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Why cooling earth by reflecting sunlight back isn’t a bright idea

March 7, 2024 admin

The United Nations Environment Assembly this week considered a resolution on solar radiation modification, which refers to controversial technologies intended to mask the heating effect of greenhouse gases by reflecting some sunlight back to space. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations Environment Assembly this week considered a resolution on solar radiation modification, which refers to…

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Why a tiny gravity measurement may be a leap forward for physics

March 6, 2024 admin

Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands, the University of Southampton in the UK, and the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies in Italy measured a force of around 30 attonewtons on a…

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What ended the ‘dark ages’ in the early universe? Webb telescope finds clue

March 5, 2024 admin

Which stars produced the light that ended the dark ages and triggered this so-called “epoch of reionisation”? Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: AP About 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the cosmos was a very dark place. The glow of the universe’s explosive birth had cooled, and space was filled with dense gas –…

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Scientists develop mathematical model to optimise elite athletes’ performance

March 5, 2024 admin

Lieke Klaver of Team Netherlands runs ahead of Lavial Nielsen of Team Great Britain in the first leg of the women’s 4 X 400 meters relay during the World Athletics Indoor Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday, March 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Scientists have developed a mathematical model that promises…

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Archaeologists in Egypt unearth section of large Ramses II statue

March 5, 2024 admin

A section of a limestone statue of Ramses II unearthed by an Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission in El Ashmunein, south of the Egyptian city of Minya, Egypt in this handout image released on March 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A joint Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a huge statue of King…

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SpaceX launches eighth long-duration crew for International Space Station orbit

March 5, 2024 admin

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off in this time-exposure photo, from Launch Pad 39A Sunday, March 3, 2024, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts are beginning a mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) | Photo Credit: Chris O’Meara A SpaceX rocket safely lifted off from Florida…

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Scientists reveal secrets of Earth’s magnificent desert star dunes

March 5, 2024 admin

A view of the Lala Lallia star dune of the Sahara Desert, in Erg Chebbi, Morocco, as seen in an undated handout image from 2008 and obtained by Reuters on March 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters They are among the wonders of our deserts: star dunes, the vaguely pyramid-shaped sand formations up to about…

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Bird flu reaches mainland Antarctica for first time, scientists say

February 27, 2024 admin

A skua stands on Deception Island, which is the Caldera of an active volcano in Antarctica, February 17, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters A deadly type of bird flu has been confirmed on the mainland of Antarctica for the first time, scientists said, a potential risk for the southern region’s huge penguin colonies. “This discovery…

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Race to global eradication of Guinea worm disease nears finish line

February 23, 2024 admin

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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Earth’s early evolution: fresh insights from rocks formed 3.5 billion years ago

February 22, 2024 admin

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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