The Science Quiz: Nuclear non-proliferation
Questions: 1. ‘Proliferation’ is the term used to describe a condition in which countries that aren’t recognised as ‘Nuclear Weapon […]
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Climate change intensified rain that caused Wayanad landslides: study
A damaged car at the landslide site in Wayanad following torrential downpours. | Photo Credit: National Disaster Response Force/AFP Heavy
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First vegetation map reveals a battle for Antarctica’s changing landscape
A heatmap showing where vegetation occurs across the vast expense of the Antarctic continent. | Photo Credit: Andrew Gray/The Conversation
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Greenland ice found at risk of melting at CO2 levels lower than today’s
As we focused our microscope on the soil sample for the first time, bits of organic material came into view:
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Tech that keeps vehicles from bumping into each other | Explained
Vehicular traffic is a mainstay of modern life. Either people want to get from one place to the next or
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Huge underground reservoir of liquid water on Mars, seismic data indicates
This image provided by NASA shows the InSight Mars lander in a selfie photo composite on April 24, 2022, the
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U.S. FDA approves first nasal spray to treat dangerous allergic reactions
Products like the EpiPen auto-injector, approved in 1987, were authorized based on chemistry and manufacturing data and were not required
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Scientists brace for a ’flood of junk’ papers written with AI help
An infographic of a rat with a preposterously large penis. Another showing human legs with way too many bones. An
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Plastic-eating fungi could be glimmer of hope in cutting ocean pollution
Plastic bags floating in a water body. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Scientists in Germany have identified plastic-eating fungi that
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Cold War nuke tests light up problem with present-day climate models
For billions of years, the carbon cycle has been nature’s solution to removing excess carbon from the atmosphere. In nature,
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Study finds wide variety of nitrogen-use efficiency in Indian rice varieties
Nitrogen use efficiency refers to the yield of a crop relative to the nitrogen (natural and artificial) available to it
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Perseid meteor shower peaking from today
Perseid meteors streak past stars in the night sky near Amman, Jordan, in the early hours of August 12, 2004.
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