Earlier this week, the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) reported a rare whale sighting off the coast of County Donegal near Sliabh Liag in Ireland. North Atlantic right whales, among the most critically-endangered large ocean mammals, are believed to number fewer than 350 as of 2023. The creatures could face extinction within 20 years….
Actor Madhavan has recently revealed the secret of his weight loss. Itâs neither exercise nor running. Itâs intermittent fasting. The Bollywood actor advised practising intermittent fasting, thoroughly chewing food 45-60 times and having the last meal at 6:45 PM. He also asked to have cooked food only after 3 PM. The actor has emphasised the…
Antimicrobial chemicals are essential to modern medicine, but with resistance increasing, the World Health Organisation recently warned of a pressing need for new drugs | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A little-known group of microscopic animals has spent millions of years copying recipes for antibiotics from bacteria and using them to fight infections, we have shown…
Indian astrophysicist Prahlad Chandra Agrawal, who has been involved with major Indian space programmes including the AstroSat space telescope and the Chandrayaan 1 lunar mission, has been awarded the COSPAR Harrie Massey Award 2024. Mr. Agrawal received the award at the opening ceremony of the 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Busan, South Korea, on July…
Pedestrians walk on a road amid heavy monsoon rains in Navi Mumbai, July 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI We are in the middle of the monsoon season of 2024. The monsoon onset happened on time on May 30 but its evolution thus far has sprung some surprises. The distribution of rainfall looks as patchy…
‘How plant absorb water in microgravity?’ On Wednesday, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) reported that Indian-origin Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who skyrocketed to space on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on July 5, “continued exploring ways to effectively water plants in the weightless environment”. The two NASA astronauts took turns in the “Harmony module”, testing…
ShaâCarri Richardson wins a heat womenâs 100-meter run as her shoe appears to come untied during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Friday, June 21, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. | Photo Credit: AP On the face of it, competitive distance running appears not to have changed much since the Olympic Games were revived…
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Nikola Tesla 1 / 5 | Tesla is a measure of unit for ______________. Magnetic field Electric current Gravitational power Speed of light Teslas is a unit used to measure the strength of magnetic fields, are named after Nikola Tesla. Next 2 / 5 | Nikola Tesla was…
SpaceX will use a powerful, souped-up capsule to shove the International Space Station out of orbit once time is up for the sprawling lab. NASA and Elon Muskâs company on Wednesday outlined the plan to burn the space station up on reentry and plunge whatâs left into the ocean, ideally at the beginning of 2031…
Minghao Nie, a researcher of University of Tokyo shows a face mold covered in human skin tissue at his lab in Tokyo, July 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japanese scientists have devised a way to attach living skin tissue to robotic faces and make them “smile,” in a breakthrough that holds out promise of…
