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NASA Captures Spooky Photo of the Moon's Shadow on Earth During an Eclipse - Gizmodo 25-Jul-2021

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NASA Captures Spooky Photo of the Moon's Shadow on Earth During an Eclipse - Gizmodo A space-based telescope caught the Moon darkening the Arctic during the June 2021 solar eclipse. More...

Ancient viruses dating back 15,000 years found in Tibetan glacier - CNN Philippines 25-Jul-2021

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Ancient viruses dating back 15,000 years found in Tibetan glacier - CNN Philippines Scientists have discovered previously unknown viruses dating from 15,000 years ago in ice samples taken from a glacier in the Tibetan plateau. More...

15,000-yr-old viruses found in China & the unique shark intestines that work like a Tesla valve - ThePrint 25-Jul-2021

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15,000-yr-old viruses found in China & the unique shark intestines that work like a Tesla valve - ThePrint ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources. More...

Mystery behind Jupiter’s spectacular X-ray auroras revealed, Nasa shares intriguing post - Hindustan Times 25-Jul-2021

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Mystery behind Jupiter’s spectacular X-ray auroras revealed, Nasa shares intriguing post - Hindustan Times “Jupiter has the most powerful auroras in the solar system, and is the only one of the four giant planets with an aurora that has been found to emit X-rays,” reads a part of the post shared by Nasa. | Trending More...

Indian scientists discover material that repairs itself - EastMojo 25-Jul-2021

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Indian scientists discover material that repairs itself - EastMojo New Delhi: Scientists have developed piezoelectric molecular crystals that repair their own mechanical damage without the need for any external More...

Last Month Was the Second-Warmest October on Record - Mental Floss 25-Jul-2021

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Last Month Was the Second-Warmest October on Record - Mental Floss Warmer-than-average temperatures were felt around the globe. More...

See NASA's Breathtaking Photo of a Volcanic Eruption From Space - Mental Floss 25-Jul-2021

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See NASA's Breathtaking Photo of a Volcanic Eruption From Space - Mental Floss A small island volcano that has been dormant since 1924 erupted this week. Astronauts photographed it from the International Space Station. More...

In a First, Scientists Find a Moon Forming Around a Planet Outside Our Solar System - The Swaddle 25-Jul-2021

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In a First, Scientists Find a Moon Forming Around a Planet Outside Our Solar System - The Swaddle The observations will shed new light on how moons and planets form in young stellar systems, scientists say. More...

Tiny toxic particles of coal ash in soil can be detected by new test - ANI News 25-Jul-2021

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Tiny toxic particles of coal ash in soil can be detected by new test - ANI News North Carolina [US], July 23 (ANI): A suite of four new tests that can be used to detect coal ash contamination in soil with unprecedented sensitivity was recently developed by Scientists at Duke University. More...

CRISPR-Cas9 Breaches Barrier, Reveals Route to Marsupial Models - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News 25-Jul-2021

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CRISPR-Cas9 Breaches Barrier, Reveals Route to Marsupial Models - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Researchers have created the first genetically engineered marsupial—an albino opossum—using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing. More...

The NASA Perseverance Mars Rover is all set to collect its first ever Mars sample - Editorials 24 - Editorials 24 25-Jul-2021

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The NASA Perseverance Mars Rover is all set to collect its first ever Mars sample - Editorials 24 - Editorials 24 NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover is preparing to collect its first samples. The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California said that the rover is looking for scientifically significant rock targets in Jezero Crater’s “Cratered Floor Fractur… More...

Buzz about thermoelectrics heats up with promising new magnesium-based materials - Phys.org 25-Jul-2021

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Buzz about thermoelectrics heats up with promising new magnesium-based materials - Phys.org The landing of NASA's Perseverance rover was another leap forward not only for space exploration but also for the technology that's powering the craft on its years-long mission on Mars—a thermoelectric generator that turns heat into electricity. More...

Spacewatch: UAE's Hope Mars Mission Reaches Its One Year Anniversary | Mars - BollyInside - BollyInside 25-Jul-2021

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Spacewatch: UAE's Hope Mars Mission Reaches Its One Year Anniversary | Mars - BollyInside - BollyInside Also known as the Emirates Mars Mission, Hope’s success is remarkable. It is the UAE’s first space mission and so to choose such an ambitious target was More...

15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan Glacier ice: All you need to know - Jagran Josh 25-Jul-2021

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15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan Glacier ice: All you need to know - Jagran Josh Recently, scientists have discovered 15,000-year-old unknown mysterious viruses trapped in Tibetan Glacier in two ice samples taken from the summit of More...

Research 'final nail in the coffin' of Paranthropus as hard object feeders - EurekAlert 25-Jul-2021

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Research 'final nail in the coffin' of Paranthropus as hard object feeders - EurekAlert New research from the University of Otago debunks a long-held belief about our ancestors' eating habits. More...

Why is the moon orange? - Sun - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside 25-Jul-2021

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Why is the moon orange? - Sun - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside 1 Credit: SWNS:South West News Service Why is the moon orange? During certain periods throughout the year, the moon looks bigger as it is passes through More...

Single chip tests thousands of enzyme mutations at once - Nature.com 25-Jul-2021

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Single chip tests thousands of enzyme mutations at once - Nature.com The technique vastly speeds up understanding of how the proteins function and how to target drugs. More...

University of Tokyo: The weather forecast for Venus - India Education Diary 25-Jul-2021

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University of Tokyo: The weather forecast for Venus - India Education Diary Little is known about the weather at night on Venus as the absence of sunlight makes imaging difficult. Now, researchers have devised a way to use infrared sensors on board the Venus orbiter Akatsuki to reveal the first details of the nighttime weath More...

Weather App Now Warns You When It's Hot Enough To Drop Dead - Futurism 25-Jul-2021

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Weather App Now Warns You When It's Hot Enough To Drop Dead - Futurism In bad enough wet bulb conditions, being outside for too long can kill you. More...

Potential role of 'junk DNA' sequence in aging, cancer - Science Daily 25-Jul-2021

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Potential role of 'junk DNA' sequence in aging, cancer - Science Daily Researchers have recently identified a DNA region known as VNTR2-1 that appears to drive the activity of the telomerase gene, which has been shown to prevent aging in certain types of cells. Knowing how the telomerase gene is regulated and activated and why i… More...

Dalian Coherent Light Source reveals strong isotope effects in photodissociation of water isotopologue - Phys.org 25-Jul-2021

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Dalian Coherent Light Source reveals strong isotope effects in photodissociation of water isotopologue - Phys.org Recently, a research group led by Prof. Yuan Kaijun and Prof. Yang Xueming from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed strong isotope effects in photodissociation of the water isotopologue (HOD) using the D… More...

Moon wobble: Lunar cycle to amply coastal flooding in 2030s, NASA study predicts - California News Times 25-Jul-2021

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Moon wobble: Lunar cycle to amply coastal flooding in 2030s, NASA study predicts - California News Times New York-US coastal communities have been warned in advance. According to NASA, the "dramatic" surge of floods at high tide is more than a decade away in the United States.The exponential growth began More...

Panpsychism, the idea that inanimate objects have consciousness, gains steam in science communities - Salon 25-Jul-2021

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Panpsychism, the idea that inanimate objects have consciousness, gains steam in science communities - Salon An expanding notion of what "consciousness" is could have profound repercussions More...

NASA publishes a spectacular image of the Moon over the Arctic during a solar eclipse (PHOTO) - Market Research Telecast 25-Jul-2021

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NASA publishes a spectacular image of the Moon over the Arctic during a solar eclipse (PHOTO) - Market Research Telecast NASA has published a spectacular image of the solar eclipse that occurred on June 10, the same that was captured by the Earth’s Polychromatic Image Camera (EPIC, for its acronym in English). In the photograph ... Read more More...

The Moon has Been Mildly Preventing Coastal Erosion, in the 2030s, That Protection Ends - Universe Today 25-Jul-2021

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The Moon has Been Mildly Preventing Coastal Erosion, in the 2030s, That Protection Ends - Universe Today According to a new study, the Moon will be entering an orbital phase by the mid-2030s, which will drastically affect sea level rises. More...

Examining a Linear Ridge - NASA Mars Exploration Program - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside 25-Jul-2021

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Examining a Linear Ridge - NASA Mars Exploration Program - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside The Sol 3185 drive went well, placing the rover near a low, linear ridge shown in the lower left part of the above image. This ridge attracted the More...

Why is Moon red, orange tonight on July 23, 2021? Read what Full Buck Moon means & details - Republic World 25-Jul-2021

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Why is Moon red, orange tonight on July 23, 2021? Read what Full Buck Moon means & details - Republic World NASA has revealed that Earthlings will be able to watch the annual 'Buck Moon' that will arrive on July 23, Friday during nighttime. More...

Asteroid 3 Times the Size of Taj Mahal to Zoom Past Earth on July 25 - News18 25-Jul-2021

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Asteroid 3 Times the Size of Taj Mahal to Zoom Past Earth on July 25 - News18 An asteroid thrice the size of the Taj Mahal will pass close to the earth on July 25. More...

Solar storm to hit the Earth and cause disruption in GPS and mobile connectivity. - Inventiva 25-Jul-2021

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Solar storm to hit the Earth and cause disruption in GPS and mobile connectivity. - Inventiva Don’t get surprised if your electronic devices suddenly start acting weird and even stop responding for a brief period. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that a high-s More...

DeepMind AI Says Will Release Structure of Every Protein Known to Assist Researchers Better - Gadgets 360 25-Jul-2021

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DeepMind AI Says Will Release Structure of Every Protein Known to Assist Researchers Better - Gadgets 360 DeepMind, an artificial intelligence (AI) subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, said it has been successful in predicting the shape of nearly every protein in the human body as well as thousands of other proteins found in 20 additional organisms that scientis… More...

Artificial intelligence helps improve NASA's eyes on the Sun - Phys.org 25-Jul-2021

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Artificial intelligence helps improve NASA's eyes on the Sun - Phys.org A group of researchers is using artificial intelligence techniques to calibrate some of NASA's images of the Sun, helping improve the data that scientists use for solar research. The new technique was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics on April… More...

Space Lovers, Rejoice! Hubble Telescope is Back in Action, Has its Eyes on Universe - News18 25-Jul-2021

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Space Lovers, Rejoice! Hubble Telescope is Back in Action, Has its Eyes on Universe - News18 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has returned to full science observations and released new images, following recovery from a computer anomaly that suspended the telescope's observations for more than a month. More...

Asteroid ‘2008 GO20’, 3 times the size of Taj Mahal, to whizz past Earth on July 25 - Asianet Newsable 25-Jul-2021

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Asteroid ‘2008 GO20’, 3 times the size of Taj Mahal, to whizz past Earth on July 25 - Asianet Newsable The space agency has flagged the space rock as a potentially hazardous object, though, the asteroid is hoped to safely pass by the earth’s orbit. More...

Skywatcher spots Russia's Nauka science module headed to space station (photo) - Space.com 25-Jul-2021

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Skywatcher spots Russia's Nauka science module headed to space station (photo) - Space.com Martin Lewis took the image using his home-built telescope from his home near London. More...

UAE mission to Mars marks an anniversary - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside 25-Jul-2021

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UAE mission to Mars marks an anniversary - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside The orbiting probe is creating a comprehensive picture of the weather dynamic in Mars’ atmosphere; data which could be vital for any future colonies on More...

Indian scientists discover materials that self-repair mechanical damages - United News of India 25-Jul-2021

Indian scientists discover materials that self-repair mechanical damages - United News of India Kolkata, Jul 24 (UNI) New materials may soon make it possible for damaged electronic components, such as in space crafts, to mend themselves. More...

Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg passes away - Mathrubhumi English 25-Jul-2021

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Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg passes away - Mathrubhumi English New York: Nobel laureate and Americal theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg passed away on Friday. He was 88. He shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1979 with two others "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic intera… More...

Scientists discover 150-million-year-old 'grandfather' of crocodiles | Daily Sabah - Daily Sabah 25-Jul-2021

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Scientists discover 150-million-year-old 'grandfather' of crocodiles | Daily Sabah - Daily Sabah Fossils are important ancient artifacts that increase the knowledge we have of today's world. In that vein, a 150-million-year-old fossilized skeleton... More...

Study sheds big light on ocean nutrients with tiny organisms' help - ANI News 25-Jul-2021

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Study sheds big light on ocean nutrients with tiny organisms' help - ANI News Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): A recent research led by scientists at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences suggests that processes below the ocean surface may be controlling what is happening above. More...

NASA to take SpaceX flight for Mission to Jupiter's icy moon - Greater Kashmir 25-Jul-2021

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NASA to take SpaceX flight for Mission to Jupiter's icy moon - Greater Kashmir More...