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Topic: asteroids

Biological clock argument isn’t entirely rooted in biology after all

Akanksha Mishra -
New Delhi: Everyone has heard of the ‘biological clock’ argument, and how women are advised to have children sooner in their lives. However, is...

Where not to punch an asteroid hurtling towards Earth & Bronze Age Brits enjoyed potlucks too

Akanksha Mishra -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

3 asteroid clans behind 70% of Earth’s meteorites & how Neanderthals may have craved carbs too

Akanksha Mishra -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Cosmic treasure! NASA’s asteroid sample that’s landed on Earth could hold clues to origin of life

Sandhya Ramesh -
US space agency's OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, dropped off capsule containing sample in Utah desert. Asteroid Bennu could potentially collide into Earth a few centuries later.

More evidence of ‘alien’ origins of life — Japan spacecraft finds RNA base on asteroid Ryugu

Sandhya Ramesh -
Bengaluru: The hypothesis that comets and asteroids deposited the building blocks of life on Earth millions of years ago has received yet another boost....

How are stars like Sun formed? James Webb Space Telescope images hold key to new investigations

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

‘Planet killer’ asteroid to soon cross Earth’s orbit, but poses no threat yet

Gaurvi Narang -
Earth will be on the other side of the Sun when the deadly asteroid swings by; it can, however, catch up with our planet centuries in the future.

NASA’s DART mission successfully knocks asteroid off course, Earth can now defend itself

Gaurvi Narang -
While the asteroid was of no threat to Earth, but the test demonstrated our capability to resist asteroid impact.

Scientists have found a mysterious deep-sea crater. A dino-killing asteroid could’ve made it

Uisdean Nicholson -
Named ‘Nadir’ after nearby volcano Nadir Seamount, the crater is as old as the Chicxulub impact, caused by a huge asteroid at the end of the Cretaceous period.

‘Fluffy’ crab from Australia that wears sea sponge like a hat named after Darwin’s ship

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
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This isn’t an energy crisis— at least not yet

Javier Blas -
Current oil & gas prices, compared to previous crises, are within ranges that, in the past, had been considered normal.

Exploiting Iran’s ethnic fault lines can solve one problem for US-Israel—and create several more

Iran conflict has reached India. Muslims are again asked to prove their patriotism

Economy

Maharashtra Budget: Fadnavis hands farmers another loan waiver even as 6 lakh await benefits of 1st one

Purva Chitnis -
Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay. 

Defence

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

Keshav Padmanabhan -
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

National Interest

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

Shekhar Gupta -
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.

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