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The Foucault pendulum has found a new home in the recently inaugurated Parliament building of India. The pendulum features in Parliament’s Constitutional Gallery area.

Foucault pendulum | Earth’s rotation on display

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Why do large animals move slowly? New study points a finger at body heat

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The crescent moon sets beyond the Power and Light building in downtown Kansas City, Mo.

Science for All | What is da Vinci glow?

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Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, shakes hands with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after addressing a media conference in Berlin on Sunday, May 14, 2023.

Explained | Ukraine’s recent round of weapons acquisition

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Explained | India recorded maximum preterm births in 2020: findings of WHO report

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Karnataka : Belagavi : 27/02/2019: A Farmer showing his land to Drought assessment team when they Visited to Drought Hit Area at Belagavi district on 27th February 2019 Photo : P K Badiger

Science for All | What are flash droughts?

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Explained | Can land restoration protect the earth?

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Explained | World Press Freedom Day and the Windhoek Declaration

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Seamounts are either active or dormant volcanoes that rise dramatically from the bottom of the ocean and never reach the surface.

Science for All | What are seamounts?

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Electric vehicles charging at a station in Monterey Park, California. (Image used for representation)

Explainer | How U.S. President Joe Biden is pushing a switch to electric vehicles in the U.S.

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A freed detainee, released unilaterally by Saudi Arabia, embraces a relative at Sanaa Airport after arriving on an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plane in Sanaa, Yemen on April 17.

Explained | What are the latest developments in Yemen?

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Scientists from Spain and Chile found hair strands in a single funerary site in Menorca and analysed them using an advanced technique that identifies the sample’s composition. Representative Image

Science for All | Late Bronze-Age hair reveals recreational drug use in Western Mediterranean

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On April 3, 2023, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries acknowledged the crude oil production cuts announced by major oil-producing countries. File

Explained | Why have key oil producers vowed output cuts?

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File photo from March 2020, when the country was under a lockdown due to COVID-19.

COVID-19 lockdown led to more greenery in India: Study

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