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Topic: Earth

Neanderthals ate roasted crabs, reveal remains from paleolithic meals 

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

Earth’s inner core now spinning slower than planet? Curious change of gear ‘every 60-70 yrs’

Published in Nature Geoscience, researchers from Peking University highlighted in a paper that Earth's inner core which rotates faster than mantle, began to spin slower around 2009.

2022’s biggest space stories: One giant leap for tourists & universe as you’ve never seen it

Indian private space sector saw series of missions & launches. Meanwhile, NASA carried out a successful planetary defence experiment by knocking an asteroid's moon off course.

Two atoms, 192 lasers — how US scientists harnessed Sun-like fusion power for 1st time on Earth

Small net energy gain, big step in fusion research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Fusion power is an unlimited source of clean energy that could lead to an energy revolution.

Ronna, quetta, ronto & quecto: As measurements get new prefixes, Earth now weighs 6 ronnagrams

Four prefixes approved at General Conference on Weights & Measures last week. Until now, yotta & yocto were largest & smallest prefixes.

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

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.

Partial solar eclipse today — when to watch and which Indian cities will witness it

The eclipse is visible for most people across the country, provided visibility is clear, and should be viewed only with safe solar viewing glasses or handheld viewers.

Where did Earth’s early life forms get oxygen? Scientists finally have some answers

Tectonic plate movement could have provided oxygen to some of world's earliest life forms, suggests study by scientists at Newcastle University, UK, published in Nature Communications.

Ancient rocks reveal how Earth’s magnetic field bounced back to save life on the planet

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

How do we save our planet? A radical economic theory born in the 1970s might have a clue

While some argue that the practice of André Gorz's theory could detract important interventions, others say it's not that harmful.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.