An asteroid with a satellite… oh wait.. that’s two satellites!

Inputs by Alekhya Chavan What is NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft?  NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is on a special mission to explore asteroids, which are small rocky objects…

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Damsel dragonfly: A fossil of a hitherto unknown species discovered

A fossil of a hitherto-unknown species of the Liassophlebia genus, more commonly known as damsel-dragonflies, has been discovered in Bowdens Quarry, Somerset, UK.  The fossil…

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Iridophores: The Colour Changing cells of a chameleon

Inputs by Alekhya Chavan For decades, scientists have tried to explain phenomenae like bioluminescence (how do fireflies produce light) and the color-changing of chameleons. Chameleons…

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Brainless box jellyfish has capabilities of advanced associative learning

Report by Prashasti Kulkarni Tripedalia cystophora, or Caribbean box jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish that only has a thousand nerve cells (lesser than usual)…

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New Species of Pterosaur discovered in Germany

Report by Prashasti Kulkarni A 145-million-year-old pterosaur (a type of dinosaur) of the late-Jurassic era was discovered at a small quarry in Bavaria, Germany, by…

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