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The world is on the brink of a public health triumph as it closes in on eradicating Guinea worm disease. There were more than 3.5 million cases of this disease in the 1980s, but according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) weekly epidemiological report, they dwindled to 14 cases in 2021, 13 in 2022, and…
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This frame grab from NASA shows Scorpius Space Launch Company (SSLC) team members watching as the Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander touches down on the moon, in Torrance, California, on February 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A private lander touched down on the moon on February 22 but managed just a weak signal back,…
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A file photo of a Blue Krait. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation only Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) in Bengaluru have developed a synthetic human antibody that can neutralise a potent neurotoxin produced by the Elapidae family of highly toxic snakes, which includes the cobra, king cobra, krait and black mamba….
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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On the study of things A floating trash collector at work in the Hussain Sagar Lake for removal of the water hyacinth weed in Hyderabad on February 13, 2024. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | What is the study of algae called? Astacology Autecology Aerology Algology In botany,…
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While science knows what kind of rocks were being formed on different parts of the planet 3.5 billion years ago, they are still understanding which geological processes drove these formations. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Our Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Way back in its earliest years, vast oceans dominated. There…
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Workers of Solar Square place a panel on the rooftop of a residence in Gurugram on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. India is renewing its push to add rooftop solar to meet the needs of a fast-growing nation that’s hungry for energy. | Photo Credit: AP Just a few years…
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Unlike fission, the technique currently used in nuclear power plants, fusion involves combining two atomic nuclei instead of splitting one, generating vast amounts of energy. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu With its tangle of pipes and pumps leading to a metal pot the size of a five-storey building, Japan’s JT-60SA machine looks…
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Indian Institute of Astrophysics at Koramangala in Bengaluru, Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) will celebrate National Science Day as IIA Open Day on February 25, from 9 am to 6 pm at its campus in Koramangala. This event is open to the general public, is free of charge, and…
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A southern right whale, known in Spanish as ballena franca austral, jumps off the water in the Atlantic Sea, offshore Golfo Nuevo, near Argentina’s Patagonian village of Puerto Piramides, | Photo Credit: Reuters It is one of Earth’s most haunting sounds — the “singing” of baleen whales like the humpback, heard over vast distances in…
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ISRO conducting a hot-fire test of the CE-20 cryogenic engine for the LVM-3 at its test facility in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: ISRO handout On February 21, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) reported it had successfully completed human-rating the CE-20 rocket engine ahead of its use in an important test flight later…
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