Hundreds witness Mercury transit in Delhi, scientists in Srinagar disappointed
Hundreds of space enthusiasts in Delhi witnessed a tiny black dot crossing the Sun, marking a rare astronomical event — the Mercury transit
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Silk coating can keep fruit fresh without refrigeration
Strawberries and bananas can stay fresh for more than a week without refrigeration if they are coated in a thin, odourless, bio-compatible silk solution
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Nearby star gives fresh insight into Sun’s infancy
Studying a nearby star has given scientists a fascinating insight into how the Sun may have behaved billions of years ago
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Pluto’s unique interaction with solar wind revealed
Pluto behaves less like a comet than expected and somewhat more like a planet like Mars or Venus in the way it interacts with the solar wind
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Making hazardous weather forecasts more accurate
To identify precisely where severe winds, hail or tornadoes are more likely to occur, NASA scientists have developed a new hazardous weather forecast method
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Why some women have twins while others don’t
Researchers have identified two genes that can explain why some women are likely to have non-identical twins
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NASA knows about every eclipse in next 1,000 years
The US space agency has kept a five millennium catalogue of all the eclipses that have occurred or will occur from 1999 BC to the year AD 3000
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How the moon got its tattoos
New NASA research has given new clues to how the moon got its mysterious “tattoos” — swirling patterns of light and dark found at over a hundred locations
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Secret of rich milk production during lactation revealed
A team of Australian researchers have discovered that the breast cells develop two nuclei as the breast switches to lactation and nurtures the newborn
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Genes linked to happiness, depression discovered
A team of over 190 researchers from 140 institutions in 17 countries has found genes linked to happiness, depression and neuroticism.
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