Current Affairs

GK MCQs Section

Page-8 of Archives: September, 2012

Three Parent Babies

The term three-parent babies refers to children conceived using a reproductive technique that involves genetic material from three individuals — two biological mothers and one father. The method,...

September 26, 2012

Neil Harbisson

Neil Harbisson (born 27 July 1982, London, United Kingdom) is a British–Catalan contemporary artist, cyborg activist, and co-founder of the Cyborg Foundation. He is best known as the...

September 26, 2012

Cyborg

A cyborg, short for cybernetic organism, is an entity that combines biological and artificial components to enhance or restore physical or cognitive abilities. The term encompasses both human...

September 26, 2012

Noori

Noori is a Pakistani rock band formed in Lahore in the early 2000s. The group is recognised as one of the pioneering acts that revived mainstream pop and...

September 26, 2012

TrES-2b

TrES-2b is an extrasolar planet (exoplanet) orbiting the star GSC 03549-02811, located in the constellation Draco, approximately 750 light-years from Earth. It gained scientific prominence for being the...

September 26, 2012

Gegeneophis primus

Gegeneophis primus is a species of caecilian, a group of limbless, burrowing amphibians belonging to the order Gymnophiona. It was first described in 2012 and is notable for...

September 26, 2012

Robonaut 2

NASA’s humanoid robot "Robonaut 2" was delivered to the International Space Station in first half of 2011. The test involved sending power to all of Robonaut’s system. Robonauts...

September 26, 2012

Tevatron

The Tevatron was a pioneering circular particle accelerator located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois, United States. Operational from 1983 to 2011, it was...

September 26, 2012

James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is one of the most advanced and powerful astronomical observatories ever constructed. Launched on 25 December 2021, it represents an international collaboration...

September 26, 2012

Heinz 1706

Heinz 1706 is a well-known cultivar of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) that serves as the reference genome for tomato genetic and genomic studies worldwide. Originally developed for commercial processing...

September 26, 2012

E-Books

States PSC General Studies

Latest in Hindi