The outer space world is home to endless mysteries and secrets waiting to be discovered. High definition telescopes and satellites closely observe outer space objects and events to develop better understanding of humans. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Hubble telescope is one of the most versatile and large space telescope renowned for its…
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Antoine Lavoisier 1 / 5 | What is Antoine Lavoisier best known for in the field of chemistry? Discovering the periodic table Developing the theory of phlogiston Establishing the law of conservation of mass Inventing the Bunsen burner Antoine Lavoisier established the law of conservation of mass. Next…
If you Google the terms âconstipationâ and âheart attackâ itâs not long before the name Elvis Presley crops up. Elvis had a longstanding history of chronic constipation and itâs believed he was straining very hard to poo, which then led to a fatal heart attack. We donât know what really happened to the so-called King of Rock…
NASA’s recent discovery of strange formations of an electrified layer of gas in the ionosphere has challenged the scientists’ perception of having a complete understanding of the Earth’s outer layer. Space experts are struggling to explain the existence of X and C-shaped structures discovered in the ionosphere under NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and…
Billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on August 22 took to social media to post about his company’s new space mission â the first-ever private spacewalk. âThis will be the first spacewalk by a commercial company and the furthest from Earth anyone has traveled in over half a century!â Musk, posted on his social media…
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, which soft landed on Moon’s south pole last year, has now found data that supports the theory that Earth’s satellite was once covered in an ocean of magma, as per a PTI report. Data from ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 supports the theory of a âmagma oceanâ once existing on…
Flour, chocolate, cocoa powder, eggs, and butter are all the ingredients to make a sweet treat you crave. The only thing you need right now is a step-by-step recipe to help you turn the ingredients into a yummy brownie. Too big for its britches Nature also has the ingredients it needs to âmakeâ living organisms,…
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are not “stuck” in space, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reiterated in a statement this week. “Butch and Suni are safe aboard the space station working alongside the Expedition 71 crew. They also have been actively involved in Starliner testing and technical meetings. Butch and Suni could…
A long night awaited the Pragyan rover on the moon as it bid farewell to operators at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) one last time. The subzero temperatures proved too low for the suitcase-sized rover. Fourteen days after landing on the moon as part of Indiaâs historic Chandrayaan-3 mission, the rover went to sleep…
Questions: 1. Eating chillies activates a certain receptor in the mucosal membrane of the digestive tract called TRPV1, making us feel the spice. What is another trigger to which the TRPV1 molecule responds? 2. When eating something spicy, we often sweat. Which part of the brain does the body activate to cool itself in response…
