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Three share Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about black holes
Physicists Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez received the Nobel Prize for 2020. (Source: Twitter/The…
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India accounts for 26% of Global TB Reported Cases
In accordance with Global Tuberculosis Report 2020, the TB incidence rate in India is 193 per 100,000 population and accounts…
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Tryst with Trust
Credit: Dave Lowe on Unsplash If you are a proud resident of Delhi, you must have seen blue rectangular metro card. If…
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India’s economy is expected to contract by 10.3%, says IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo. Source: Deccan Herald While still reeling under tremendous impact from COVID-19, the Indian economy…
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Louise Glück wins the 2020 Nobel prize in literature
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Louise Glück. Source: Twitter/The Nobel Prize The 2020 Nobel Prize…
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Nobel Prize 2020 in economics awarded to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson
Nobel Prize 2020 in economics awarded to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson. Source: Twitter/The Nobel Prize The 2020 Nobel prize…
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for genetic scissors
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna. Source: Twitter/The Nobel Prize…
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Did Anne Boleyn really try to speak after being beheaded?
Anne Boleyn (with head in situ). Public domain Adam Taylor, Lancaster University When Jean-Paul Marat’s killer, Charlotte Corday, was executed…
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Donald Trump has COVID-19. How might this affect his chances of re-election?
AAP/Ap/Julio Cortez Timothy J. Lynch, University of Melbourne With just a month left until the November 3 US presidential election,…
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Can robots write? Machine learning produces dazzling results, but some assembly is still required
Shutterstock Alexandra Louise Uitdenbogerd, RMIT University You might have seen a recent article from The Guardian written by “a robot”.…
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CDC says the virus can spread beyond six feet in Indoor air
Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash The novel coronavirus can spread through the air to people who are more than 6 feet away from…
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Avicenna: the Persian polymath who shaped modern science, medicine and philosophy
A miniature of Avicenna. Wikimedia Commons Darius Sepehri, University of Sydney Over a thousand years ago, Nuh ibn Mansur, the…
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“Liking” an article online may mean less time spent reading it
A study finds that when users have option to click “like” on the media article online, they spend less times…
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2 hours of TV a day in late childhood linked to lower test scores later
Shutterstock Lisa Mundy, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and George Patton, University of Melbourne Children aged 8 and 9 who watched…
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Is it too soon to herald the ‘dawn of a new Middle East’? It all depends what the Saudis do next
JIM LO SCALZO/EPA Ben Rich, Curtin University US President Donald Trump heralded nothing short of “the dawn of a new…
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