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A baby Nile hippopotamus swims with her father Henry, right, as her mother Bibi, left, watches at a zoo in Cincinnati.

The Hindu Science Quiz: Of Hippo lifespan, gut bacteria and more

A.S. Nazir Ahamed Shubashree Desikan

What is the average liefspan of a hippo? What is the name of the bacteria found in the human gut? For answers, and more interesting questions, take this quiz.

A peek into the new Samsung Galaxy Fold

Samsung launches Galaxy Fold, the first 5G foldable smartphone

Twitter has been accused by the government of being “slow” in removing “objectionable content” from its platform.

This is how Twitter Ads Transparency Centre will work in India

IANS As India gears up for the coming general election, Twitter has announced to bring its Ads Transparency Centre to India on March 11 that allows everyone to view political ads with details like ad spend and targeting demographics.In the Ads Transparency Centre dashboard, people can view ads that have run on Twitter within the last seven days from any Twitter handle.“If an ad is reported and taken down from Twitter, it will be archived in the Ads Transparency Centre within approximately 24 hours,”

Opher Doron, general manager of Israel Aerospace Industries' space division.

Watch: Israel all set to launch its first lunar mission

Israel is to launch its first moon mission this week, sending an unmanned spacecraft to collect data to be shared with NASA, organisers said on February 18.The 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) Beresheet (Genesis) spacecraft is to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at around 0145 GMT on February 22.

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A doctor's assistant prepares a measles vaccination

Measles-Rubella vaccination: Leaving the children exposed

Bindu Shajan Perappadan With the Delhi High Court putting a roadblock on the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign, which was supposed to be carried out in schools across the city from January 16, The Hindu finds out that the Health Department and schools are still struggling to get consent of children’s parents to administer the vaccine and create herd immunity

Madhav Bhardwaj at the EEG Neuro Feedback lab at the Nimhans.

How neurofeedback is helping trauma patients

Tanu Kulkarni Doctors say that it is similar to stimulated guided meditation

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Samsung India Director, Mobile business, Sumit Walia poses during the launch of company's first triple camera smartphone Galaxy A7, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Sept 25, 2018.

Samsung S10+ to hit Indian shelves from Mar 8 priced Rs 73,900 onwards

PTI The new phones include features like cinematic Infinity-O display, enhanced camera capabilities and in-display fingerprint scanner among others, Samsung said.

A peek into the new Samsung Galaxy Fold

Samsung launches Galaxy Fold, the first 5G foldable smartphone

PTI The Galaxy Fold serves as a smartphone with a 4.6-inch display and opens like a book to become a 7.3-inch tablet.

Harish Natarajan

Harish Natarajan: A ‘human debater’ who beat a robot

Srinivasa Ramanujam Meet Harish Natarajan, a champion debater who recently triumphed over IBM’s AI debater

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Steve Irwin, 'The Crocodile Hunter', featured in today's Google's Doodle

The Hindu Net Desk Google celebrated the 57th birth anniversary of the legendary wildlife enthusiast with a doodle.

An Israeli researcher holding a sea squirt removed from the Red Sea.

Meet the sea squirt, sucking up plastic particles from the sea

Reuters It can filter particles from ocean and store them in its tissue

How the Mithi was destroyed

Jyoti Shelar The Mithi is sweet only in name. Over the decades, the river has been systematically ravaged by pollutants, settlements along its banks, and governmental neglect. Afroz Shah, who spearheaded the Versova beach clean-up, is doing his bit here as well, but is it enough?

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A trader sorts the mangoes that have arrived in the Navi Mumbai APMC.

All you need to know about Maharashtra’s struggle to amend APMC Act

Alok Deshpande The Maharashtra government’s attempt to amend the Maharashtra Agriculture Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963, has hit a roadblock again. It had to withdraw the Bill from the Legislative Council even after it was passed by the Assembly. The amendment Bill has been in the works for over 14 years and owing to its politically and economically important stakeholders, who are farmers, traders and ‘mathadi’ workers (head loaders), the government has struggled to push through the

Armyworm larvae in various stages of their lifecycle.| File

‘Fall army worm hits maize seed production in TS’

Special Correspondent Cultivation hit in Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Khammam districts

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Park rangers and the Galapagos Conservancy found the tortoise, a species that was thought to have become extinct one hundred years ago.

Watch: Scientists in Peru find tortoise believed to be extinct

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Travel on a jet, using a little cooking oil

Numaligarh Refinery Limited in Assam told to demolish wall on elephant corridor

12 lakh treated under Ayushman Bharat

Why did dinosaurs go extinct?

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Why armed policemen patrol Odisha’s mangroves

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150 minutes of weekly physical activity is a must, says WHO

Reiterating the need for physical activity to reduce the incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCD), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has

Watch: All you need about Samsung's new 5G smartphone

Samsung had launched three models - Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10e - in San Francisco on February 20. These flagship devices will compete

Now register complaint with DoT against offensive WhatsApp messages

The victim just needs to furnish a screenshot of the message along with the mobile number and e-mail it to ccaddn-dot@nic.in.

Watch: Scientists in Peru find tortoise believed to be extinct

A living member of species of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years and feared to be extinct has been found in a remote part of the Galapagos

Samsung S10+ to hit Indian shelves from Mar 8 priced Rs 73,900 onwards

The new phones include features like cinematic Infinity-O display, enhanced camera capabilities and in-display fingerprint scanner among others, Samsung said.

Japanese space probe Hayabusa 2 touches down on asteroid to collect samples

The spacecraft's landing on the asteroid Ryugu, just 900 metres in diameter, came after an initial attempt in October was delayed because it was difficult to pick a landing spot on the asteroid's rocky surface.

Steve Irwin, 'The Crocodile Hunter', featured in today's Google's Doodle

Google celebrated the 57th birth anniversary of the legendary wildlife enthusiast with a doodle.

‘Facebook committed to protecting user data’

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Jaipur physicist solves puzzles on interactions of nature

Dinesh Kumar’s work has been recognised by Belle Collaboration

WHO prescribes ‘aerobics 150’ to stay fit

Inactivity in many countries is rising, posing higher risk of non-communicable diseases

Science made simpler on a sphere

Spherical display system at science museum simplifies earth-related processes

Animating existence

Renowned animator Danny Casale, aka Coolman_Coffeedan, says his content is like a shining light on your timeline

Watch: These Red Sea coral reefs may just survive climate change

As the outlook for coral reefs across a warming planet grows grimmer, scientists in Israel have discovered a rare glimmer of hope- The corals of the

Samsung launches Galaxy Fold, the first 5G foldable smartphone

The Galaxy Fold serves as a smartphone with a 4.6-inch display and opens like a book to become a 7.3-inch tablet.

The Hindu Science Quiz: Of Hippo lifespan, gut bacteria and more

What is the average liefspan of a hippo? What is the name of the bacteria found in the human gut? For answers, and more interesting questions, take this quiz.

Are women in Karnataka consuming an excessive amount of iron?

Study finds risk of inadequate or excess iron intake after fortification and supplementation in Karnataka is lesser than in other States

The private sector in public health

It can provide services and capital

Meet the sea squirt, sucking up plastic particles from the sea

It can filter particles from ocean and store them in its tissue

Bridge over troubled waters

Experts spoke of the various challenges and the way forward to manage our most precious resource

You’ve got to subscribe to this Telugu digi-screen superstar

YouTuber Chandrasekhar Sai Kiran best known as the irreverent ‘Pakkinti Kurradu’ strives to up his production game with subscribe-worthy content

These organisations are making recycling just one call away

Three Visakhapatnam-based organisations with their mantra of reduce-recycle-reuse are improving lives and the environment of the city

This is how Twitter Ads Transparency Centre will work in India

As India gears up for the coming general election, Twitter has announced to bring its Ads Transparency Centre to India on March 11 that allows

Visit Odisha's Bhitarkanika National Park to witness world’s largest white crocodiles

The Bhitarkanika National Park is the core area of Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary located in the north-east region of Kendrapara district in the

Harish Natarajan: A ‘human debater’ who beat a robot

Meet Harish Natarajan, a champion debater who recently triumphed over IBM’s AI debater

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Woman, who had unique surgery for uterine cancer, turns mother

At 27 years, Soumya (name changed) had to undergo removal of the uterus and the left ovary, due to uterine cancer (mild-grade endometrioid

New Universe map unearths 3,00,000 more galaxies

LOFAR telescope detects light sources that optical instruments cannot find

Aussie mammal the first ‘climate change extinction’

Repeated ocean inundation of the cay — a low-lying island on a coral reef — led to its disappearance.

Watch: Israel all set to launch its first lunar mission

Israel is to launch its first moon mission this week, sending an unmanned spacecraft to collect data to be shared with NASA, organisers said on

Watch: Pangolin - the most trafficked mammal in the world

The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world. Though hunted for its meat across the northeastern States and in central India, the demand

Israel's first lunar mission to launch this week

The $100-million project will measure the lunar magnetic field to help understanding of the moon's formation

4 lakh children, 1.8 million adults need help for inhalant abuse and dependence: AIIMS survey

Of the 16 crore people who consume alcohol across India, prevalence of alcohol consumption is 17 times higher among men than among women.

Jugaad paradox...

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Modern-day dark horse boombox

Zaap’s Boombox Bluetooth speaker is distinguished by its sleek design, smooth sound, and portability

Japan approves trial of stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries

Researchers will transplant two million iPS cells into the spines of four patients

Synthetic fibres contribute to plastic pollution

Polyester and other synthetic fibres such as nylon are major contributors of microplastic pollution in the environment, say researchers and suggest

‘Lack of cleaning in brain cells causes Alzheimer’s’

Improving mitophagy leads to near removal of symptoms

A Song of Ice and Flowers

Experience two different post-apocalypses, from the nuclear winter in the much-awaited Metro Exodus to the superbloom wasteland of Far Cry New Dawn

Data deep into the jungle with WildTrails

Here is a travel platform which plans your focused wildlife adventures with the help of sightings’ data analytics

Let’s take a snapshot of photogrammetry

We’re all always taking photographs. But did you know that they all have 3D potential?

So, let’s talk tech de-addiction centres

Tech de-addiction centres around the world are giving a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘modern-day epidemics’ — and no, we aren’t talking about a regular old digital detox

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