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Astronomers identify nearly 80 exoplanets in record time |
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Washington | Saturday, 2018 3:45:04 PM IST |
| Scientists have discovered nearly 80 new planetary candidates, amid some 50,000 stars, in a record two weeks after the data from the K2 mission's -- the follow-up mission to NASA's Kepler Space Telescope -- was available. ... read.. |
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Gorilla Koko who mastered sign language dies |
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New York | Friday, 2018 11:45:04 AM IST |
| Koko the gorilla, who appeared on National Geographic magazine cover, could chat, tease and even argue with scientists using more than 1,000 hand signs, has died in California at the age of 46. ... read.. |
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India discovers sub-Saturn size planet |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2018 10:45:05 PM IST |
| The Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has discovered a sub-Saturn or super-Neptune size planet (with mass equivalent to 27 Earths and size six times of Earth's radius) around a Sun-like star, an official statement said on Thursday. ... read.. |
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How do dogs understand human emotions? |
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London | Thursday, 2018 8:15:04 PM IST |
| Ever wondered how your canine is able to read your facial expressions, understand the tone of your voice? It is because they use different parts of their brains to process negative and positive human emotions, a study says. ... read.. |
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Why humans transitioned from claws to nails |
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New York | Thursday, 2018 6:45:05 PM IST |
| Ever imagined why humans transitioned from having claws to nails? It is because we humans developed complex social structures and can rely on others for grooming, finds a study. ... read.. |
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NASA's Curiosity rover captures images of Martian dust storm |
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Washington | Thursday, 2018 2:15:39 PM IST |
| With NASA engineers yet to make contact with the Opportunity Mars rover due to a massive storm on the Red Planet, scientists are pinning their hopes on learning more about Martian dust storms from images captured by the Curiosity probe. ... read.. |
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New NASA instrument to monitor plant water use from space |
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Washington | Wednesday, 2018 5:15:08 PM IST |
| NASA plans to install on the International Space Station (ISS) an instrument that will measure the temperature of plants from space, enabling researchers to determine plant water use and to study how drought conditions affect plant health. ... read.. |
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Amazon Alexa assisting NASA become smarter at work |
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Washington | Wednesday, 2018 10:45:04 AM IST |
| While you are busy giving Alexa commands to play your favourite song or book an Uber, the intelligent virtual assistant from Amazon is helping the US space agency organise daily tasks while making sense of intrinsic data-sets. ... read.. |
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Trump orders creation of 'Space Force' |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2018 9:15:08 AM IST |
| US President Donald Trump has ordered the creation of a "Space Force", saying it would be "separate but equal" from the Air Force, the media reported. ... read.. |
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