The mantis shrimp is a colourful, 10-cm-long resident of the ocean whose appearance belies its reputation as one of the most fearsome predators on the planet. These unassuming crustaceans use a hammer-shaped appendage called the dactyl club to strike their prey at a blistering 23 m/s (about 50-times faster than the blink of an eye),…
A scientist walking in a tunnel inside the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) Large Hadron Collider, during maintenance works on July 19, 2013, in Meyrin, near Geneva. File | Photo Credit: AFP The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment at CERN ā Europeās premier research centre for particle physics and home to the worldās largest…
New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) Over 85 per cent students and educators in India believe the availability and volume of AI are overwhelming while over 90 per cent of them also feel positive about the impact of AI on education, according to a new survey. Commissioned by Turnitin, a global company working in area of…
GUWAHATI An informal network of individuals and organisations working together to foster the knowledge and practice of ecological restoration of natural ecosystems in India is releasing a first-of-its-kind seed germination database on Wednesday (April 16, 2025). This free-access database, an initiative of the Ecological Restoration Alliance-India (ERA-I), offers more than 1,000 germination techniques for 465…
A: To keep our torso stable and conserve energy, we swing our arms backwards and forwards while walking. When you swing, say, your right leg forward to take a step, you provide a rotational moment about the central vertical axis of your torso. By the principle of conservation of angular momentum, an opposite reactionary moment…
A SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Florida, U.S., on March 18. | Photo Credit: NASA The recent safe return of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore after a nine-month stay onboard…
One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar ā a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic particles. Come too close to one, and youād get sucked in by its gravitational pull, or burn up from the intense heat surrounding it. But ironically, studying black holes and their jets can…
The invention of silicon chips revolutionised communications. Even today they are the cornerstone of the technologies we use to move information around the world. The way they work has changed significantly, however. They have become better: for a long time this was because experts improved its hardware to operate as efficiently as possible. But more…
Blue Origin launch LIVE: Pop icon Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ fiancĆ©e, Lauren Sanchez are among six women set to launch into space on Monday, April 14. Courtesy – the Blue Origin. The space company also shared a glimpse of the New Shepard ahead of the launch:Ā Blue Origin’s New Shepard…
Blue Origin launch today: Popstar Katy Perry, is part of a six-member, all-women crew, that is set to take off from Texas later today, as part of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-31 mission. Also part of the crew are Jeff Bezos‘ fiancee Lauren Sanchez, who handpicked her companions for…
