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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On the Cassowary bird

03/10/2024
This week’s Sci-Five quiz is on the Cassowary bird.

Madagascar mining rush caused no more deforestation than farming: study

03/10/2024
Mining is often assumed to be one of the worse land uses – destroying and polluting the environment and creating barren, moon-like landscapes.

Ancient human DNA from a South African rock shelter sheds light on 10,000 years of history

03/10/2024
What makes the site special is the record of human occupation there, which spans 12,000 years.

Small rocky planet detected in orbit about nearby Barnard's star

03/10/2024
Scientists eager to study nearby potentially habitable worlds are excited by the discovery of the first confirmed planet orbiting Barnard's star, a rocky one with a mass about 40% that of Earth.

Scientists map fruit fly brain in neurobiological milestone

03/10/2024
The research detailed more than 50 million connections between more than 139,000 neurons - brain nerve cells - in the insect.

Scientists spin diamonds at a billion RPM to test the limits of physics

03/10/2024
Fluorescent nanodiamonds may be smaller than small but they pack a punch big enough to reverberate across many industries

Science for All | How do lidocaine ointments work? 

02/10/2024
The Hindu’s weekly Science for All newsletter explains all things Science, without the jargon.

Solar eclipse to create rare 'ring of fire' over South America

02/10/2024
The Moon will be further from the Earth than usual, so those in parts of Chile and Argentina will be able to witness a kind of ring of light coming from the Sun

ISRO targets to launch Venus mission in March 2028 for 112-day journey to planet 

01/10/2024
The ₹1,236-crore Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) was recently approved by the Union Cabinet. The mission will be launched by Launch Vehicle Mark-3 and ISRO said 19 payloads will be onboard VOM.

Firm to produce ‘rectangular’ solar cells that require less land

01/10/2024
Solex’s cells would be made rectangular. This would increase the effective power produced by 7%, improve the structural efficiency of the cells, require no significant changes in associated installation costs, and, crucially, require less space for a similar power output

From analysis to action: should climate scientists engage in activism?

01/10/2024
The debate lives between concerns that activism will distract scientists from the science and protecting people from misinformation and the risk of apathy

New science awards, old political project

01/10/2024
The Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar awards seem like an attempt to bring scholars in line by hijacking their reward mechanisms

INCOIS, NCPOR to launch a glider to study Antarctic ocean

30/09/2024
The gliders are deployed to study the sea temperatures, salinity and geochemical process in the ice cold region

With Earth locked down in 2020, Moon saw cooler days and nights: Study

30/09/2024
Lockdowns have been shown to have starkly impacted human activities such as industrial pollution, transportation and fossil fuel burning

Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that’ll bring them home next year

30/09/2024
The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June are welcoming their new ride home

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