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Globally, hypertension affects one in three individuals and four out of five do not have it adequately controlled, according to the first World Health Organization (WHO) report on hypertension released on September 19. It is a grim reminder that countries have done little to keep the biggest risk factor for death and disability under check…
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is often called the “silent killer” because it often goes unnoticed until it triggers severe health complications such as strokes, heart attacks, kidney damage, and heart failure. According to medical standards, the reading on a doctor’s BP monitor going above 140/90 accounts for hypertension. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its…
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A 3D image of the Vikram lander. ISRO created the image by using the anaglyph technique. Anaglyph is a simple visualization of the object or terrain in three dimensions from stereo or multi-view images. Photo: X/@isro via PTI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking to awaken the Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover…
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UFO sightings?: A tiny body of a specimen, that Mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan says is not related to any known Earthly species and which he presented along with another one to Mexico’s Congress earlier this week, is pictured, in Mexico City, Mexico September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha | Photo Credit: RAQUEL CUNHA…
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Ian Wilmut, the cloning pioneer has died, the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh said Monday. He was 79. | Photo Credit: AP Q: Which organism was the first mammal to be successfully cloned? Dolly was a female Finn-Dorset sheep and the first mammal that was cloned from an adult somatic cell. Sheep Cat…
Questions: 1. The most common type of star in the universe is the main sequence star. The name comes from the fact that in a graph of a star’s brightness versus its colour, main sequence stars lie along a prominent diagonal band. What is this graph called? 2. The abundance of elements produced in a…
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A visualisation of all tropical cyclone tracks over South and Southeast Asia that formed in 1985-2005, in six-hour intervals. The colour scheme denotes wind intensities on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Storms remnants are not shown. | Photo Credit: Nilfanion/NASA, Public domain Numerous studies have reported trends in various climate variables over the Indian subcontinent. A decreasing…
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Quantum computing is becoming more popular – both as a field of study and in the public imagination. The technology promises more speed and more efficient problem-solving abilities, challenging the boundaries set by classical, conventional computing. The hype has led to inflated expectations. But whether or not it can meet them, the raison d’être of…
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Quantum computing is becoming more popular – both as a field of study and in the public imagination. The technology promises more speed and more efficient problem-solving abilities, challenging the boundaries set by classical, conventional computing. The hype has led to inflated expectations. But whether or not it can meet them, the raison d’être of…
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The problem with the fertilisation of land is as old as agriculture itself. When early humans first began to engage in settled agriculture, they quickly realised that while crops require nutrients for their growth, repeated cycles of cultivation and harvest depleted these nutrients, reducing yield over time. Early agricultural societies began to notice that certain…
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