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New Research Challenges Old Assumptions About Gender And Earnings In Marriage
- Jan 02, 2025 19:35 pm IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
By examining long-term earnings trajectories, the study reveals that gender-egalitarian earnings patterns are more common than previously thought, though they vary according to couples' socio-economic status.
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Ebola's Silent Spread: How The Virus Hijacks Human Skin To Infect Others
- Jan 02, 2025 18:46 pm IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
The average Ebola case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25-90% in past outbreaks.
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Does Your Body Contain 'Elixir' To Extend Life? New Research Reveals Way To Slow Down Ageing
- Jan 02, 2025 17:06 pm IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
Chinese scientists discover that lithocholic acid, a naturally produced bile, has anti-aging effects similar to those achieved through calorie restriction, offering new insights into promoting healthy aging.
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Scientists Demonstrate 'Negative Time' In Groundbreaking Quantum Experiment
- Jan 01, 2025 21:18 pm IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
Researchers recently posted findings on the preprint server arXiv, drawing global interest and some reservations about what it all means.
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NASA Unveils New Mars Drone Design: A Larger, Enhanced Version Of Ingenuity Helicopter
- Jan 01, 2025 12:58 pm IST
- Edited by: Abhinav Singh
The "Mars Chopper" as NASA is calling it, appears bulkier compared to its predecessor and has a greater payload capacity.
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Stunning Space Imagery Captured By NASA's Hubble Space Telescope
- Dec 31, 2024 19:18 pm IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
From the star-forming Carina Nebula, located 7,600 light-years away, to the dramatic bipolar region Sharpless 2-106, Hubble reveals the dynamic processes of star creation and destruction.
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ISRO Announces Milestone 100th Mission - Another Global Feat. Details Here
- Dec 31, 2024 18:28 pm IST
- Written by: Abhishek Chakraborty
ISRO ended 2024 on a high with the successful launch of its 99th mission - the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV-C60 - which has two significant experimental missions - SpaDex and POEM-4.
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Humans Will Soon Be Able To Mine On The Moon. But Should We?
- Dec 31, 2024 14:28 pm IST
- The Conversation
By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well be mining the surface of the Moon.
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ISRO's SpaDeX Mission A First Step For India To Set Up Its Own Space Station
- Dec 30, 2024 23:25 pm IST
- Written by: Abhishek Chakraborty
Only three countries in the world - United States, Russia, and China - have the ability to carry out docking of two spacecraft or satellites in outer space. India is now on the cusp of achieving that feat.
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Rise Of Intention Economy? AI Tools To Manipulate You Into Making Decisions, Study Finds
- Dec 30, 2024 17:50 pm IST
- Edited by: Abhinav Singh
Powered by LLMs, AI tools will "anticipate and steer" users based on "intentional, behavioural and psychological data".
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Each Cigarette Costs Men 17 Minutes, Women 22 Minutes Of Life, Study Warns
- Dec 30, 2024 16:05 pm IST
- Edited by: Abhinav Singh
The study highlighted that on average, a single cigarette takes about 20 minutes off a person's life.
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What Is Black Moon And How You Can Experience The Rare Phenomenon
- Dec 29, 2024 23:01 pm IST
- Edited by: Abhinav Singh
In India, the black moon phenomenon can be seen around 3:57 am on December 31.
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What Is Kessler Syndrome And Why It Has Scientists Worried For Future Of Space
- Dec 28, 2024 18:09 pm IST
- Edited by: Abhinav Singh
Kessler Syndrome is a hypothetical scenario proposed by NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978.
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Running In These Shoes? You May Be Increasing Your Injury Risk
- Dec 28, 2024 09:27 am IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
Although the associations between high-heeled shoes and injury were clear, its difficult to prove that heel-to-toe drop directly causes these injuries.
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Quantum Teleportation Now Possible Over Everyday Internet Cable In Huge Breakthrough
- Dec 27, 2024 22:02 pm IST
- Edited by: Abhinav Singh
In simple terms, quantum teleportation involves sending information from one place to another using something called "quantum entanglement".
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What Scientists Know About Consciousness In Octopuses, Which Have 9 Brains
- Dec 27, 2024 20:40 pm IST
- The Conversation
Intelligence is fiendishly hard to define and measure, even in humans. The challenge grows exponentially in studying animals with sensory, motivational and problem-solving skills that differ profoundly from ours.
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Tea Bags Release Billions Of Harmful Microplastics, Study Finds
- Dec 27, 2024 15:10 pm IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
A study by the Autonomous University of Barcelona reveals that commercial tea bags made from polymer-based materials release harmful microplastics and nanoplastics when infused.
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ISRO's POEM-4 To Fly 10 Experiments By Start-Ups To Space
- Dec 27, 2024 14:02 pm IST
- Written by: Pallava Bagla
The upcoming launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will enable ten Indian space start-up companies to fly their instruments into space.
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Deep Sea Mission Discovers Hydrothermal Vent 4,500 Metres Below Indian Ocean
- Dec 26, 2024 08:49 am IST
- Press Trust of India
India's Deep Sea Mission is on the right track, and the discovery of an active hydrothermal vent 4,500 metres below the surface of the Indian Ocean this month will boost scientists' confidence.
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What Do Insects Do All Winter?
- Dec 26, 2024 00:17 am IST
- The Conversation
You are standing in a forest in the middle of winter and the temperature has dropped below zero. The ground is covered in snow and the trees and bushes are naked. The insects that normally fly or crawl in warmer weather are nowhere to be seen.