Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish scientist who discovered dynamite. He held a total of 355 patents during his lifetime. His will had a very interesting…
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What is NASA’s DART Mission?
Report by Shuchi Giridhar The first-ever Planetary Defence Test, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission launched by NASA, successfully collided with its target, the…
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Avalanche Monitoring Radar installed in North Sikkim
As you can see in the images below, North Sikkim is in the Upper Himalayas. This is an area that is prone to avalanches and…
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Meet Maya: The world’s first cloned Arctic Wolf
Inputs by Shuchi Giridhar The scientists at Sinogene Biotechnology Co (based in Beijing) have successfully created the world’s first cloned Arctic Wolf. The wolf, named…
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Navigational Instruments – Since the Middle Ages
By Manjeet Kaur Nanda Let’s discuss some modern instruments used for navigation. Octant It is a type of reflecting instrument (uses mirrors for measurements), used…
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What is the Richter Scale?
The Richter Scale is a simple scale from 1 to 10. It is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake. 10 means a very…
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Lumpy Skin Disease affects cattle in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, and other states
A mosquito bites a cow. After 5-9 days, the cow gets a fever, and a short time afterwards, lumpy nodes appear on the skin of…
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5G spectrum sale ends after 7 days of bidding and winning – All you need to know
India first started selling telecom spectrum through the open bid mechanism in 2010. In that year, 3G services spectrum was sold for about 50,968 crores.…
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Sting Rays are not silent, we just found out
Have you tried to snap your fingers under water? Chances are, you can see the movement and see the waves caused by the movement, but…
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New species of Fungi discovered
Report by Swasti Sharma Cairngorms mountain in Scotland is home to many fungi species that were undiscovered earlier. A new fungal species named Squamanita was…
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