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Accidents happen on Indian roads every day. Unfortunately, many people lose their lives or sustain serious injuries in such accidents. In most cases, rash driving and overspeeding are often the reasons for these accidents. While we have heard of incidents where people actually lose their lives on the road, there are also cases where people miraculously walk away from major accidents without any injuries. Here, we have one such incident from Kerala, where a schoolboy on a bicycle miraculously escaped being crushed under…

As the Sun is approaching the solar maximum, scientists are making new discoveries every day about it including its rising temperatures and its impact on the solar weather. We are well into the solar cycle 25 and the conditions are much worse than they were expected. Yes, the Sun's volatility has increased exponentially and what is going to happen next is looking quite unpredictable.Recently scientists have found that the sunspots are being birthed at a very high rate and it has actually reached its highest since…

Three new Philips Hue lights have launched in the UK. From today, a new, smaller bulb size is available to buy, as well as updates to the Surimu and Aurelle panels in fresh shapes and sizes. Plus, new features are coming via software updates later this year to the Philips Hue Bridge and Hue app that’ll increase customisation and control over lighting. Don’t forget that to unlock all the features of the lights, you’ll need a Hue Bridge ($59.99/ £49.99). The bridge will let you sync your lights, control them…

Periodicity of the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) in ERA5 reanalysis, a fully coupled Earth system model (CESM-WACCM), and two idealized GCM setups. Solid black lines indicate the normalized power spectra of the Southern Hemisphere zonal index z1 in (a) ERA5 (1979–2020 year-round), (b) CESM-WACCM, (c) an idealized GCM with a propagating regime, and (d) an idealized GCM with a non-propagating regime. The z1 is computed from seasonal cycle-removed data (see…

An example of a summer population of Limacina rangii from the Scotia Sea. Larger juveniles living alongside a smaller, larval stage cohort. Credit: Dr. Vicky PeckResearchers investigating the life cycles of pteropods in the Southern Ocean have discovered varying degrees of susceptibility to oceanic changes among different species.Approximately one-fourth of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are absorbed by the world’s oceans. When this absorption occurs, CO2 interacts with seawater, leading to a drop in the ocean’s pH…

Despite the crypto market being notoriously unpredictable, investors and analysts cannot help but try and make sense of the goings-on of it so they might keep themselves a step ahead of the competition. Recently, the founder of Litecoin, Charlie Lee, predicted that Litecoin is poised for a 700% gain compared to Bitcoin. In this article, we will analyze the similarities and differences between Litecoin and Bitcoin and discuss what lessons can Dogetti, a rising star in the crypto market, can learn. Litecoin – Predictions…

The cryptocurrency market has been very volatile lately, and many new investors who ventured into crypto investment during the 2021 bull run have since withdrawn due to unexpected losses. However, seasoned crypto traders see the dip as a perfect opportunity to pick up tokens for the next ride. Interestingly, crypto experts predict a bull run in 2023. But one needs to know potential projects to maximize the bull cycle fully. Wondering what tokens to buy? STEPN (GMT), Monero (XMR), and Uwerx should be on your list, and…

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after a person has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, combat, sexual assault, or other life-threatening situations. Symptoms of PTSD include recurrent intrusive thoughts and flashbacks, avoidance of reminders of the traumatic event, negative changes in mood and cognition, and increased anxiety and arousal.A recent study has revealed that sleep spindles, which are brief bursts of brain activity captured…

Peering into the borehole of the operation to retrieve sediment and water samples from Mercer Lake. Credit: Kathy Kasic, Billy Collins Subglacial lakes that never see the light of day are among the least accessible frontiers of science, brimming with more tales yet untold than even the planets of our solar system. One thing seems certain: where there is water, there is life—even if said water is at the bottom of a frigid lake,…

We scroll through social media platforms every day, and sometimes we come across a video or a photograph that brings a smile to our faces. Some of these videos or images go viral, and people even recognize them because of their popularity. There have been several instances like this in the past. Here we have a video that might bring back memories of childhood, at least for some of you who are reading this article. The video that has been shared online shows an old man enjoying the rain while cycling through the road.…