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Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas

Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas by Robert Schreiber Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 An international team of researchers has analyzed the causes and consequences of the catastrophic October 2023 flood along the Teesta River in Sikkim, India. The study, which included experts from nine countries, including

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Asteroids like Bennu may have ‘delivered’ building blocks for life to Earth — Understanding NASA’s new discovery

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In a major twist to the study of life beyond Earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said earlier this week that samples collected from asteroid Bennu contained a “mix of life’s ingredients.” In research papers published Wednesday in the journals Nature and Nature Astronomy, scientists from NASA and other institutions shared results of

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Sunita Williams breaks record as two ‘stuck’ astronauts take 5.5-hour spacewalk together

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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams logged 62 hours and 6 minutes of spacewalking on Thursday (January 30), surpassing the record for the most time spent in the vacuum of space by a woman. During a five-and-a-half hour spacewalk with her colleague Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams surpassed former astronaut Peggy Whitson’s total spacewalking time of 60 hours

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Humans Lost the Ability to Swivel Their Ears—But These Vestigial Muscles Still Twitch

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Tens of millions of years ago, our ancestors could swivel their ears to pick up sounds, much like cats and dogs do today. Humans lost that ability over time, and the muscles that once controlled ear movement are now mostly useless—except for a few people who can still wiggle their ears. But new research shows

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Justice Department sues to block $14 billion Juniper buyout by Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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HPE and Juniper issued a joint statement Thursday, saying the companies strongly oppose the DOJ’s decision [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Justice Department sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion acquisition of rival Juniper Networks on Thursday, the first attempt to stop a merger by a new Trump administration that is expected to

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Meet Shubhanshu Shukla, the first ISRO astronaut to travel to ISS aboard SpaceX Dragon: What’s his space mission plan?

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Shubhanshu Shukla will be the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The mission will take off “no earlier than spring 2025”, NASA announced on Thursday. Shubhanshu Shukla is among four private astronauts parts of the Axiom Mission 4. He will serve as the pilot of

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Apple’s iPhone sales during the holiday season slipped despite a highly anticipated AI rollout

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Apple’s services division remained the company’s biggest moneymaker outside the iPhone, with revenue of $26.3 billion in the past quarter [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Apple on Thursday disclosed its iPhone sales dipped slightly during the holiday-season quarter, signaling a sluggish start to the trendsetting company’s effort to catch up to the rest of Big

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FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ pill, Journavx, for short-term pain that often follows surgery or injuries. It’s the

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Books Written Without AI Can Now Receive New ‘Human Authored’ Certification

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The Authors Guild, one of the largest associations of writers in America, is launching a new project to certify books that have been written by a human rather than a machine. The new “Human Authored” certification will help authors distinguish their work and let readers know what they are reading—and paying for—is something that was

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Revolutionising Industrial Maintenance through Machine Learning: Insights by Punit Panjwani

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Industrial maintenance has evolved through three distinct phases. The first phase was purely reactive – fix it when it breaks. The manufacturing industry is witnessing a revolutionary shift in how equipment maintenance is performed. Traditional approaches of fixing machines when they break down or following rigid maintenance schedules are giving way to a more sophisticated

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Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas

Asteroids like Bennu may have ‘delivered’ building blocks for life to Earth — Understanding NASA’s new discovery

Sunita Williams breaks record as two ‘stuck’ astronauts take 5.5-hour spacewalk together

Humans Lost the Ability to Swivel Their Ears—But These Vestigial Muscles Still Twitch

Justice Department sues to block $14 billion Juniper buyout by Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Meet Shubhanshu Shukla, the first ISRO astronaut to travel to ISS aboard SpaceX Dragon: What’s his space mission plan?

Apple’s iPhone sales during the holiday season slipped despite a highly anticipated AI rollout

FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives

Books Written Without AI Can Now Receive New ‘Human Authored’ Certification

Revolutionising Industrial Maintenance through Machine Learning: Insights by Punit Panjwani

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