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Spinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Spinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids

BBC  

Spinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids 5 days ago Share Save Sue Nelson Share Save Getty Images Sue Nelson explores how asteroids can inform our understanding of the Earth's past – or threaten our future. "Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University Belfast and a …

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Study cracks when cracks come and go in paint, clay, milk, blood
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Study cracks when cracks come and go in paint, clay, milk, blood

The Hindu  

Cracks in paint coatings could soon become a thing of the past. For example, crack patterns could reveal structural changes in protein networks, like in milk or clot formation in blood.” Clay, milk, blood, and paint are all colloids: a mixture in which small insoluble particles of one type are dispersed in a liquid of another type. The study’s approach …

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Trees might not be acting in the way we thought - this forest fitted with pipes can tell us why
2 months, 1 week ago

Trees might not be acting in the way we thought - this forest fitted with pipes can tell us why

BBC  

Trees might not be acting in the way we thought - this forest fitted with pipes can tell us why 3 days ago Katherine Latham Thomas Downes By simulating the future atmosphere, scientists hope to understand whether trees will continue to act as the lungs of the planet. What's more, for the first time, MacKenzie and his fellow forest-watchers have …

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No final plan yet: Nasa to take a call on bringing rocks from Mars in 2026
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

No final plan yet: Nasa to take a call on bringing rocks from Mars in 2026

India Today  

Nasa has announced a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program, aiming to enhance the likelihood of successfully bringing Martian rock and sediment samples collected by Perseverance rover back to Earth. The overarching goal of the Mars Sample Return Program is to deepen our understanding of the universe and investigate whether Mars ever harboured life. "Pursuing two potential paths …

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Scientists have detected a first-of-its-kind signal in human brain
4 months ago

Scientists have detected a first-of-its-kind signal in human brain

India Today  

Researchers have for the first time uncovered a unique type of electrical signal in the human brain, offering fresh insights into how our brains process information. However, researchers recently examined layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons from human brain tissue, specifically from the cerebral cortex, which plays a key role in advanced thinking and problem-solving. The researchers suggest that these unique dendritic …

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Researchers hit ‘major milestone’ in mapping cells of the human body
4 months, 1 week ago

Researchers hit ‘major milestone’ in mapping cells of the human body

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “And if we don’t know what the cells look like and what the healthy state …

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Craters on Moon hide answers to how Earth formed
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Craters on Moon hide answers to how Earth formed

India Today  

Scientists have made significant strides in understanding the Moon's impact history, shedding light on the early solar system's evolution and the formation of terrestrial planets. One of the key findings is that the lunar impact record began during the solidification of the lunar magma ocean, with clear impact structures being preserved from about 4.46 billion years ago. The unexpectedly high …

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20 Indians Stuck in Russia-Ukraine War Zone, We're in Contact With Moscow For Early Discharge: MEA
1 year ago

20 Indians Stuck in Russia-Ukraine War Zone, We're in Contact With Moscow For Early Discharge: MEA

News 18  

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said at least 20 Indians are stuck in Russia, seeking discharge from the Russian army. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters that the Indian government is in touch with Russian authorities in its efforts to bring back the Indians to their homeland. #WATCH | MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, “It is our understanding …

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UK to build new instrument to aid search for life on Mars
1 year, 4 months ago

UK to build new instrument to aid search for life on Mars

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With £10.7 million additional funding from the UK Space Agency, a team led by the University of …

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Will brain atlases solve mysteries around diseases like Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, and depression?
1 year, 5 months ago

Will brain atlases solve mysteries around diseases like Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, and depression?

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 13, 2023 14:50 IST - 5 MINS READ In a massive effort to understand the human brain, scientists have revealed highly detailed atlases of the brain—published through a suite of 21 papers on October 12. Experts say the studies will help further our understanding of the brain and mind, and solve mysteries around diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, …

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If we can't fix this "frightening" problem, then we have "no hope" of addressing the climate crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

If we can't fix this "frightening" problem, then we have "no hope" of addressing the climate crisis

Salon  

One of the world's most prominent advocates for taking action to halt human-caused climate change is Dr. Michael E. Mann, a professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania. The climatologist and geophysicist's latest book is "Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis." Mann reviews the history of Earth's …

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Environmental humanities: the need to expand our understanding of nature
1 year, 6 months ago

Environmental humanities: the need to expand our understanding of nature

The Hindu  

Aiyadurai, Ambika and Shandilya, Trishita, ‘Environmental Humanities as a Way Forward’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 58, Issue 31, August 5, 2023 The environment, from an academic point of view, has for centuries been understood from the lens of science. The paper discussed here is an introduction to environmental humanities that encompasses the traditional understanding of human and non-human interactions …

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Xi calls for more innovations in Party's theories
1 year, 8 months ago

Xi calls for more innovations in Party's theories

China Daily  

BEIJING -- The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Friday held a group study session on opening up new frontiers in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times. He noted that the CPC's history of struggle over the past century shows that a good command of the scientific theory of …

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From "holy hype" to AI sentience, tech has a history of inflating its potential
1 year, 9 months ago

From "holy hype" to AI sentience, tech has a history of inflating its potential

Salon  

In the first couple days after using ChatGPT, the advanced chatbot from OpenAI, I felt the same way I did when I first downloaded the Mosaic Web Browser in the early '90s. When Samuel Morse inaugurated the first telegraph line, the message he famously tapped out implicitly asked a question: "What hath God wrought." For example, when Samuel Morse inaugurated …

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Theory of everything: how progress in physics depends on asking the right questions
1 year, 10 months ago

Theory of everything: how progress in physics depends on asking the right questions

The Hindu  

When I began my undergraduate physics degree, “What is the theory of everything?” was a question that I heard often. Arguably, the question “What is the theory of everything?” reminds us that good science doesn’t have to start with the best questions. The assumption in asking “What is the theory of everything?” is that the Standard Model will one day …

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Astronomers just solved a 60-year mystery regarding the brightest objects in the universe
1 year, 10 months ago

Astronomers just solved a 60-year mystery regarding the brightest objects in the universe

Salon  

One of the most mysterious objects in the universe just got a little less mysterious. Indeed, these violent interweavings can cause enough gas to flow towards the core supermassive black holes, initiating quasar activity even before the two galaxies fully merge. "Quasars play a key role in our understanding of the history of the Universe, and possibly also the future …

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Scientists create embryo-like structures from monkey cells
1 year, 11 months ago

Scientists create embryo-like structures from monkey cells

The Independent  

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Brain discovery ‘aids understanding’ of high blood pressure link to dementia
2 years ago

Brain discovery ‘aids understanding’ of high blood pressure link to dementia

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This could help with precision medicine, so that we …

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Why the human genome was never completed
2 years, 1 month ago

Why the human genome was never completed

BBC  

Why the human genome was never completed Science Photo Library/Getty Images Although the Human Genome Project was "completed" in 2003, large sections of human DNA still remained unread No human genome has ever been read in its entirety before. The first draft of the human genome was released in 2001, before a consortium of international scientists of the Human Genome …

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Picky eater? Research shows it could be in your DNA
2 years, 3 months ago

Picky eater? Research shows it could be in your DNA

The Hindu  

In the last 40 years obesity has been constantly rising. Many scientists believe this is because cheap junk food has filled supermarket shelves and fast food takeaways. Good taste We found food can be categorised in three groups: highly palatable foods which include meat, junk food and desserts; low calorie foods, mostly fruit and salad vegetables, but also oatmeal and …

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Earth has been hit by an ‘unusual, intense blast of energy’ from nearby galaxy that could change our understanding of the universe
2 years, 3 months ago

Earth has been hit by an ‘unusual, intense blast of energy’ from nearby galaxy that could change our understanding of the universe

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Earth has been hit by an intense, unusual blast of light that could …

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Why modern science has largely been a disappointment
2 years, 7 months ago

Why modern science has largely been a disappointment

Live Mint  

People appear to be disappointed with many things, including love, religion, spectator sports and cinema, but not science. Even other areas of exceptional human performance, like athletics, are attributed to ‘advances’ in science. In any case, good-natured science fantasy have been more prophetic than political dystopic fiction, like The Handmaid’s Tale, or the works of George Orwell, who got almost …

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Mars: Largest quakes ever recorded could reveal more about the Red Planet’s interior
2 years, 11 months ago

Mars: Largest quakes ever recorded could reveal more about the Red Planet’s interior

The Independent  

Nasa has reported the two largest quakes ever recorded on Mars, and scientists say studying them “will be instrumental in furthering our understanding” of the planet. A seismometer put on the Red Planet by the space agency’s InSight lander recorded the two largest so-called marsquakes ever, of magnitude 4.2 and 4.1. Scientists said the two quakes are “true outliers” in …

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Supergiant star explosion seen live by astronomers in unprecedented breakthrough
3 years, 2 months ago

Supergiant star explosion seen live by astronomers in unprecedented breakthrough

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have watched live as a red supergiant star came to its dramatic …

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