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Study says microbes, not fossil fuels, produced most new methane

01/05/2024
An intensive modelling study has found methane emissions from fossil fuels declined between 1990 and the 2000s and have been stable since, whereas microbes have been producing more methane of late

Indian forest activist Alok Shukla awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize

30/04/2024
Shukla has led a decade-long grassroots campaign against some of India’s conglomerates -- including one operated by Adani Group, helmed by Asia’s second-richest man

Sex differences don’t disappear as a country’s equality develops: study

30/04/2024
Several studies have found that some psychological sex differences, such as those in personality, are larger in more gender-equal countries.

The mind-bending maths that could stop ‘quantum hackers’

30/04/2024
As the advent of quantum computers grows closer, cryptographers are trying to devise new mathematical schemes to secure data against their hypothetical attacks.

The physics and maths of keeping elections fair and representative | Explained

30/04/2024
While mathematical analysis helps sharpen an algorithm for the election process, a physics perspective can help check if it is implemented fairly

More space objects were placed in orbit in 2023 compared to 2022

29/04/2024
23 collision avoidance manoeuvres were carried out during the year to protect Indian space assets

Anticyclones, hanging even now over India, link warming to heat | Explained

29/04/2024
The record warming of 2023 has so far not been fully explained since it was much warmer than expected just from the superposition of El Niño on global warming

Chunk of India’s forests ‘missing’ after 27-year-delay to file reports | Analysis

28/04/2024
The basis of the MoEFCC’s assurance that the Forest (Conservation) Act Amendment would protect deemed forests is in question

Where shall the poor go for a kidney transplant in Kerala?

27/04/2024
Kerala was once in the forefront of deceased donor transplantation but not anymore; the State is far behind Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, where deceased donor transplants are taking place routinely

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

27/04/2024
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

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