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TROPICS Mission

NASA and Rocket Lab successfully launched two CubeSats for storm-tracking into orbit, after an initial launch was called off in April due to weather disruptions in New Zealand....

May 9, 2023

Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor

NASA is developing a unique snake-like robot called Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) to aid space exploration and potentially discover whether life exists beyond Earth. The robot will...

May 9, 2023

Saurona Genus

The Natural History Museum in London has named a newly discovered genus of butterflies Saurona. The name was chosen because the black rings on the butterfly’s orange wings...

May 8, 2023

Stable Auroral Red (SAR) Arc

Last month, aurora-like colorful curtains of dazzling light were captured in Ladakh, which is much farther from the polar regions, where auroras usually occurr. The lights are actually...

May 8, 2023

Deep Oceans Beneath Ice Capped Surfaces of Uranus’ Four Moons

In a new study, NASA scientists have found that there can be water in the four large moons of Uranus, namely Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. The Voyager-2...

May 8, 2023

Safety Approval For China’s First Gene-edited Crop

China has approved the safety of a gene-edited soybean in a significant boost to food production. Key Facts About the Soybean Developed by privately owned Shandong Shunfeng Biotechnology...

May 6, 2023

Horaglanis populi

Researchers in southern India have made a fascinating discovery after a six-year-long survey for signs of subterranean creatures. They found a new species of subterranean catfish, which they...

May 5, 2023

New Non-Invasive Method to Extract DNA from Palaeolithic Remains

By using a new non-invasive method to extract DNA from a Paleolithic deer tooth pendant found in Denisova Cave, Siberia, scientists have obtained the genomes of both deer...

May 5, 2023

Google rolls out Passkeys: The Future of Secure Sign-In

On May 4, 2023, Google announced a major new security feature for its services: Passkeys. With this new technology, users can log in to their Google accounts without...

May 4, 2023

What is Arexvy?

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world’s first respiratory syncytial virus vaccine called Arexvy. The vaccine, manufactured by British pharmaceutical company GSK, has been...

May 4, 2023

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