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Humans walking on the moon have always fascinated those of us on Earth. However, the moon’s low gravity presents challenges for human physiology, causing muscle atrophy and bone demineralization. Fortunately, scientists have proposed a potential solution to help humans cope with the low-gravity conditions on the moon. A study published in the Royal Society Open Science introduces the idea of …

Have you ever misplaced your keys for a few days and felt the frustration? Now imagine losing a satellite for a whopping 25 years! That’s exactly what happened with the S73-7 satellite, which has just recently been spotted, turning its story into something akin to a cosmic mystery novel. **Lost in Space** Launched in 1974, the S73-7 satellite mysteriously disappeared …

On Friday, May 3, China successfully launched a significant lunar mission aimed at gathering rocks and soil from the moon’s far side. The unmanned Chang’e-6 probe was launched aboard a rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on Hainan Island at approximately 5:27 pm local time. The Chang’e-6 is on a mission to land in the South Pole-Aitken Basin, located …

A distressing event unfolded at a dairy farm in Texas, where over half of the resident cats succumbed after consuming raw milk from cows found to be infected with bird flu. This incident occurred shortly after the US Department of Agriculture identified the first bird flu case in cows. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detailed in a …

A new cluster of COVID-19 variants, named ‘FLiRT’, is emerging in the US, derived from the JN.1 lineage of the Omicron variant, which previously surged at the start of the year. These FLiRT variants, which include KP.2, are marked by mutations identified by the letters F, L, R, and T in their genetic codes. According to the latest data from …

A walrus in Norway’s Arctic islands has succumbed to bird flu, marking the first known case of its kind, according to a researcher from the Norwegian Polar Institute. The deceased walrus was discovered last year on Hopen Island, part of the Svalbard archipelago, which is located about 1,000 kilometers from the North Pole. Christian Lydersen informed AFP that this instance …

Samsung Electronics announced a significant rise in operating profit for the January-March quarter, with a tenfold increase driven by the expanding role of artificial intelligence technologies in boosting the computer memory chip market. The tech giant, a leader in semiconductors and smartphones, reported an operating profit of 6.6 trillion won ($4.8 billion), a sharp increase from the 640 billion won …

AstraZeneca has acknowledged that its COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, may cause Thrombosis Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS) in extremely rare instances. TTS is a severe condition characterized by blood clots and low platelet levels. This admission could potentially lead to significant legal settlements for the pharmaceutical company. Covishield, developed by the British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca in partnership with Oxford University, was introduced in 2021 …