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Chinese scientists identify super moss able to ‘survive’ in Mars

July 9, 2024 admin

A model of Chinese Mars rover Zhurong, part of China’s Tianwen-1 space mission, is seen displayed at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China September 28, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters Scientists have identified a super resilient desert moss species in China’s western region of Xinjiang that…

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Rotten eggs chemical detected on Jupiter-like alien planet

July 9, 2024 admin

An artist’s concept of the planet HD 189733 b located 64 light-years from Earth. | Photo Credit: Reuters The planet known as HD 189733b, discovered in 2005, already had a reputation as a rather extreme place, a scorching hot gas giant a bit larger than Jupiter that is a striking cobalt blue colour and has…

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HIV breakthrough: new pre-exposure prophylaxis called lenacapavir found 100% effective in trial

July 4, 2024 admin

Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: AP A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection. The trial tested whether the six-month injection of lenacapavir would provide better protection against HIV infection than two other…

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Study brings lifestyle of enigmatic extinct humans into focus

July 4, 2024 admin

An undated artist’s impression of members of the extinct archaic human species called the Denisovans seen in the landscape of Ganjia Basin on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China’s Gansu province, depicting some of the animals whose bones were found at Baishiya Karst Cave. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thousands of bone fragments…

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World’s oldest cave painting in Indonesia shows a pig and people

July 4, 2024 admin

A painting created at least 51,200 years ago in the limestone cave of Leang Karampuang in the Maros-Pangkep region of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi portrays three human-like figures interacting with a wild pig, in this undated handout image. | Photo Credit: Reuters On the ceiling of a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of…

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Could groundbreaking CAR-T cancer therapy trigger more cancer?

July 3, 2024 admin

In the last few decades, scientists have finally learned to harness the immune system to successfully treat cancer. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Freepik In the last few decades, scientists have finally learned to harness the immune system to successfully treat cancer. Although doctors often use immunotherapy drugs, another type of treatment uses patient’s cells to treat their own cancers….

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Rush to return humans to the moon could threaten opportunities for astronomy

July 3, 2024 admin

This China National Space Administration (CNSA) handout image released by Xinhua News Agency, shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang’e-6 probe taken by a mini rover after it landed on the moon surface, June 4, 2024. China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of…

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Scientists search for a female partner for world’s ‘loneliest’ plant

June 21, 2024 admin

E. woodii is a member of the cycad family, heavy plants with thick trunks and large stiff leaves that form a majestic crown. | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons “Surely this is the most solitary organism in the world,” wrote palaeontologist Richard Fortey in his book about the evolution of life. He was talking about Encephalartos woodii (E. woodii), a plant…

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The mysterious fate of the Neanderthal Y chromosome

June 21, 2024 admin

Neanderthals, the closest cousins of modern humans, lived in parts of Europe and Asia until their extinction some 30,000 years ago. Genetic studies are revealing ever more about the links between modern humans and these long-gone relatives – most recently that a rush of interbreeding between our species occurred in a relatively short burst of…

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Climate change has made the Hajj pilgrimage more risky

June 21, 2024 admin

Muslim pilgrims gather at the top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Each year, millions of Muslims from across the world embark on the Hajj…

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