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Paris Olympic 2024: What if athletes competed in space? Watch this NASA video, featuring Sunita Williams, to know

adminJuly 27, 202404 mins

As the Paris Olympics 2024 kicked off on Friday with a huge pomp and show, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared an interesting video of astronauts “pretending to be athletes” in space. The nearly two-minute video featuring Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams showed astronauts practising their favourite sport inside the International Space Station (ISS)….

Surprising ‘dark oxygen’ discovery could ensnarl deep-sea mining | Explained

adminJuly 27, 2024010 mins

This photo taken on March 8, 2019, shows a study underway on the seafloor of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone to investigate the impact that potential manganese nodule mining in the deep sea would have on ecosystems there. | Photo Credit: ROV-Team/GEOMAR An unknown process is producing oxygen deep in the world’s oceans, where it is too…

Scientists report trees absorb methane as well

adminJuly 26, 202408 mins

Researchers measure methane exchange on upland trees in Peru. | Photo Credit: Vincent Gauci (CC BY-ND) Tree bark in the world’s forests absorbs the greenhouse gas methane, my colleagues and I have demonstrated for the first time on a global scale – a discovery that could have big implications for tackling climate change. As trees…

NASA blows up another inflatable space station structure after exceeding the recommended safety levels

adminJuly 26, 202402 mins

NASA and Sierra Space blew up another space habitat. | Photo Credit: AP NASA and Sierra Space blew up another space habitat, after the full-size inflatable structure exceeded NASA’s recommended safety levels by 22%. Known as the Large Integrated Flexible Environment, or LIFE, the inflatable structure last underwent stress earlier this year. It is intended…

The Science Quiz: Famous women in space

adminJuly 26, 202403 mins

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams waves to well wishers as she leaves the Operations and Checkout building before heading to Space Launch Complex 41 to board the Boeing’s Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket for a mission to the International Space Station at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Cape…

NASA images: Photo of massive star clusters in Milky Way’s heart; netizens say ‘time travel in picture’

adminJuly 26, 202405 mins

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared stunning image of center of the galaxy which showcases massive star cluster containing more than half a million stars. As per NASA, these stars are part of a massive nuclear star cluster clumped around a central supermassive black hole about 4 million times the mass of…

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Gharials

adminJuly 25, 202402 mins

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Gharials 1 / 5 | From which Hindi word do we get the name for Gharial? Ghara (pot) Ghati (valley) Ghora (horse) Ghari (clock) When male gharials reach sexual maturity, they develop a bulbous, fleshy growth on the tip of their snout. It is from this “ghara”, the…

DMK’s Kanimozhi NVN Somu raises concerns over dubious breast cancer drug trials in India; to meet J P Nadda

adminJuly 25, 202405 mins

Raising the issue of rising cases of dubious drug trials in India, Rajya Sabha MP Dr Kanimozhi NVN Somu said she will discuss the issue with Union Health Minister JP Nadda in her meeting with him. “I am going to strongly put forward this to the Health Minister of India in my meeting with him…

Sharks off Rio de Janeiro test positive for cocaine

adminJuly 25, 202403 mins

Brazilian Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon Lalandii) are being analysed at a laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this handout picture made available on July 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sharks off the coast of Brazil’s party city Rio de Janeiro have tested positive for cocaine. The predators were consuming the potent stimulant due to…

ICMR releases 32 new treatment standards for treating common and serious diseases under five specialities

adminJuly 25, 202405 mins

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in collaboration with the National Health Authority (NHA) and WHO India, on Thursday released 32 new Standard Treatment Workflows (STWs) for treating common and serious diseases under five specialities—cardiothoracic vascular surgery, paediatric cardiology, interventional radiology, neurosurgery, and orthopaedics. These 32 new standards are in addition to the 125 STWs…