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This week, Himanshu Jangra apologised for making derogatory comments towards women during a comedy show. He was there as an audience member. .Another clip on X of another Indian comedian also caused a stir recently. He said that of the 10 rape cases we read about in the news every day, nine involve “just” rape,…
Roughly once a week, a creature dead for tens of millions of years is introduced to science for the first time. Around 50 new dinosaur species are named every year — a pace the species might have struggled to match even at their peak in the Cretaceous period, between 145 and 66 million years ago. Steve…
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Roughly once a week, a creature dead for tens of millions of years is introduced to science for the first time. Around 50 new dinosaur species are named every year — a pace the species might have struggled to match even at their peak in the Cretaceous period, between 145 and 66 million years ago. Steve…
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Magnus force is the one depicted by the large vertical arrow here. When a spinning football sails through the air, its path might curve sideways. This is because as the ball spins, air moves faster on one side and slower on the other, creating a pressure difference that deflects the ball. Photo: Rdurkacz (CC BY-SA…
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A visitor at PARSEC in Whitfield A clock made entirely of mathematical equations, a robot dog named Muffin, and even an alien species attempting to understand humanity. These were some of the first things we encountered at ParSEC Whitefield, PARAM Foundation’s science experience centre in Bengaluru. Unlike most science museums, where exhibits are designed to…
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In the memorandum of understanding signed by the U.S. and Iran to end the war, Tehran has pledged never to develop a nuclear bomb in return for U.S. sanctions relief and access to a $300 billion development fund. Beyond that commitment, the MoU offers few details on how the U.S. and Iran intend to solve…
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Every classroom has children who look ready to read, yet when print appears on the page, something slows down. To parents or teachers this struggle can look puzzling: at times it can present as poor intelligence or motivation, and oftentimes, the first guess is that the child has a problem in seeing the text. That…
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SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, is apparently worth $2.1 trillion because of its rocket launch business, its internet service business, and because of something it says it will build decades from now. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The map has become more important than the territory. And the mapmakers are increasingly burning the territory to keep…
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Members of a task force search structures and debris on March 16, 2011, in Kamaishi, Japan, for survivors. | Photo Credit: DVIDSHUB (CC BY) New seismic hazard spotted in Japan’s 2011 quake Following the 2011 earthquake, 15 minutes after the main shock, the ground across Japan shifted east by up to 6 mm. Using satellite…
The United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed this month that an El Niño has formed in the equatorial Pacific, and placed the odds at about 63% that it will strengthen into a “very strong” — colloquially, a “super” — event by the northern winter. India’s June rainfall, until 16th June, is roughly…
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