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A get-sober pill? — Science News, November 18, 1972 Researchers at the Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital have been able to reduce intoxication time in rats by administrating harmless chemicals…. Injections of vitamin…

Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is "in danger", a UN panel recommended on Tuesday, saying the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem was significantly impacted by climate change and warming of…

We’ve never seen images of space as astounding as those from the James Webb Space Telescope, which shared its first cosmic vistas in July. The pictures have left us dazzled, awestruck and excited for more. They also inspired us to…

It’s been more than two years since the first long COVID patients called attention to their condition. But researchers are still unable to answer basic questions about it, such as how vaccination impacts one’s chances of long-term…

Pet owners may have a new reason to reach for the kibble. Dry cat and dog food tends to be better for the environment than wet food, veterinary nutritionist Vivian Pedrinelli of the University of São Paulo in Brazil and…

For shopaholics worldwide, it is that time of the year when they look forward to replenishing their wardrobes and closets with the Black Friday sales going live. Despite massive inflation, the biggest shopping event of the year is said to…

AP | | Posted by Yagya Sharma NASA’s Orion capsule entered an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles around the moon Friday, as it neared the halfway mark of its test flight.The capsule and its three test dummies entered lunar…

Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) commenced the countdown on Friday for the launch of Earth Observation Satellite - Oceansat - and eight other customer satellites on a from the spaceport of Sriharikota on…

PTI | | Posted by Yagya Sharma Scientists have developed an mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccine containing antigens from all twenty known subtypes of influenza A and B viruses, a strategy which may serve as the basis for universal flu…

US regulators approved CSL Behring’s Hemgenix-hemophilia B gene therapy worth $3.5 million a dose, making it the world's most expensive drug. The drug costs 28.58 crores (28,58,48,675.00) in Indian rupees.Here are five points to know…

For the first time, astronomers have observed how certain supermassive black holes launch jets of high-energy particles into space — and the process is shocking. Shock waves propagating along the jet of one such blazar contort…

Humans aren’t the only animals known to move to a musical beat. For instance, parrots do it, too. And now rats have been observed bopping their heads in time with the music of Mozart, Lady Gaga, Queen and others, researchers…

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 260 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia’s main island of Java.Bodies continued to be pulled from the debris on Tuesday in the…

A sacrificed spider monkey is shedding new light on an ancient Mesoamerican relationship.  The remains of a 1,700-year-old monkey found in the ancient city of Teotihuacan outside modern-day Mexico City suggest the primate was a…

France, Germany and Italy, the three biggest contributors to the European Space Agency, said Tuesday they have agreed to guarantee the future of the next-generation Ariane 6 and Vega-C rocket launcher systems. The countries also reaffirmed…

Marsupials may have richer social lives than previously thought. Generally considered loners, the pouched animals have a wide diversity of social relationships that have gone unrecognized, a new analysis published October 26 in…

Restroom visitors can expect cleaner knees and tidier floors, if they happen to use a new urinal inspired by curves in nature. The key to making a splashless urinal is ensuring that a person’s pee stream hits the porcelain at a…

For decades, scientists, public health officials and citizen advocates have sounded the alarm over perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS. These manufactured chemicals are used to make pans nonstick,…

Rings and rainbows A team of scientists claim they’ve uncovered a thin ring of light called a photon ring around the first black hole to have its picture taken, the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87. But skeptics…

A new gadget takes advantage of sharks’ sixth sense to send the fish scurrying away from deadly hooks. Sharks, rays and their relatives can detect tiny electric fields, thanks to bulbous organs concentrated near their heads…

The lungs’ immune defenses can wane with age, leaving older adults more susceptible to lung damage and severe bouts of respiratory infections. New research reveals one reason why this might happen: Inhaled particulate matter from…

As we head into our third pandemic winter, most people are all too familiar with the signs of COVID-19. The disease wears many different faces and can show up as chills, cough, difficulty breathing or other troublesome jumbles of…

Spacetech startup Pixxel is set to launch its third hyperspectral satellite – Anand – onboard ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Sriharikota spaceport on Saturday.Anand is a hyperspectral microsatellite weighing less…

After India’s first privately built rocket was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday, the space agency carried out another test which, it stressed, “marks a significant milestone toward realising the nation's…

Scientists have uncovered why certain parts of the brain are particularly vulnerable to Alzheimer's damage. It comes down to the gene APOE, the greatest genetic risk factor for the disease.According to researchers from Washington…

Brenda Garstone is on the hunt for her heritage. Parts of her cultural inheritance are scattered across the Tanami desert in northwestern Australia, where dozens of ancient boab trees are engraved with Aboriginal designs. These…

Great scientists become immortalized in various ways. Some through names for obscure units of measurement (à la Hertz, Faraday and Curie). Others in elements on the periodic table (Mendeleev, Seaborg, Bohr, among many others).…

San Francisco, November 18 : Samsung's upcoming affordable Galaxy A14 5G smartphone is likely to feature the new Exynos 1330 processor. The chipset is codenamed 'S5E8535', and has two powerful CPU cores running at…

New Delhi, Nov 18: Varanasi has become the first airport in Uttar Pradesh to enjoy ultrafast 5G service. Airtel on Friday announced the deployment of its 5G Plus service at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International…

Tesla Boss Elon Musk has been called "space Karen", "dictator's a**kisser", and "Worthless Billionaire" in a series of insults that were projected onto the Twitter headquarters in San Fransico. The insults were seen…