerjee and Director Botanical Survey of India A.A. Mao during an event to release animal and plant discoveries 2023 A new species of turmeric in Manipur and a new kind of bat in Karnataka are among the…
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The SSLV rocket lifting off on its second developmental flight from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre-SHAR, Sriharikota, on February 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: Ragu R./The Hindu ISRO’s commercial arm NSIL said on June 26 that its newest rocket, the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), will have its first dedicated commercial launch when it puts…
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Two asteroids, one of them discovered earlier in June, passed by the Earth this week, a rare occurrence with serendipitous timing to commemorate the International Asteroid Day, according to space agencies around the world. None of the asteroids posed any threat to the planet, they said. Explaining the footage taken by The Virtual Telescope Project,…
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