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AEX sets new peak with IMCD in the lead | Financial - The Times Hub 06-Aug-2021

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AEX sets new peak with IMCD in the lead | Financial - The Times Hub At around a quarter past nine, the AEX index is trading at 0.5% at 763.80, the highest level ever. The Midkap index advances 0.8% to 1066.6 This afternoon we are looking forward to the jobs report of the American payslip processor ADP, which will be released … More...

Space - University of Tennessee scientist part of NASA Mars mission - Fintech Zoom 06-Aug-2021

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Space - University of Tennessee scientist part of NASA Mars mission - Fintech Zoom Latest financial technology news, fintech news, fin tech news, open banking news​, banking news, blogs opinion, analysis on Fintech Zoom. More...

Sneaky birds caught on video while yanking hair from live animals - Livescience.com 06-Aug-2021

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Sneaky birds caught on video while yanking hair from live animals - Livescience.com Videos of birds pulling hair abound on the internet, but the behavior has only recently been described by scientists. More...

Earth’s rotation slows down: what are the consequences? - Market Research Telecast 06-Aug-2021

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Earth’s rotation slows down: what are the consequences? - Market Research Telecast Since the Earth originated 4.5 billion years, little by little, his rotation slowed down. Although that is not noticeable throughout life, this slow but inexorable brake has as a clear consequence the lengthening of the ... Read more More...

Space scientists reveal secret behind Jupiter's 'energy crisis' - Phys.org 06-Aug-2021

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Space scientists reveal secret behind Jupiter's 'energy crisis' - Phys.org New research published in Nature has revealed the solution to Jupiter's 'energy crisis', which has puzzled astronomers for decades. More...

NASA, Boeing Starliner mission to ISS delayed again, launch uncertain - CNET 06-Aug-2021

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NASA, Boeing Starliner mission to ISS delayed again, launch uncertain - CNET The first test flight in 2019 didn't end well. Boeing looked ready for a second attempt this summer, but it's now been scrapped twice. More...

Nearby star resembles ours in its youth - Science Daily 06-Aug-2021

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Nearby star resembles ours in its youth - Science Daily New research provides a closer look at a nearby star thought to resemble our young Sun. The work allows scientists to better understand what our Sun may have been like when it was young, and how it may have shaped the atmosphere of our planet and the developm… More...

Moon lacked a magnetic field for nearly all its history – new research resolves mystery sparked by rocks brought back on Apollo - The Conversation US 06-Aug-2021

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Moon lacked a magnetic field for nearly all its history – new research resolves mystery sparked by rocks brought back on Apollo - The Conversation US Without a magnetic field, the Moon’s surface is exposed to solar wind. These could have been depositing resources like water and potential rocket fuel on the Moon’s surface for billions of years. More...

The waste product which could help mitigate climate change: Biochar can boost crop yields in poor soils and help stop the effects of climate change, study finds - Science Daily 06-Aug-2021

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The waste product which could help mitigate climate change: Biochar can boost crop yields in poor soils and help stop the effects of climate change, study finds - Science Daily Biochar can boost crop yields in poor soils and help stop the effects of climate change, study finds. More...

Scientists solve mystery of missing supernovas - CNET 06-Aug-2021

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Scientists solve mystery of missing supernovas - CNET Turns out exploding stars can be pretty sneaky. More...

Launch of preparations underway for NASA's first mission to Trojan asteroids - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside 06-Aug-2021

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Launch of preparations underway for NASA's first mission to Trojan asteroids - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside The mission has a 23-day launch period beginning on October 16. Lucy will undergo final testing and fueling prior to being moved to its launch pad at Cape More...

NASA rover spots 'whimsical' rock arch on Mars that's defying wind, dust - CNET 06-Aug-2021

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NASA rover spots 'whimsical' rock arch on Mars that's defying wind, dust - CNET Curiosity spotted a tiny sculptural arch that resembles a cat or a lizard. More...

Size Comparison: The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - kottke.org 06-Aug-2021

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Size Comparison: The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - kottke.org Black holes are the largest single objects in the universe, many times larger than even the biggest stars, and have no upper lim More...

Astrophysicists Capture Light From Behind a Black Hole for the First Time - PetaPixel 06-Aug-2021

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Astrophysicists Capture Light From Behind a Black Hole for the First Time - PetaPixel Einstein's general theory of relativity has been proven. More...

NASA television coverage set for the upcoming International Space Station cargo launch - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside 06-Aug-2021

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NASA television coverage set for the upcoming International Space Station cargo launch - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside The Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the SS Ellison Onizuka in honor of the first Asian American astronaut, will arrive at the space station Thursday, Aug. 12. More...

Study offers molecular views on how olfactory receptors work - News-Medical.net 06-Aug-2021

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Study offers molecular views on how olfactory receptors work - News-Medical.net All senses must reckon with the richness of the world, but nothing matches the challenge faced by the olfactory system that underlies our sense of smell. More...

What's Up Weather with Jordyn: What is space junk? - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside 06-Aug-2021

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What's Up Weather with Jordyn: What is space junk? - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside Space junk, otherwise known as space debris, is literally any piece of equipment launched into space by humans. This includes machinery as large as dead More...

In Photos: NASA’s $1 Billion Juno Mission At Jupiter Marks 10 Years—See Its Greatest Images - Forbes 06-Aug-2021

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In Photos: NASA’s $1 Billion Juno Mission At Jupiter Marks 10 Years—See Its Greatest Images - Forbes The iconic spacecraft has revealed much about the “King of Planets” during its 35 orbits. More...

Two dancing ghosts discovered about a billion light-years away - Tech Explorist 06-Aug-2021

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Two dancing ghosts discovered about a billion light-years away - Tech Explorist Point to new discoveries in the cosmos. More...

A Dazzling Meteor Cluster Was Just Captured Live on Camera in Hawaii - ScienceAlert 06-Aug-2021

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A Dazzling Meteor Cluster Was Just Captured Live on Camera in Hawaii - ScienceAlert In the small, pre-dawn hours of July 14, dozens of meteors blazed across the brilliantly clear starry skies above Maunakea, Hawai'i. The event was livestreamed to hundreds of people worldwide from the Subaru-Asahi's Sky Camera. More...

Our Sun has a twin: This new star sheds light on how Sun behaved in its younger days - India Today 06-Aug-2021

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Our Sun has a twin: This new star sheds light on how Sun behaved in its younger days - India Today Models based on the young star just 30 light years away showed how the Sun behaved during its early years, the time when life began on Earth. More...

Giant white-light flares on fully convective stars occur at high latitudes - Oxford Academic 06-Aug-2021

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Giant white-light flares on fully convective stars occur at high latitudes - Oxford Academic Abstract. White-light flares are magnetically driven localized brightenings on the surfaces of stars. Their temporal, spectral, and statistical properties prese More...

Impact of space station spin requires study, official says - The Indian Express 06-Aug-2021

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Impact of space station spin requires study, official says - The Indian Express Nauka is the first new compartment for the Russian segment of the International Space Station since 2010 More...

More women than ever are starting careers in science - Nature.com 06-Aug-2021

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More women than ever are starting careers in science - Nature.com But a study of the publications of millions of researchers also suggests that women are less likely to continue their academic careers than their male counterparts. More...

NASA begins preparation to launch its Lucy mission in October: Here's all you need to know - Firstpost 06-Aug-2021

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NASA begins preparation to launch its Lucy mission in October: Here's all you need to know - Firstpost The mission - named Lucy - will for the first time explore Trojan asteroids that share an orbit with the planet Jupiter. More...

ISAE-SUPAERO continues its participation in the InSight mission and reveals the results of its research from the planet Mars - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside 06-Aug-2021

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ISAE-SUPAERO continues its participation in the InSight mission and reveals the results of its research from the planet Mars - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside With the successful deployment of the SEIS experiment on the surface of Mars in early 2019, the scientists collected and analyzed seismic data from one More...

Truth behind Jupiter's "energy problem" revealed by space scientists - IBTimes India 06-Aug-2021

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Truth behind Jupiter's "energy problem" revealed by space scientists - IBTimes India The solution to Jupiter's 'energy crisis,' which has perplexed scientists for decades, has been disclosed in new research published in Nature. More...

New ESO observations show rocky exoplanet has just half the mass of Venus - Tech Explorist 06-Aug-2021

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New ESO observations show rocky exoplanet has just half the mass of Venus - Tech Explorist A team of astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile to shed new light on planets around a nearby More...

Study sheds light on how microbiome bacteria adapt to humans via transmission - Devdiscourse 06-Aug-2021

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Study sheds light on how microbiome bacteria adapt to humans via transmission - Devdiscourse The findings of a new research shed light on how beneficial bacteria in the gut microbiome uses different means to transmit from one person to another, which impacts their abundance in the gut and the functions they provide. More...

The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient Greek astronomical computer of amazing complexity - HODINKEE 06-Aug-2021

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The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient Greek astronomical computer of amazing complexity - HODINKEE A look at the Antikythera Mechanism. More...

Earth's Rotation Slowed Down For Oxygen To Increase And Life To Evolve, Says Study - India Times 06-Aug-2021

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Earth's Rotation Slowed Down For Oxygen To Increase And Life To Evolve, Says Study - India Times Earth’s rotation slowed down around 2.4 billion years ago which could have ignited the growth of oxygen on our planet and helped life thrive.  NASAAlso Read: Scientists Say There’s Only One Earth-Like Planet In Our GalaxyThis is accordi… More...

Unparalleled bounty of oscillating red giant stars detected - Phys.org 06-Aug-2021

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Unparalleled bounty of oscillating red giant stars detected - Phys.org An unprecedented collection of pulsating giant red stars has been identified by astronomers at the University of HawaiÊ»i Institute for Astronomy (IfA). Using observations from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the researchers detected the s… More...

Scientists post freeze-dried mouse sperm on a postcard - Daily Mail 06-Aug-2021

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Scientists post freeze-dried mouse sperm on a postcard - Daily Mail 'We think the sperm never expected that the day would come when they would be in the mailbox,' said the study's lead author Daiyu Ito, of the University of Yamanashi in Japan. More...

Nasa posts pic created using a series of 53 images. Can you guess what it shows? - Hindustan Times 06-Aug-2021

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Nasa posts pic created using a series of 53 images. Can you guess what it shows? - Hindustan Times The image posted by Nasa has prompted people to share all sorts of comments. | Trending More...

Plant pathogen infection risk tracks global crop yields under climate change - Nature.com 06-Aug-2021

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Plant pathogen infection risk tracks global crop yields under climate change - Nature.com The authors model the impact of future temperature changes on infection risk for 12 major crops from 80 fungal and oomycete plant pathogens. They find increased risk, as well as crop yield, at higher latitudes and predict major shifts in pathogen assemblages … More...

Atlantic Ocean currents weaken, signalling big weather changes: Study - Moneycontrol.com 06-Aug-2021

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Atlantic Ocean currents weaken, signalling big weather changes: Study - Moneycontrol.com Climate models have shown that the AMOC is at its weakest in more than a 1,000 years. However, it has not been known whether the weakening is due to a change in circulation or it is to do with the loss of stability. More...

World’s first detailed look at earliest moments of a supernova explosion - Tech Explorist 06-Aug-2021

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World’s first detailed look at earliest moments of a supernova explosion - Tech Explorist This supernova was likely to be a yellow supergiant 100 times bigger than our sun. More...

A Few Steps Closer to Europa: Spacecraft Hardware Makes Headway - NASA 06-Aug-2021

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A Few Steps Closer to Europa: Spacecraft Hardware Makes Headway - NASA Take a closer look at the complex choreography involved in building NASA’s Europa Clipper as the mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa approaches its 2024 launch date. More...

Moon mantle mystery may shed light on habitable planet evolution - Space.com 06-Aug-2021

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Moon mantle mystery may shed light on habitable planet evolution - Space.com The moon's complex geologic history could act as a pointer to understand other rocky worlds in the universe, including those that are potentially habitable, according to a new pair of research papers. More...

Isaac Newton: The Father of Modern Science - Interesting Engineering 06-Aug-2021

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Isaac Newton: The Father of Modern Science - Interesting Engineering From the laws of gravity to his work developing Calculus, Newton was one of the most important figures in history. More...

Huge Rings Around a Black Hole - NASA 06-Aug-2021

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Huge Rings Around a Black Hole - NASA Astronomers spotted an unusual set of rings in X-rays around a black hole with a companion star. These rings are created by light echoes, a phenomenon similar to echoes on Earth from sound waves bouncing off hard surfaces. More...

Restored Images Show Apollo 15 Mission with New Clarity | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com - The Weather Channel 06-Aug-2021

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Restored Images Show Apollo 15 Mission with New Clarity | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com - The Weather Channel Apollo 15 took astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin to the surface of the moon. They entered lunar orbit on July 29, 1971. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com More...

Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in NASA - Analytics Insight 06-Aug-2021

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Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in NASA - Analytics Insight Space research directly or indirectly depends on AI and ML for leveraging SpaceTech and NASA has been one such organization which never failed to use AI and ML to the fullest. More...

Science News Roundup: Boeing postpones Starliner launch after new glitch; Russia, U.S. to work together on space station after 2024 - Ifax and more - Devdiscourse 06-Aug-2021

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Science News Roundup: Boeing postpones Starliner launch after new glitch; Russia, U.S. to work together on space station after 2024 - Ifax and more - Devdiscourse Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Boeing postpones Starliner launch after new glitch Boeing Co scrubbed the launch of its CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station on Tuesday due to a system glitch, a fresh setback for the U.… More...

Geological Analysis Explains the Durability of Stonehenge, the Famed Monument in Southern ... - Latest - LatestLY 06-Aug-2021

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Geological Analysis Explains the Durability of Stonehenge, the Famed Monument in Southern ... - Latest - LatestLY The latest Tweet by Reuters states, 'Geological analysis explains the durability of Stonehenge, the famed monument in southern England ...' More...

All in Your Head: Exploring Human-Body Communications with Binaural Hearing Aids - India Education Diary 06-Aug-2021

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All in Your Head: Exploring Human-Body Communications with Binaural Hearing Aids - India Education Diary Wearable technology seems all poised to take over next-generation electronics, yet most wireless communication techniques are not up to the task. To tackle this issue, scientists from the Tokyo University of Science, Japan, delved deep into human-bod More...

Science News Roundup: Branson's Virgin Galactic to sell space flight tickets starting at $450,000; Boeing postpones Starliner launch after new glitch and more - Devdiscourse 06-Aug-2021

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Science News Roundup: Branson's Virgin Galactic to sell space flight tickets starting at $450,000; Boeing postpones Starliner launch after new glitch and more - Devdiscourse Boeing engineers ruled out "a number of potential causes, including software," but were still working to understand the source of "unexpected valve position indications" in the propulsion system, Boeing said in a statement Tuesday evening. Russia, U.S. to wo… More...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completes nine years on the red planet - Firstpost 06-Aug-2021

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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completes nine years on the red planet - Firstpost The robot which was launched in November 2011 and reached Mars on 5 August 2012. More...