Mammals are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates that give birth to live young and feed them with milk. Known as one of the most adaptable animals on the Earth, mammals are found on every continent and in every range in size, be it tiny bumblebee bats, to humans, or giant blue whales. For decades, scientists…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city to publish an adaptation plan. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: AP South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will…
There is a lot to look out for in the night sky in the coming months, as there are four supermoons on their way in the rest of the year 2024. Skygazers can enjoy the sky illuminated with a super Blue Moon in August this year. According to BBC Sky at Night Magazine, the first…
The night sky, our window to space, has fascinated humans for ages. Early civilisations used to track the movements of the Sun, Moon, planets, and other objects. Even now, we can spot stars and neighbouring planets in the sky. However, space agencies like NASA have made it possible for us to take a tour of…
A new tablet that slowly releases the drug ketamine can ease treatment-resistant depression, offering an alternative to cumbersome clinic-based treatments for people with the condition, researchers have found in a clinical trial. Ketamine, sometimes called a “party drug”, blocks the receptor for an excitatory neurotransmitter — those that cause neurons fire and send messages —…
The target missile was launched from Launch Centre-IV Dhamra mimicking adversary ballistic missile, which was detected by weapon system radars deployed on land and sea, the DRDO said | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully flight-tested the Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system demonstrating the indigenous capability…
Union minister Jitendra Singh shared an update on the much-awaited Gaganyaan mission in his reply to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The minister said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is pursuing an ISRO-NASA joint mission to International Space Station (ISS). In the joint mission, “one Gaganyaatri from ISRO will undertake space travel to ISS”,…
Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Boeing will hold a media teleconference at 9 PM on Thursday, July 25, “to provide the latest status of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission aboard the International Space Station,” an update by the US space agency informed. The interaction during the press conference…
A colourised transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory, captured, and colour-enhanced. | Photo Credit: NIAID/AP Scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on 7-year old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on a handful of her playmates at a camp for displaced people…
Orange-red in colour and native to Tanzania, the Naja pallida — the red spitting cobra — is a formidable, 1.2-metre-long foe. When threatened, it raises its hood and hisses loudly. If this display doesn’t deter its predator, it opens its mouth. Muscles around the snake’s venom glands squeeze, releasing jets of venom onto the eyes,…
