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A colourful fence sports an axolotl mascot of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City, June 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters One of the first things visitors arriving in Mexico City for the FIFA football World Cup are likely to see is the wide grin of an axolotl — with the salamander unique to…
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A general view shows the plenary hall during an international replenishment conference for the United Nations Green Climate Fund in Bonn, Germany. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India has called for the shrinking pool of climate finance and a widening adaptation finance gap to be tackled head-on at the United Nations climate negotiations-linked talks under…
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Modern computing is often effortless. You pick up a calculator or open the calculator app on your phone, and you’re on your way in seconds. But getting here took humans several centuries from when they first tried to speed up computing. One particularly important passage in this history involved the English mathematician Charles Babbage, who…
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A general view shows the plenary hall during an international replenishment conference for the United Nations Green Climate Fund in Bonn, Germany. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India has called for the shrinking pool of climate finance and a widening adaptation finance gap to be tackled head-on at the United Nations climate negotiations-linked talks under…
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Droughts can increase the levels of antibiotic resistance in soil, a new study by researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has reported. Published in Nature Microbiology, the study revealed that when soil dries due to drought stress, the concentration of natural antibiotics increases, favouring the survival of resistant bacteria. The study also projected…
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A grey foam nest hangs from a branch in Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2010. | Photo Credit: Bernard Dupont (CC BY-SA) For most frogs, life begins as a game of odds. They lay their eggs in the water, where fish and insects gobble up about 98% of them before they even have a chance…
Read More “Meet the frogs that build ‘cloudy’ nests in South Africa’s trees” »
Lung cancer is one of the more common cancers affecting people worldwide. This is mainly thanks to smoking and, to a lesser extent, air pollution and occupational exposure. According to the latest World Health Organization estimates, there are about 2.5 million new cases and 1.8 million deaths every year. Prevention offers the ideal solution to…
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Heart failure is one of the fastest-growing cardiovascular challenges worldwide and a major cause of hospital admissions in India. Unlike a heart attack, which is a sudden event, heart failure is a chronic condition that requires lifelong management. Patients often experience repeated episodes of worsening symptoms, leading to hospitalisation. A recent U.K. clinical trial found…
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(image for representation) | Photo Credit: Getty Images A highly contagious bacterial diarrhoeal disease called shigellosis (bacillary dysentery), caused by shigella, is being reported across the State now While all districts are reporting cases sporadically, these are turning into outbreaks in some locations affecting more people because of contaminated food/ water or due to poor…
A year ago, a Reddit thread went viral for all the wrong reasons after a user posted their experience with Siri. When they asked it “what month is it?”, Siri responded with “Sorry, I don’t understand.” That post came after a much-hyped Apple’s voice assistant failed to deliver on its most-advertised capabilities. At WWDC 2024,…
Read More “Has Apple’s Siri finally arrived on the AI scene?” »