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#Environment | Silence of the Wolves: How Human Landscapes Alter Howling Behaviour The researchers noted that as villages expand due to further development, wolves may find fewer areas to defend territory with their long-range howls. @randomcards✍️ science.thewire.in/environme…

Silence of the Wolves: How Human Landscapes Alter Howling Behaviour

Research suggests that in heavily human-altered landscapes, wolves might be adapting by suppressing their howl. While potentially helping conserve wolf populations, this could have adverse impact on...

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#Health | Why Less Sleep Cannot Make Workers More Productive A 70-hour week would translate to five 14-hour days for workers. The effect on sleep habits and, consequently, people’s health would be profound. Srinivasan Ramachandran✍️ science.thewire.in/health/wh…

Why Less Sleep Cannot Make Workers More Productive

A 70-hour week would translate to five 14-hour days for workers. The effect on sleep habits and, consequently, people's health would be profound.

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#Health | Why We Shouldn’t Lose Our Minds Over Sleep Sleep problems have the potential to endanger a person’s emotional and mental wellbeing. Behavioural changes, tension, and irritability are typical results. Nadrah Shafik✍️ science.thewire.in/health/wh…

Why We Shouldn’t Lose Our Minds Over Sleep

Our quest for the perfect slumber lies in the intricacies of REM sleep, circadian harmony, and the impact of modern technology.

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#Health | Are ‘Zombie’ Cancer Cells Why the Disease Sometimes Returns? A critical challenge facing researchers today is to understand what causes some senescent cancer cells to remain asleep and others to reawaken. Keefe Chan, Peter MacCallum✍️ science.thewire.in/health/ar…

Are ‘Zombie’ Cancer Cells Why the Disease Sometimes Returns?

Many cancer treatments are designed to kill cancer cells. For the most part, they do a good job initially. But when cancer returns, the prevailing thought is that some cancer cells have eluded the...

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#Health | A Game-Changing Study Opens New Avenues in Uterine Fibroid Research Fibroid cases are on a constant rise globally. Nearly 226.05 million women are diagnosed with fibroid presence in their uterus. Prathyusha I.V.S.N.✍️ science.thewire.in/health/a-…

A Game-Changing Study Opens New Avenues in Uterine Fibroid Research

Dealing with fibroid pain becomes easier as researchers find new signalling pathways associated with the fibroid cells.

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#Environment | Jet Black Pearl-Like Eggs Found at the Depth of the Pacific Ocean Aren’t What You Think Where the ocean determinedly hides its secrets in its dark bosom, we doggedly probe more and more of its wondrous secrets. Rohan Manna✍️ science.thewire.in/environme…

Jet Black Pearl-Like Eggs Found at the Depth of the Pacific Ocean Aren’t What You Think

These “eggs” were actually cocoons of platyhelminthes, commonly known as flatworms.

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#TheSciences | What Can We Do About Ultraprocessed Foods? Ultraprocessed foods are not just filling our plates; they’re also taking up more and more space in global conversations about public #health and nutrition. Alice Callahan✍️ science.thewire.in/health/wh…

What Can We Do About Ultraprocessed Foods?

Researchers are figuring out the features of these foods that harm our health — and proposing ways ahead.

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#Environment | Any Plans to Make #Lakshadweep a Tourist Hub That Rivals the #Maldives Could Prove Costly There is an obligation to protect the Islands' fragile ecology and limited assets. It's no shame to say we have insufficient space. Ranjan Solomon✍️ thewire.in/environment/any-p…

Any Plans to Make Lakshadweep a Tourist Hub That Rivals the Maldives Could Prove Costly

India cannot just open the floodgates to tourism. It must be scientifically paced. There is an obligation to protect the Islands' fragile ecology and limited assets. It's no shame to say we have...

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#Environment | Where Is the Winter Snow in the Himalayas? 'It is a matter of grave concern because snowfall ensures our water security and provides water for irrigation and farming to local villagers.' @JamwalNidhi✍️ science.thewire.in/environme…

Where Is the Winter Snow in the Himalayas?

'It should really worry us.'

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#Environment | A Heatwave in Antarctica Totally Blew the Minds of Scientists. What They Deciphered is Alarming Dana M. Bergstrom✍️ science.thewire.in/environme…

A Heatwave in Antarctica Totally Blew the Minds of Scientists. What They Deciphered is Alarming

In March 2022, Antarctica experienced an extraordinary heatwave. A major global research project was launched to unravel the reasons behind it and the damage it caused. The results give the global...

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#Explained: What’s Behind North India’s Winter Smog? It’s Not Just Stubble Burning. North India's December-January smog differs from its crop burning smog as there is more moisture near the ground at this time. Vinayak Sinha, Abhishek Mishra✍️ science.thewire.in/environme…

Explained: What’s Behind North India’s Winter Smog? It’s Not Just Stubble Burning.

Every January millions of people across India’s Ganges plain find themselves caught in fog – cloud at ground level. This cloud then mixes with smoke from open fires lit for heating and cooking and...

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India in #Space | ISRO Announces Placing Aditya L1 in Precise Halo Orbit #ISRO Chief S. Somanath said he looks forward “to a lot of scientific outcomes in the coming days. At least five years of life is guaranteed with the fuel left out in the satellite.” science.thewire.in/aerospace…

India in Space: ISRO Announces Placing Aditya L1 in Precise Halo Orbit

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that the “halo-orbit insertion of its solar observatory spacecraft, Aditya-L1, was accomplished at 16:00 Hrs (approx) on January...

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India Needs to Foster Research and Innovation in Environmental Science Efforts to safeguard the #environment have to negotiate a complex web of ecological, economic & social issues, and requires informed and innovative action. G. Aredath, Abi T. Vanak✍️ science.thewire.in/environme…

India Needs to Foster Research and Innovation in Environmental Science

India’s reformed research agenda must respond to the current situation and keep environment and climate front and centre.

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The Threat of Self-Censorship in Science Dan Falk interviews Cory Clark, a behavioural scientist at the University of Pennsylvania who believes many disputes could be resolved if scientists with differing viewpoints worked together. science.thewire.in/the-scien… #TheSciences

Interview: The Threat of Self-Censorship in Science

Behavioural scientist Cory Clark argues that scientists are often afraid of offending their peers’ political views.

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#Environment | The Sahara Desert Used To Be a Green Savannah and New Research Explains Why Edward Armstrong✍️ #TheSciences science.thewire.in/environme…

The Sahara Desert Used To Be a Green Savannah and New Research Explains Why

We identified why North Africa greened approximately every 21,000 years over the past eight million years. It was caused by changes in the Earth’s orbital precession – the slight wobbling of the...

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#TheSciences | US and UK Approve Gene Editing Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease What makes this therapy unique is that it uses a gene-editing technology known as CRISPR, which allows for precise and efficient editing of the genetic code. Merlin Crossley✍️ science.thewire.in/the-scien…

US and UK Approve Gene Editing Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

Using the safe and sensible CRISPR technology that has the power to help the 300,000 babies born with sickle cell disease each year and the nearly 10 million people estimated to suffer from this...

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#Environment | Hydrogen Makes Itself At Home Replacing gas with electricity appears to be the preferred end game in the extinction of fossil fuels in the home. Hugh Davies✍️ science.thewire.in/environme…

Hydrogen Makes Itself At Home

Hydrogen can revolutionise clean energy, transport, decarbonise industrial processes … and cook your dinner.

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#Environment | Do Wild Varieties of Crops Hold the Key To Developing More Resilient #Agriculture? As hostile weather intensifies, plant breeding focused on climate-adapted crops has taken on a sense of urgency. Lourdes Medrano✍️ science.thewire.in/environme…

Do Wild Varieties of Crops Hold the Key To Developing More Resilient Agriculture?

Scientists are figuring out how to breed beans, peppers, potatoes, and various other grains, fruits, and vegetables that can withstand the harsh conditions of a changing climate.

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#Environment | Key Antarctic Glacier Has Undergone Irreversible Retreat, Study Shows The speed of the glacier’s retreat and the rate at which it has been losing ice have led to concerns about how stable the region is. B. Reed, H. Gudmundsson, M. Green✍️ science.thewire.in/environme…

Key Antarctic Glacier Has Undergone Irreversible Retreat, Study Shows

Pine Island Glacier experienced irreversible mass loss and retreat, starting in the 1940s. Our model suggests that a temporary increase in melting under its floating ice shelf was enough to push the...

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How India’s Public Health System Can Reach Rural Women Suffering Domestic Abuse @theplainjain✍️ science.thewire.in/health/in…

How India’s Public Health System Can Reach Rural Women Suffering Domestic Abuse

The key is identifying gender-based violence in villages early, together with counselling services at the lowest levels and support by ASHAs.

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