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Math disabilities hold many students back. Schools often don’t screen for them

October 17, 2023 admin

Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of her classmates flew through multiplication tests, Jackson’s daughter relied on her fingers to count, had difficulty reading clocks and burst into tears when asked at home to practice math flashcards. At school, the 9-year-old had…

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Scientists propose sweeping new law of nature, expanding on evolution

October 17, 2023 admin

In this undated image made from video provided by the BBC, hatchling marine iguanas. British naturalist Charles Darwin sketched out his theory of evolution in the 1859 book On the Origin of Species – proposing that biological species change over time through the acquisition of traits that favour survival and reproduction. Now 164 years later,…

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India’s Agnikul raises 2 billion rupees more ahead of first rocket launch

October 17, 2023 admin

Pawan Chandana and Bharath Daka, founders of Skyroot Aerospace, an Indian Space-Tech startup, pose for a photograph with a mockup of Vikram-S rocket, India’s first private rocket developed by the Skyroot, in Hyderabad, India, October 24, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Indian space startup Agnikul Cosmos said on Tuesday it had raised 2 billion rupees…

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The afterglow of an explosive collision between giant planets may have been detected in a far-off star system

October 13, 2023 admin

The afterglow of a massive collision between two giant planets may have been detected for the first time. The wreckage of the collision could eventually cool and form an entirely new planet. If the observation is confirmed, it provides an amazing opportunity to watch the birth of a new world in real time and open…

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Gene editing offers chickens some protection against bird flu

October 12, 2023 admin

A turkey stands in a barn, Aug. 10, 2015, on a turkey farm near Manson, Iowa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that avian influenza (bird flu), which is deadly to commercial poultry, was confirmed in a flock of 47,300 turkeys in Jerauld County of South Dakota last Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, and at a…

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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Writing

October 11, 2023 admin

Q: To which ancient civilisation, can the first instance of writing be traced back to? Mesopotamia was a region comprising many cultures over time speaking different languages. The earliest known writing was invented there around 3400 B.C. Indus Valley Civilisation Mesopotamian Civilisation Egyptian Civilisation Inca Civilisation A: 2 Q: What were some of the earliest…

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Morocco fossils reveal astounding diversity of marine life just before the asteroid hit

October 9, 2023 admin

Sixty-six million years ago, the Cretaceous period ended. Dinosaurs disappeared, along with around 90% of all species on Earth. The patterns and causes of this extinction have been debated since palaeontology began. Was it a slow, inevitable decline, or did the end come quickly, driven by a sudden, unpredictable disaster? Georges Cuvier, working in the early 19th…

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Science This Week | 2023 Nobel Prize winners announced, ISRO to begin unmanned flight tests for Gaganyaan and more

October 8, 2023 admin

Find the latest news and updates from the world of science. | Photo Credit: AP From figuring out why galaxies created during the cosmic down appear to be mature and more massive to ancient human footprints in New Mexico that can be dated back to the last Ice Age, here are this week’s new discoveries…

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Scientists untangle mystery about the universe’s earliest galaxies

October 7, 2023 admin

Since beginning operations last year, the James Webb Space Telescope has provided an astonishing glimpse of the early history of our universe, spotting a collection of galaxies dating to the enigmatic epoch called cosmic dawn. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel Since beginning operations last year, the James Webb…

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China offers to collaborate on lunar mission as deadlines loom

October 6, 2023 admin

China, which aims to become a major space power by 2030, has opened up a key lunar mission to international cooperation as mission deadlines loom for setting up a permanent habitat on the south pole of the moon. | Photo Credit: Reuters China, which aims to become a major space power by 2030, has opened…

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