Liverpool, Not every snakebite injects venom. When venom enters the body, however, it can cause snake envenoming. This is a potentially fatal condition and it mostly affects poor rural communities across tropical and subtropical regions who don’t have easy access to medical care. Snakebites are a far bigger problem than we knew: new study maps … Read more
The oldest definitive animal fossils date to around 574 million years ago, just before the dramatic diversification associated with the Cambrian Period. The animal kingdom may have started its journey on a much earlier Earth than scientists once thought. Long before recognisable creatures appeared in the fossil record, and perhaps before the planet was plunged … Read more
Image Courtesy: Instagram/@kalambemalhar What happens to a Ganesha idol after it is immersed during Ganpati visarjan? In Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, some of the idols are getting a second use as study tables, benches and other products for children. An initiative involving Mumbai environmentalist and Beach Please founder Malhar Kaalambe and Gujarat-based recycling expert Dr … Read more
Image Courtesy: Instagram/@kalambemalhar What happens to a Ganesha idol after it is immersed during Ganpati visarjan? In Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, some of the idols are getting a second use as study tables, benches and other products for children. An initiative involving Mumbai environmentalist and Beach Please founder Malhar Kaalambe and Gujarat-based recycling expert Dr … Read more
United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced that SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will co-lead a new War Department effort to study the future of warfare, Fox News reported. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, speaks during National Design Studio’s launch event … Read more
Not just the caffeine. A new study reported by ScienceDaily suggests coffee may affect the brain through the gut. Researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland and University College Cork discovered that both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee were associated with alterations in gut microbes and metabolites linked to mood, stress and cognitive function. Those who resumed coffee … Read more
Washington, China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday said one lakh young Americans will be invited to visit China for exchanges and study over the next five years. Xi invites 1,00,000 young Americans for exchanges, study in China The announcement by Xi at the White House here came against the backdrop of a similar announcement made … Read more
A proposed $103,265 H-1B visa fee could end up costing the US Treasury billions of dollars over the next decade if the steep increase prompts employers to reduce applications, according to a new analysis by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) Research Center. H-1B visa fee could cost US Treasury $38 billion. (Representational photo) … Read more
Image Credit: AI generated Scientists found that abandoned mine pools could potentially be reused to cool data centres. They developed a model to estimate how much heat these pools could absorb while maintaining suitable cooling conditions. Their detailed analysis of the Morea mine in eastern Pennsylvania found that its pool could support at least 9.5 … Read more
An aircraft followed the plume from above (Representational AI image) In September 2017, the US Geological Survey (USGS) carried out an unusual experiment on Idaho’s Kootenai River. Researchers released 72.57 kg (160 pounds) of Rhodamine WT dye into the river and then followed its movement through the water. The aim was to understand how a … Read more