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Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century: report

8 hours 57 min ago
A team of researchers found that the combined effects of land-use change and climate change lead to biodiversity loss across all global regions, regardless of emissions scenario.

Musk’s xAI is raising $6 billion from Sequoia and others

26/04/2024
X also owns a stake in xAI which means that growth in the AI startup would automatically help the social media platform’s case.

Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV

26/04/2024
A series of unusual events between 2020 and 2023 saw the ozone hole persist into December.

Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur

26/04/2024
It is estimated that the largest Chakisaurus reached 2.5 or 3 meters long and was 70 centimeters high

Global rise in the incidence of IBD a cause for concern, say experts

26/04/2024
The incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease has almost doubled in India from 1990 to 2019, with rising death rate; lifestyle changes, a Westernised diet with high fat and high sugar, processed and packaged food have further increased incidence rates in India.

In search of skin lightening creams, kidneys take a hit

25/04/2024
Researchers from Kerala have reported a series of cases from Malappuram district where the regular use of fairness creams has been linked to nephrotic syndrome. Heavy metal screening of the blood and urine samples of these patients revealed high levels of mercury, the toxic effects of which are well-known

China launches 3-member crew to its space station as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon by 2030

25/04/2024
The China Manned Space Agency, or CMSA, held a send-off ceremony — complete with flag-waving children and patriotic music — for the Shenzhou-18 crew earlier on April 25.

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Venus

25/04/2024
This week’s science quiz is on the planet Venus.

Blue whales make comeback near the Seychelles after 60 years

25/04/2024
In the waters of the northern Indian Ocean, whalers illegally killed more than 1,200 blue whales, including 500 near the Seychelles, between 1963 and 1966

Understanding of Earth's flowering plants blossoms in genome study

25/04/2024
Angiosperms, plants that produce flowers and generate their seeds in fruits, encompass about 330,000 species and comprise about 80% of the world's plants

Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star detected

25/04/2024
Scientists have now detected the most distant-known instance of one of these eruptions, called a giant flare, from a magnetar residing in a galaxy called Messier 82, or M82

Team including Indian scientists designs potent antidote to cobra, krait venom toxins

25/04/2024
The antidote 95Mat5 worked well against multiple venoms and protected mice from death; the only exception was the king cobras’ venom, where the compound only delayed death

 Future Skills at Monash College and Microsoft partner to transform tech education with AI

24/04/2024
Students will be given a suite of certifications and badges from Microsoft through the program. 

New type of host defence against Zika, dengue infections revealed

24/04/2024
Scientists have identified a novel defence mechanism the human body uses to prevent some viruses from transmitting via non-conventional routes

Injury rates for Musk’s SpaceX exceed industry average for second year

23/04/2024
The 2023 records, also show that injury rates at some SpaceX facilities grew worse than those the company had reported in 2022.

The tools helping scientists up the rate at which they find new drugs

23/04/2024
The road between identifying new drug targets and having drugs against those targets requires sophisticated tools, funding, and experts in many areas working together

What is post-stroke depression and how can we address it? | Explained

22/04/2024
Stroke is associated with substantial neuropsychiatric morbidity including cognitive impairment, dementia, personality change, and mood disorders

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