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ISRO launches Young Scientist Programme for school students, read details on how to apply for the YUVIKA programme
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to organise a special programme for school children called the "Young Scientist Programme", "YUva VIgyani KAryakram" (YUVIKA).
Navratri: Festival of women’s power whose religious, cultural, economic and scientific aspects are equally important, read the significance of Garba
Navratri is a celebration of women power and has close ties with religion culture, economic and science as well.
Cleaner destroys decades of groundbreaking research work by accidentally shutting off a freezer
In September 2020, a custodial worker was annoyed by the continuous alarm sound so he turned off a lab freezer. The freezer contained research samples related to solar panel development.
Columbian Medical College endorses using brain-dead women as surrogate mothers, later apologises after outrage
Colombian Medical College tendered an apology after it endorsed a controversial paper which called for using brain-dead women as surrogate mothers.
Eye movement holds clues to how humans make decisions, new research finds
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A new study at University of Colorado Boulder found that human eyes can reveal information about their decisions.
Woke concepts creeping into science? Gender activists push to stop anthropologists from marking human remains as ‘male’ or ‘female’
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Gender activists want anthropologists to stop marking human remains as male or female.
Tamil Nadu CM Stalin wants to stop the Neutrino Observatory project at Theni, writes to PM Modi citing environmental concerns
In his letter, MK Stalin has written that the proposed project site at Pottipuram village in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu falls within the Mathikettan-Periyar tiger corridor as mapped by the National Tiger Conservation Authority and if the project is carried out, it may 'destroy' the genetic flow of the corridor.
Not one input predicted the intensity and ferocity of the Covid-19 second wave, says Science & Technology secretary
DST Secretary Ashutosh Sharma said that election rallies and Kumbh are not the main reasons for the second wave of Covid-19 in India
Popular media personality Neil deGrasse Tyson faces widespread mockery after American meat brand takes potshots at him
Famous TV personality and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was subject to criticism and ridicule on social media.
Clean energy, water, health and astronomy: This is how India is spearheading the fight against global challenges
India is one of the founding members of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) which aims to support the human-centric and responsible development and use of Artificial Intelligence.
