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ISRO’s ‘High-Power’ GSAT-30 Satellite Successfully Launched by Ariane Rocket
17 Jan 2020
GSAT-30 is to serve as replacement to the "ageing" INSAT-4A spacecraft services with enhanced coverage.
Sandipan Talukdar
Measles Virus Arose as Human Pathogen With Emergence of Large Cities
04 Jan 2020
Previous researches had estimated the time period of measles virus’s invasion on human population to be around 11th or 12th century CE.
Sandipan Talukdar
Year 2019 in Science: History of Humans, Ebola Treatment and Quantum Computing
02 Jan 2020
The year 2019 also witnessed several crucial findings in the science world.
Sandipan Talukdar
Chinese Scientist Behind the Genetically Engineered Babies Jailed for 3 Years
31 Dec 2019
He Jiankui’s work sparked wide-scale controversy among the scientific communities across the world. The main concern was that of ethics.
Sandipan Talukdar
Artificial Metallic Nanowire Network Can Give Rise to Brain-Like Functions
28 Dec 2019
By using the artificial network, the research claims to generate electrical characteristics that are similar to those associated with higher order brain functions which are uniquely human, like…
Neelambaran A
Thousands Witness Annular Solar Eclipse in Tamil Nadu
26 Dec 2019
Thousands of people flocked the centres where many organisations had made arrangements for witnessing the spectacle after conducting campaigns against the superstitions about the occurrence.
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Climate Change: India's International and Domestic Challenges
25 Dec 2019
The video underlines the need for dialogue amongst civil society and peoples movements in the north and south to build a common understanding for a just and equitable solution to the climate crisis.
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The Global Climate Crisis: Are Movements Stepping Up?
25 Dec 2019
How severe is the climate crisis and what are the structural factors exacerbating it? Nagraj Adve, of the Climate Crisis Group –Delhi, points to equitable pathways to mitigate the crisis that do not…
Sandipan Talukdar
Cosmic Candy Cane Near Milky Way’s Core Observed by NASA
24 Dec 2019
The image of the cosmic giant was captured by NASA’s Goddard-IRAM superconducting 2-millimeter Observer (GISMO) camera. This was accompanied by a 30-meter radio telescope.
Sandipan Talukdar
Human DNA Extracted from 5700 Year Old Chewing Gum
19 Dec 2019
“It is amazing to have gotten a complete ancient human genome from anything other than bone.”