Consumer Reports has found that plastics retain a “widespread” presence in food despite the health risks, and called on regulators to reassess the safety of plastics that come into contact with food during production. The non-profit consumer group said on Thursday that 84 out of 85 supermarket foods and fast foods it recently tested contained … Read more
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has once again demonstrated its prowess in space exploration with the successful return of Chandrayaan-3’s propulsion module to Earth’s orbit. This remarkable feat, achieved through a series of meticulously planned and executed maneuvers, marks a significant milestone for India’s lunar exploration program. The propulsion module, initially tasked with transporting … Read more
India’s first space-based observatory to study the Sun, Aditya-L1, is headed to the Lagrangian 1 (L1) point as ISRO carried out the Trans-Lagrangian 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvre in the early hours of September 19. The TL1I manoeuvre marks the beginning of Aditya-L1’s 110-day journey towards the L1 point which lies between the Sun-Earth line. L1 … Read more
The paleo diet urges us to mimic our prehistoric ancestors’ food choices. In practice, this means eschewing dairy products, cereals, pulses and processed sugar, and consuming vegetables, fruit, nuts, pasture-raised meat, and wild-caught seafood instead. The paleo diet’s proponents contend that by eating this way, we will lose weight and reduce our risk of chronic diseases. The … Read more
Social reformist Sonam Wangchuk does yoga during his five-day climate fast to “save Ladakh” in Phyang. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: Ladakhi innovator and engineer Sonam Wangchuk completed his five-day “climate fast”, in an effort to draw the attention of Indian leaders to the region’s fragile ecology and to secure its protection … Read more
Parents often say: “If I had a pound for every time I heard ‘are we nearly there yet?’, I’d be rich.” Having three young children myself, I know only too well the feeling of dread when, 30 minutes into a five-hour drive, the interrogation begins. In our family, it starts quite politely. “Mummy, are we … Read more
Both Neptune and Uranus are very much common, considering the size, mass and atmospheric composition, yet their shades of blue appear very different. Considering a visible wavelength, Uranus is has a distinct pale shade of cyan, while Neptune has a rich deep azure hue. But astronomers have found out now why both the planets are … Read more
This new data centre in Hydrabad would help in delivering advanced cloud and data security solutions, which would help enterprises, education, startups, developers as well as government institutions. Microsoft has announced that the company will be making its largest data centre in India that would be established in Hyderabad. This project would be developed in … Read more
Laboratory experiments were carried out at research collaborators Azim Premji University. Solar jet streams and their nature has baffled astronomers, physicists since they were known. Taking a step forward to knowing the, scientists from India and the UK have deciphered the physics behind the solar plasma jets through computer simulations and lab experiments. The study led … Read more
The ‘Exosphere’ happens to be the outermost region of the upper atmosphere of the celestial body wherein the constituent molecules and atoms rarely collide with each other and are able to escape into space. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation, Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) that is a quadrupole mass spectrometer onboard Chandrayaan-2 mission, … Read more