This week’s Sci-five quiz is on vampire bats.
At home in the tropical forests of Central and South America, vampire bats feed on various animals, including tapirs, mountain lions, penguins and livestock.
The acronym dominating this year's summit is NCQG - which stands for the New Collective Quantified Goal.
Tens of thousands of new seeds from around the world arrived at the seed vault on Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, in mid-October 2024.
RNA editing is in its nascent stage, yet there are already at least 11 biotechnology companies worldwide developing RNA editing methods for a range of diseases
Tardigrades can survive hazardous radiation, extreme heat and cold, and can go for long periods without water; researchers are wondering if these abilities can be ‘transferred’
India has 450 companies making components to build and launch satellites, but ISRO’s vision requires new players, young talent, a thriving start-up ecosystem and large-scale investment from government and private sector
In a new study, fungi that lacked the Sre1 protein were found to be highly sensitive to nickel; the gene that encodes for this protein is conserved in all animals, including humans
Scientists the model could reduce the need for multiple ultrasounds scans once it is validated at greater scale
As the maximum phase of the current solar cycle approaches, continuously monitoring the Sun with Aditya’s VELC payload is expected to provide valuable scientific data
A great book written and illustrated by English polymath Robert Hooke, Micrographia appeared in bookshops in January 1665. The advance copy of this book, which details Hooke’s exploration into many things small, far, and sometimes elusive, is believed to have been shown to the Royal Society on November 3, 1664. A.S.Ganesh tries to hook you onto Hooke’s story…
Besides wild poliovirus cases, the WHO registry has data of only the circulating VDPV cases and not the cases that belong to the other two VDPV categories — iVDPV and aVDPV
Remembering the life and legacy of pioneering physicist Professor Rohini Godbole through the eyes of colleagues and students.
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