Catching COVID-19 from surfaces is very unlikely, maybe we should ease up on the constant disinfecting- Technology News, FP

The ConversationMar 01, 2021 10:00:05 ISTA lot has happened over the past year, so you can be forgiven for not having a clear memory of what some of the major…

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Soyuz rocket launches first Russian satellite for monitoring Arctic climate- Technology News, FP

Agence France-PresseMar 01, 2021 09:44:10 ISTA Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday carrying Russia's first satellite for monitoring the Arctic's climate, the Roscosmos space…

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Astronauts complete seven hour spacewalk to prep ISS for its new solar panels- Technology News, FP

The Associated PressMar 01, 2021 09:24:28 ISTSpacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year. NASA’s…

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Push too hard and lights go out: New study points to Chinese role in Mumbai’s October blackout

Cyber attacks give another option — less devastating than a nuclear attack, but capable of giving a country a strategic and psychological edge Washington: Early last summer, Chinese and Indian troops…

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Rare Diseases Day 2021: ‘Orphans’ of the health system, DMD patients are denied access to diagnosis, timely treatment

Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited diseases that damage and weaken your muscles over time. Any disease that affects a small percentage of the population is a rare disease.…

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We have telescopes in space, rovers on other worlds – our search for alien life continues- Technology News, FP

Siddharth PandeyFeb 28, 2021 11:14:10 ISTFor more than a century, our imagination has fuelled our search for aliens. We have envisioned them as giant robots, little green men, or slimy…

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How audio chatrooms like Clubhouse are tapping anew into the age-old appeal of the human voice

Clubhouse’s key attribute is its medium: audio, which sets it apart from established social media and messaging services like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and YouTube that use text, photos, video…

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Xiaomi further localizes India supply chain via BYD, DBG partnerships – TC

China’s Xiaomi had dominated the Indian smartphone market for three consecutive years until recently losing the top spot to Samsung. It has played by the Indian government’s rulebook to support…

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Has a startup finally found one of food science’s holy grails with its healthy sugar substitute? – TC

A little less than three years ago at the Computer Science Museum in Mountain View, Calif. the founders of a young company hailing from Cambridge, England addressed a crowd of…

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