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The connectome covers 166,691 neurons across the brain and nerve cord, giving researchers their first comprehensive male-female comparison at the level of individual synapses.
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The four-student team’s awards span examinations, field investigation and project work, reflecting a competition that combines individual achievement with international collaboration.
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IMD expects below-normal all-India rainfall in September 2026 and above-normal temperatures across most of the country. A strengthening El Niño raises the risk, but it does not determine what every region will see.
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An Egyptian mission says a Saqqara excavation has uncovered Sekhentyu-Ptah’s Old Kingdom tomb, burial shafts and artefacts that show the area’s long reuse.
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The observatory is scheduled to lift off from Florida at 4:56 p.m. IST on Sunday, subject to weather and final countdown checks. Its wide-field infrared camera is built to survey far more of the sky at once than Hubble.
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ISRO says the first Gaganyaan test flight could launch in Q4 2026, but it will carry no astronauts and two more uncrewed missions are planned before the first crewed flight.
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Published in 2025, the survey also recorded 36,237 sheep at 55 Texas sites and identified fencing, water and site design as practical limits on solar grazing.
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Miami matched a 100°F temperature last recorded in 1942 after westerly flow held back the cooling sea breeze. An Oklahoma Mesonet station reached 112°F the same day.
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The species is still formally listed as Endangered, but researchers and BirdLife now recommend Critically Endangered status as hunting and forest conversion concentrate most remaining birds in Timor-Leste.
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Researchers analysing 4,611 marine samples found that rarely observed bacterial genera occupied important connector roles in modelled microbial networks. The study reveals network structure, not a direct forecast of future ocean health.
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Researchers model unusual JWST spectra from 660 million years after the Big Bang as light from a supermassive black hole filtered through dense, turbulent gas. The explanation could inform ideas about rapid early growth, but it remains an interpretation.
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NASA says a coordinated power-saving operation nicknamed the “Big Bang” has succeeded. It delays another science-instrument shutdown, but it is not a guarantee of how long the 48-year-old spacecraft will continue working.
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South Korea’s Danuri orbiter recorded the lunar surface before and after a spent Falcon 9 upper stage struck the Moon, giving researchers a rare view of a newly formed impact site.
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A total solar eclipse will cross northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a small corner of Portugal on August 12, 2026. India is outside the visible region, but NASA’s live broadcast is scheduled to begin at 10:45 p.m. IST.
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ESA is asking European researchers and companies to propose guest software experiments for Hera, with a one-month campaign planned for August 2027 after its main asteroid investigation.
Read articleA 2026 study found marine-derived micro-eukaryotes and RNA evidence of activity around Antarctica’s Blood Falls, while leaving their history unresolved.
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According to a local report, forest users in Nepal's Dang District found what was identified as a king cobra nest on July 15. The community forest user group restricted nearby resource collection while officials and a conservationist monitored the site.
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NASA's Juno spacecraft measured temperature several metres beneath Io's surface, revealing a steep rise. Two models could explain the signal, so the finding is not a map of magma.
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A 2026 Science Advances study describes one roughly 8–10-micrometre alloy grain in hiroshimaite debris. Its composition and cubic crystal structure were measured; its proposed formation through vapour condensation and rapid cooling remains an inference.
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NASA says Anil Menon and Jessica Meir are scheduled to step outside the International Space Station on August 6 to prepare its 3B power channel for another roll-out solar array.
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Astronomers mapped about 200 million stars to trace a long decline in Andromeda’s star-making activity, including a sharper slowdown over the past 40 million years.
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Eligible smart-meter households in three Australian regions can opt into a daily midday free-power window, but supply charges and other electricity costs still apply.
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Beatriz Flamini spent 500 days in a Spanish cave with no daylight, clocks or outside news. Her Time Cave story shows how isolation can blur time, memory and routine.
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Europe's late-June heatwave broke records and strained roads, rail tracks, power systems and public services. The bigger lesson is that infrastructure built for milder summers is being tested.
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A careful look at a theoretical gravastar model, how it differs from a black hole, and why the idea remains unproven.
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