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The Boeing Starliner: Future of space travel or a colossal failure?
Human space exploration is a dangerous gamble. Even the slightest mistake can have devastating consequences. Incidents such as the destruction of space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, the Apollo 13 moon mission and the story of Vladimir Komarov are stark reminders of the danger endured by astronauts during these missions. Hence the partial failure of Boeing…
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Movie to reality? : Scientists propose developing spacesuits that could convert urine to potable water.
If you have watched the Dune movies, you must have noticed the ‘stillsuits ‘worn by some characters as depicted in figure 1. These suits recycle the water lost through sweat or urine by purifying it and making it potable. This is instrumental for survival as the movie franchise takes place on the desert planet of…
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Mount Tambora and the ‘Year without a summer’
Introduction On April 5, 1815, as the sun was about to set and twilight was approaching, a massive explosion shook the island of Java in Indonesia, then under British control. Fearing an enemy attack, military vessels were dispatched from Java as well as Makassar on Sulawesi Island, about 800 km northeast of Java. Strangely, these…
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Island Rule: Evolution through natural selection
The concept of natural selection forms a key aspect of the theory of evolution, first put forward by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace in the mid-1800s. Essentially, natural selection is the process by which organisms that are better suited to the environment they are living in; tend to survive, reproduce, and pass on their stronger…
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Planet 9: Real or Myth?
From 1930 to 2006, 9 planets were known to exist in our solar system. But sadly, Pluto was demoted to the status of a ‘dwarf planet’ in the year 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Yet for decades, there have been discussions about the existence of a massive planet, much bigger than the likes…
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Climate change set to impact global timekeeping
Climate change is predicted to have an impact on various aspects of life. Warmer temperatures changing weather patterns, rise in sea levels in some parts of the world are just a few examples of the same. While changes in sea levels are predicted to impact low lying island states like Maldives and Kiribati, earth’s rotation…
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