The alikeness of identical twins can be startling. They are alike because all their genes are alike. Genes are those segments of the genome where, if changes occur, the characteristics of an organism change. Non-identical twins vary in 50% of their genes and are much less alike. Thus, genes define our individuality in many ways.
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ISRO SpadeX Mission: The two satellites launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) were closing in for an “exciting handshake”, the space agency said early Sunday, January 12. The two satellites, SDX01 (Chaser) and SDX02 (Target), made a trial attempt to reach up to 3 metre but were moved back to a safe distance. “The
Image used for representational purpose. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images The story so far: An assessment of India’s groundwater by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) found that several States are grappling with a serious problem of nitrate contamination. Which are the sources of contamination? The most concerning finding was that the number of
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NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has sought a response from the Centre on the “feasibility and mechanism” for implementation of the CPCB’s recommendations for controlling ozone levels, which were found beyond the permissible limits in some areas of the national capital. The green body earlier directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and other
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(Bloomberg Opinion) — A couple of days before Christmas last year, battered by heavy waves, the end of the half-mile-long Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf unexpectedly tumbled into Monterey Bay. A tourist magnet claiming to be the longest fully wooden structure of its kind in the Western hemisphere, the wharf was open for business when the collapse happened,
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NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck in space for nearly eight months, are likely to face a tough task re-adjusting to the atmosphere on Earth. “Gravity is really tough, and that’s what we feel when we get back,” said astronaut Butch Wilmore, who will return to Earth with Sunita Williams,
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(Bloomberg) — Climate scientists are acutely aware of the devastation that a warming world can wreak on communities. But when disaster shows up at their doorstep, it hits in a completely different way. “This event, for me, has destroyed any boundary between my work as a climate scientist and the rest of my life, my
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