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Now, the first study of how climate change affects rhinos in southern Africa has found that they will cease to exist in the region’s national parks by 2085 if the world takes the worst-case scenario climate change pathway. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Southern Africa is home to 22,137 of the world’s 23,432 white and black African rhinos….
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The fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) has been among the favourite organisms of genetics researchers for more than a hundred years. Many years of intense research with these diminutive creatures have led to many breakthroughs in our understanding of biology and evolution. Recently, researchers from Cambridge University and the California Institute of Technology reported yet another…
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Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju said India’s deep-ocean submersible Matsya6000 was “well on course” and could be tested by the “end of this year”. File | Photo Credit: PTI India should be able to send its scientists to study the deep ocean 6 km under the sea surface in its own Samudrayaan by the end…
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New research finds around a quarter of Labrador retriever dogs face a double-whammy of feeling hungry all the time and burning fewer calories due to a genetic mutation. This obesity-driving combination means that dog owners must be particularly strict with feeding and exercising their Labradors to keep them slim. The mutation is in a gene (POMC), which…
Toxic effects of chemotherapy are caused by cell-free chromatin fragments that emerge from the dying cells A large body of work by researchers at the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai has found conclusive evidence in cell lines, animal studies and two phase-2 clinical trials that cell-free chromatin fragments that are released from dying cells have…
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The last two decades have seen unprecedented advances in genomics. These advancements have come in the background of our ability to sequence, analyse and interpret genomes at an unprecedented scale, along with an emerging and expanding corpus of evidence to act upon the genomic information for healthcare decision making. As the costs of sequencing continue to…
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Because these communications travel at the speed of light and can’t go any faster, experts are coming up with ways to improve communication efficiency under time-delayed conditions. Source link
File picture of an aerial view of the U.S. Pentagon. A new Pentagon study has found no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence in UFO sightings | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. Pentagon study released Friday that examined reported sightings of UFOs over nearly the last century found no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence,…
Mohammad Shami about to deliver a ball in a one-day international match against New Zealand, October 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: Deepak K.R./The Hindu At the 2023 ICC Men’s ODI Cricket World Cup, Mohammad Shami ended with the most wickets – 24 from only seven games. The standout feature of Mr. Shami’s bowling was his…
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Museum visitors walk beneath the skeleton of Patagotitan mayorum as it goes on display as part of the new ‘Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur’ exhibit at Natural History Museum in London, Britain April 1, 2023. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters You’re probably familiar with classic sauropod dinosaurs – the four-legged herbivores famous…
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