Science & Technology

New Delhi: Cinnamon is a common spice in Indian households. The spice comes from the inner bark of a small evergreen tree from the Cinnamomum family.  It is the most popular medicinal spice used since ancient times. 1: Acts as an…
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In the future, the energy needed to run the powerful computers on board a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as many greenhouse gas emissions as all the data centers in the world today. That is one key…
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The name Sybil has its origins in the oracles of Ancient Greece, also known as sibyls: feminine figures who were relied upon to relay divine knowledge of the unseen and the omnipotent past, present, and future. Now, the name has…
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The American space agency's Mars rover Perseverance will begin dropping samples of rock onto the surface of the Red Planet this week. According to media reports, the materials have been packaged in small titanium tubes with the expectation…
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A satellite built for NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) to observe nearly all the water on our planet’s surface lifted off on its way to low-Earth orbit at 3:46 a.m. PST on Friday. The Surface Water…
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Space agency NASA has brought home yesterday its next-generation Orion spacecraft after a near-26-day mission to orbit the Moon. The Orion capsule for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a fiery re-entry into…
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Washington: Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched Japanese startup’s spacecraft to the moon on Sunday. The launch was carried out by SpaceX in Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida. The spacecraft, produced by Tokyo-based startup ispace,…
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket yesterday carried into space the first ever Arab-built lunar spacecraft. It was launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Rashid Rover was built by Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre…
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NASA has awarded a task order to Collins Aerospace to deliver a spacewalking system for potential use outside the International Space Station. This award – the second under NASA’s Exploration EVA Services contract – is for…
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NASA has finalized its contract with Boeing of Huntsville, Alabama, for approximately $3.2 billion to continue manufacturing core and upper stages for future Space Launch System (SLS) rockets for Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond.…
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