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Controversy over Himalayan glaciers hots up Worm experiment in outer space Britain’s aspirations to become a space faring nation inched a little closer recently as thousands of microscopic worms boarded the Atlantis space shuttle at Cape Canaveral for a mission to the international space station. The ... Big step to save rare ducks British and American conservationists have taken a big step toward saving the world’s rarest duck species, the Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata), by hatching eight ducklings in captivity, reports said. Their ... Algae can be turned into a hydrogen source The machinery of photosynthesis can be isolated from certain algae and when coupled with a platinum catalyst, is able to produce a steady supply of hydrogen when exposed to ... 
Ancient penguin DNA negates ageing methodPenguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements, suggesting underestimation by 200 to 600 per ... 
Birds lose colour vision in twilightNew research at the Lund University Vision Group now shows that the colour vision of birds stops working considerably earlier in the course of the day than was previously believed, in fact, in the ... 
Materials scientists inspired by bugs' wingsInsect wings could act as a model for making self-cleaning, frictionless, and superhydrophobic materials. The surfaces of many insect wings have evolved properties scientists only dream of for their creations. ... 
Unprecedented image of Milky Way galaxyIn celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes and the Chandra X-ray Observatory collaborated to produce an unprecedented image of the centre of our galaxy. ... 
Coelacanth discovered in sea off IndonesiaThe coelacanth is commonly regarded as having evolved little from prehistoric times and was thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. A juvenile coelacanth found recently is ...
Ants: marching soldiers or disciplined drivers?At the recently held annual meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Professor Debashish Chowdhury of IIT Kanpur spoke on his work on non equilibrium statistical mechanics, which was inspired by the way ants move about in groups. His lecture, ...
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK Chance discovery leads to high-yielding new pigeon pea variety The findings have still not been accepted by the scientists’ fraternity Solutions to global warming for poor farmers The world must brace itself for a brewing ‘perfect storm’ — a confluence of crises brought about by climate change, desertification, high energy demand and an exploding population. Weed growth in rice I am growing rice through (SRI) systematic rice intensification in my land in West Bengal. I find the growth of weeds are more especially during the monsoon. Is there any simple way I can control the weed growth? A. Mukerjee ...
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