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Venus has more volcanism than previously known, new analysis finds

May 29, 2024 admin

A computer-generated 3D model of Venus’ surface provided by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the volcano Sif Mons which is exhibiting signs of ongoing activity, in this undated handout image. Using data from NASA’s Magellan mission, Italian researchers detected evidence of an eruption while the spacecraft orbited the planet in the early 1990s. | Photo…

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World’s first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers

May 29, 2024 admin

The world’s first wooden satellite made from wood and named LignoSat, developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry, is shown during a press conference at Kyoto University in Kyoto on May 28, 2024. The world’s first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will…

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How clothed pig carcasses are revealing the secrets of mummification

May 28, 2024 admin

It was the kind of task any competent seamstress has completed hundreds of times before: altering denim jeans and jerseys. But there was something different about this piece of work. Though our team of scientists were paying for it, we weren’t her ultimate customers – the clothes were to be worn by dead pigs. The…

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Mosquito species from Asia pose growing risk to Africa’s anti-malaria efforts

May 28, 2024 admin

Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. | Photo Credit: AP The spread of the mosquito species Anopheles stephensi across Africa poses a significant problem to a continent already heavily…

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What causes landslides? Can we predict them to save lives?

May 28, 2024 admin

A view of the site of a landslide in Yambali village, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, May 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A devastating landslide struck several remote villages in the mountainous Enga province in Papua New Guinea late last week. While it is too early for official confirmation, estimates place the death toll between 690…

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Chinese fossil reveals evolution of skin in feathered dinosaurs

May 24, 2024 admin

The skeleton of a Psittacosaurus dinosaur is displayed during the Collector Exhibition at the Grand Palais Museum in Paris September 10, 2009. | Photo Credit: Reuters A new fossil of the Cretaceous Period dinosaur Psittacosaurus, a dog-sized herbivore with a parrot-like beak, that was donated to a Chinese university came with a surprise – one…

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Pyramids were built along a ‘lost’ branch of the Nile, study finds

May 23, 2024 admin

The largest field of pyramids in Egypt – consisting of 31 pyramids built over a millennium, including the famous Great Pyramid at Giza – lies along a narrow strip of land in the desert several kilometres west of the Nile River. The Nile was at the heart of ancient Egyptian civilisation, and the location of…

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After 180 years, clues reveal how general anaesthesia works in the brain

May 23, 2024 admin

How anaesthetic drugs work in the brain has largely remained a mystery since it was introduced into medicine over 180 years ago. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Over 350 million surgeries are performed globally each year. For most of us, it’s likely at some point in our lives we’ll have to undergo a procedure that needs general…

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What is ‘Net Zero’, anyway? A short history of a monumental concept

May 23, 2024 admin

Last month, the leaders of the G7 declared their commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. Closer to home, the Albanese government recently introduced legislation to establish a Net Zero Economy Authority, promising it will catalyse investment in clean energy technologies in the push to reach net zero. Pledges to achieve net zero emissions…

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What is ‘Net Zero’, anyway? A short history of a monumental concept

May 23, 2024 admin

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