IISc Bengaluru team is developing a microbial experiment to test the bacteria’s growth patterns and behaviour in extraterrestrial conditions. MANAS satellite will house the bacteria.
IISc’s Aloke Kumar has led groundbreaking research around space habitation. In 2020, his lab developed ‘space bricks’ using lunar and Martian soil, bacteria and urea.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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