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Daily Quiz | On World Organ Donation Day File photo of Isabelle Dinoire, the woman who received the world’s first partial face transplant on November 27, 2005. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Which nation has the higher organ donor rate in the world? It reportedly had a donor rate of 46.7 per million…
A combination picture of NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) images shows the surface of the moon on June 27, 2020 and August 24, 2023, before and after the appearance of a crater, likely the impact site of Russia’s Luna-25 mission, in these screengrabs obtained from a GIF image released August 31, 2023. | Photo Credit:…
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An Indian-American scientist, Swati Varshney, is one of the three skydivers who is set to prepare for the first-ever jump from the stratosphere by a woman hoping to break the world record. Image for representation. | Photo Credit: M.A.SRIRAM/ The Hindu An Indian-American scientist, Swati Varshney, is one of the three skydivers who is set…
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Aditya L1 onboard the PSLV-C57 the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on September 1, 2023 on the eve of its launch. Photo: X/@ISRO via PTI India’s first solar observatory mission, named Aditya-L1, will be launched onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 11.50 am on…
Preparations in the final phase for the launch of PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission. | Photo Credit: PTI The countdown for the launch of India’s first solar observatory mission, Aditya-L1 has commenced at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. “The countdown leading to the launch at 11:50 Hrs. IST on September 2, 2023 has commended,” ISRO posted…
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ISRO to launch Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, on September 2nd, 2023, at 11:50 Hrs IST from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Credit: ISRO Twitter | Photo Credit: ANI Scientists expect to get new information about the past, present and future of the Sun after analysing the data that will be collected…
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(This article forms a part of the Data Point newsletter curated by The Hindu’s Data team. To get the newsletter in your inbox, subscribe here.) On August 23, India made history by becoming the fourth country to successfully land on the moon. The Chandrayaan-3 mission executed a soft landing near the moon’s south pole, marking a…
On August 23, India made history by becoming the fourth country to successfully land on the moon. The Chandrayaan-3 mission executed a soft landing near the moon’s south pole, marking a first in lunar exploration. This achievement came on the heels of Russia’s failed lunar landing on August 20, due to an engine malfunction. What…
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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Radioactivity 1 / 5 | Who is credited with the discovery of Radioactivity? Michael Faraday Marie Curie Henri Becquerel Pierre Curie The phenomenon of radioactivity was first reported in 1896 by Henri Becquerel for a uranium salt. In 1898, Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie discovered two…
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Green Humour | Photo Credit: Rohan Chakravarty Rohan Chakravarty is a cartoonist and illustrator from Nagpur. His series, ‘Green Humour’, consists of cartoons and comics on wildlife, nature conservation, environmental issues, sustainability and all things green. Source link