Science
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Toddler’s gut bacteria can predict future obesity
London: The make-up and volume of gut bacteria in toddlers when they are 3.5 years old is predictive of body mass index (BMI) at age 5, irrespective of whether they are born…
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New York City sinking at faster rate, 8 mn at coastal flooding risk: Study
New York: New York City is sinking about 1-2 mm per year, from the weight of its skyscrapers, finds a study showing that the increasing sea level rise could put its over…
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NASA’s CAPSTONE images Moon, successfully tests GPS-like technology
Washington: NASA’s CAPSTONE mission — a microwave oven-sized CubeSat — captured its first images of the Moon, showing the lunar surface near the Moon’s North Pole. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology…
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Axiom Space’s second mission to space station on Sunday
New Delhi: American private space habitat company Axiom Space is set to launch its second mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. “Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) will be Axiom Space’s…
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Kashmir: Alligator Gar Fish found in Dal Lake rings alarm bells among scientists
Srinagar: The discovery of a carnivorous Alligator Gar fish in Kashmir’s famous Dal Lake has set the alarm bells ringing among scientists and authorities as its presence poses a great threat to…
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Rare, bright gamma-ray burst occurs once in 10,000 years
New York: Space scientists have revealed a gamma-ray burst that occurs once in every 10,000 years and was 70 times brighter than any yet seen. Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are the most powerful…
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Scientists agree that money can buy happiness
New York: People get happy as they earn more, according to a new study which overturns the dominant thinking that money cannot buy happiness. The study published in Proceedings of the National…
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter captures Martian sunset
Washington: NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter captured a shot of a sunset on the Red Planet, during its 45th flight. The little chopper’s high-resolution colour camera captured the Sun on February 22, Space.com…
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Biden proposes $27.2 bn for NASA to boost Moon, Mars programmes
Washington: US President Joe Biden has proposed a $27.2 billion budget for NASA in 2024, which is about $1.8 billion more than the agency received this year. The new budget will allow…
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Scientists discover new layer at Earth’s inner core
Sydney: A team of researchers has found evidence of a new layer to the planet sitting within the inner core. According to seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU), data gathered from…
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Asteroid Ryugu is organic-rich, sample reveals
Washington: Asteroid Ryugu has a rich complement of organic molecules, according to a NASA and international team’s initial analysis of a sample from the asteroid’s surface delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2…
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Chandrayaan-3: India’s moon lander clears key tests successfully
Chennai: The moon lander part of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, successfully underwent the EMI-EMC (Electro-Magnetic Interference/ Electro-Magnetic Compatibility) test recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Sunday. According to…
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NASA’s Webb telescope reveals network of gas, dust in nearby galaxies
San Francisco: Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have revealed the first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths. According to NASA,…
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Explained: Sun did not break off its chunk, just a normal solar activity
Washington: The Sun did not shed a chunk of it as being reported and what was spotted was a normal “solar prominence” activity on its surface. A solar prominence (also known as…
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Scientists shocked after huge piece of Sun breaks off
The Sun’s North Pole was surrounded by a tornado-like whirl when a large chunk of its surface broke off. Even though researchers are working to understand how it happened, the video of…