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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to ISS in reused rocket for NASA’s space mission

The astronauts should reach the International Space Station Saturday after a 23-hour ride in Dragon capsule. It's SpaceX's third crew flight launch in under a year.

‘Double mutant, triple mutant, Bengal lineage’ — Covid variants driving India surge decoded

India has seen emergence of at least two unique mutations of SARS-CoV-2, but there are other infectious variants around the world that could be a factor too.

NASA’s Perseverance rover creates oxygen on Mars, for the first time ever

MOXIE, a toaster-sized instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance rover, produced 5.4 g oxygen in an hour — enough for an astronaut to breathe for 10 minutes.

New Covid lineage B.1.618 identified from Bengal, 2nd in India after ‘double mutant’ virus

CSIR-IGIB’s Vinod Scaria says lineage was found last October and is increasing in proportion in Bengal, but can’t be sure if it’s driving Covid spike.

UK biotech firm’s 750 mn GM mosquitoes will mate with females off Florida, sow a deadly gene

Only females of mosquitoes bite and transmit diseases to humans. The female offspring of Oxitec’s genetically modified mosquitoes won't be able to survive.

NASA’s helicopter completes first successful flight on Mars in major milestone

The flight of the tiny Ingenuity helicopter is the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. It is a part of the Mars 2020 mission which landed the Perseverance rover in February.

Monsoon expected to be normal this year, will help have ‘good agriculture output’: IMD

Secretary of Ministry of Earth Sciences said monsoon in India will be 98% of the Long Period Average which is normal rainfall.

Past Covid infection doesn’t guarantee immunity even in young, vaccination must: Study in Lancet

Data collected from over 3,000 young & healthy US Marines Corps members showed reinfection occurs despite antibodies. Study says vaccination necessary to boost immune responses.

Scientists announce competition for students to counter Modi govt-funded ‘cow science’ projects

Students in the competition can write a research proposal on which ‘cow-science’ claim they would like to test, experiments they would conduct to test the validity of such claims.

What caused rare 2015 supernova? Indian astronomers on space quest trace it to rarer star

Researchers from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences discover that a 2015 supernova came from 2 stars, one of which was the extremely rare Wolf-Rayet star.

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?