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After the separation of the two modules, a series of complex braking manoeuvres will be executed to facilitate a soft landing in the south polar region of the moon. The lander is expected to touch down on the moon surface at 5.47 p.m. on August 23, 2023. After 34 days on board the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft,…
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This is part I of a two-part story on the virus that caused the Great Influenza epidemic. Read part II here. In August 1997, the members of the village council of a small settlement in Alaska, called Brevig Mission, were faced with a peculiar request. A man named Johan Hultin wanted their permission to exhume…
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Flying fox and one of its colonies in southern Assam’s Barak Valley. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT India’s largest species of bats, named after a canine fabled to be sly, spend 7% of their day-roosting time being environmentally vigilant, a new study has said. The nectar and fruit-eating flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) is generally considered…
Bumblebee (Bombus festivus) specimens from high-altitude regions of Arunachal Pradesh in the NCBS museum in Bengaluru. A museum at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru has started to put together a collection of bees from across India, particularly biodiversity hotspots such as Western Ghats and North-east India. According to NCBS, whose scientists are…
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Colours to dye threads which are used to make colourful threads for embroidering the Namda carpets. | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmed/The Hindu Q: X is a dye named for a country, associated with the name of a revolt in that country in 1859, and whose colour is popularly associated today with denim jeans. Name X….
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ISRO released on August 16 a new image of the moon captured by the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. | Photo Credit: special arrangement After being together for 34 days onboard the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, the propulsion module and the lander module will part ways on August 17 and embark on their respective journeys. “It’s time for preparations as…
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Photo: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A new-to-science cryptic amphibian has given violence-hit Manipur something to cheer about amid bloodshed and gloom. A team of scientists trekked to the Khongtheng mountain range in 2022 to uncover the mysteries of the Tylototriton verrucosus, commonly called crocodile newt, whose members had long confused even the most experienced of herpetologists. They…