SCIENCE

Scientists on Wednesday identified what might be the genetic mechanism behind the tailless condition of us and our ape ancestors . The tail was a feature of most vertebrates for more than half a billion years and its loss may have offered advantages . They compared the DNA of two groups of primates: monkeys, which have tails .
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2 years ago Read more at The Japan Times

Nearly 90% of victims in the Camp Fire were identified by rapid DNA . It took nearly a decade, but the company was able to design a machine that would empower police to get results immediately . The machines are “science on steroids” said Earles .
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2 years ago Read more at Honolulu Civil Beat

A Glimpse into the Journey Advertisment Set against the vibrant backdrop of Pune, the Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR) invites passionate minds to join its illustrious BCA program . SICSR opens its doors to candidates who have completed their Class XII or equivalent, offering them a chance to unleash their potential .
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2 years ago Read more at BNN Breaking

Hubble's 16-megapixel Wide Field Camera 3 is fitted with four filters, each of which only allows very specific wavelengths of light to pass through . These wavelengths include ultraviolet and near-infrared light, which are invisible to the human eye . The resulting datasets that astronomers receive on Earth are black and white, but by assigning colors to each wavelength, it is possible to build a color image .
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2 years ago Read more at Livescience.com

Krishangi Kashyap is a stellar astronomy student from IIT Indore . She has been invited to participate in the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 55) in Texas, USA, from March 11 to March 15 . This esteemed opportunity recognizes the research on the moon's south pole using data from Chandrayaan-2 Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar .
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2 years ago Read more at India Today NE

The Frozen Zoo holds the world’s oldest, largest and most diverse repository of living cell cultures – more than 11,000 samples that represent 1,300 different species and subspecies . The work done here has always felt meaningful, but an accelerating extinction crisis has put mounting pressure on Houck and her team . Today there are around a dozen wildlife-based cryobanks around the world, mostly located in North America and Europe.
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2 years ago Read more at The Guardian

Rupendra Kumar Brahma, 87, pledged a significant donation of Rs 1.13 crore to Presidency University for establishing a school of data science . This move marks a rare and substantial endowment for the university, aiming to attract bright students and enhance its educational offerings . The proposed school will not only commemorate his father's contribution but also position the university at the forefront of advanced education .
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2 years ago Read more at BNN Breaking

Dark matter is one of the greatest mysteries of modern science . If one adds up all the normal matter making up stars, gas, plasma, planets, black holes, and space galaxies, everything is known to be the universe .
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2 years ago Read more at The Times of India

The two women lifted a stiff corpse from the ground, revealing a squirming bug in the dirt . "That one is a live larva!” said Alex Smith, the lab manager of Colorado Mesa University’s Forensic Investigation Research Station . “You can actually test the larvae and pupa casings for drugs,” Mr. Smith said .
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Pleurobranchaea Britannica, the new species of sea slug, was found during a routine fishery survey in southwest England . Previously, it was believed that only two species existed, of which none were ever seen in UK waters .
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2 years ago Read more at The News International