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Scientists test Fukushima fish after nuclear plant water release

October 20, 2023 admin

A member of the team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) observes the inshore fish as the sample at Hisanohama Port in Iwaki, northeastern Japan Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. They are visiting Fukushima for its first marine sampling mission since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing the treated radioactive wastewater…

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Has AI passed the Turing test yet? | Explained

October 17, 2023 admin

In 1950, British computer scientist Alan Turing proposed an experimental method for answering the question: can machines think? He suggested if a human couldn’t tell whether they were speaking to an artificially intelligent (AI) machine or another human after five minutes of questioning, this would demonstrate AI has human-like intelligence. Although AI systems remained far…

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Could ‘marine cloud brightening’ reduce coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef?

October 17, 2023 admin

A school of fish swim above a finger coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019. | Photo Credit: Reuters It might sound like science fiction, but “marine cloud brightening” is being seriously considered as a way to shield parts of the ocean from…

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How a Bronze Age rock became a ‘treasure map’ for researchers

October 17, 2023 admin

An archaeology student excavates a burial mound in Leuhan, western France, on October 11, 2023. This burial mound dating from ancient Bronze age was discovered in 1900 by French archeologist Paul du Chatellier. On this site du Chatellier also found a carved granite slab that could be the oldest map in Europe. The actual searchs…

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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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