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WHO warns of 'long-term' effects of COVID-19 on patients' mental health

WHO's regional director for Europe Hans Kluge said mental health should be considered a "fundamental human right."

Explained: History of IPCC, the international body that reviews climate change effects

The body meets next week to vet and validate a summary of part one of its first major assessment in seven years.

Dream of becoming a space tourist? Here's how you can make it happen

First tickets sold by Virgin Galactic were sold for $200,000 to $250,000 each, but the cost for future sales will go up.

Twitter and Instagram reacts to Jeff Bezos' spaceflight with hilarious memes

On Tuesday, Earth's wealthiest person Jeff Bezos and a crew of three others blasted off and spent a mere three minutes in space.

China 'taken aback' by lab leak theory on coronavirus origin, rebuffs WHO's plans for further probe

China has frequently sought to deflect accusations that the pandemic originated in Wuhan and was allowed to spread by early bureaucratic missteps and an attempted coverup

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Twitter to break down just how rich is Jeff Bezos

Tyson had also said that neither Branson nor Bezos actually went to space since it was just a suborbital flight.

Amazonification of space has begun with private players making space travel accessible

The people who sold you the internet will now sell you the moon and the stars.

Explained: What does it take for an astronaut to conduct a spacewalk?

NASA designed its next-gen spacesuits in 1974 and astronauts are still wearing those suits despite the fact they were only designed to last 15 years.

UN exhibition showcases 28 images of plastic pollution around the world

Plastic waste can take anywhere from 20 to 500 years to decompose, and even then, it never fully disappears; it just gets smaller and smaller.

Explained: China has launched the world's biggest carbon trading scheme

The scheme, launched on 16 July, effectively puts a price on emitting carbon.

Explained: What is the controversy behind Ethiopia's mega-dam on river Nile?

Ethiopia in 2011 launched construction of the GERD on the Blue Nile, roughly 30 km from the border with Sudan.

After a month, NASA fixes Hubble and resumes science observations

The telescope also shared an image of galaxies with spiral arms and a pair of interacting galaxies in the southern hemisphere.

Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight with Jeff Bezos and crew takes off; everything you need to know

The all-civilian crew will include Bezos, his brother Mark; female pilot that NASA rejected for its astronaut program, Mary Wallace 'Wally' Funk and high school graduate Oliver Daemen.

Oliver Daemen is the youngest person to fly to space in Blue Origin spacecraft

Daemen is not the anonymous bidder who paid $28 million for a ticket in an online auction as they will fly on a future mission due to a scheduling conflict.

Jeff Bezos announces 82-year-old female pilot Wally Funk will launch into space with him

She will accompany Bezos, his brother and an auction winner will be the first people to fly in a Blue Origin rocket and capsule.

Jeff Bezos and crew will launch on Blue Origin spacecraft on 20 July: How to watch live

While the live stream will begin 90 minutes before the launch, the spacecraft will launch at 6:30 pm IST.

China's Zhurong rover captures images of its parachute, protective shells

Until Saturday, 17 July at 11 pm CST (8.30 pm IST), the rover has driven 509 metres on the Martian surface.

NASA's animated video gives viewers Juno's POV of flying over Jupiter, Ganymede

This video was taken on 7 June 2021 when Juno flew past the icy giant and its moon, closer than any spacecraft had in 20 years.

What do you need to know about the Guillain-Barré disease and Johnson and Johnson vaccines

This is not the first vaccine that has been linked to Guillain-Barré, although the risk appears to be tiny.

ISRO successfully conducts hot test of its Vikas engine for Gaganyaan

The test was done for the core L110 liquid stage of the human-rated GSLV MkIII vehicle, as part of the engine qualification requirements for the Gaganyaan programme.

Developing nations release five-point plan demanding climate funding before COP26

Fekadu Beyene, Ethiopian Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission said, "What's the point of agreeing on a new set of promises if we don't keep them?"

Climate change, deforestation turned Amazon forest into major CO2 emitter

If Amazonia — with 450 billion tonnes of CO2 locked in its trees and soil — were to become a consistent source, tackling the crisis would be more challenging.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: How will games impact the environment

Tokyo 2020 will leave an inevitable imprint on the planet.

High-tide flooding and how a moon wobble may put US coastline at risk in the mid-2030s

There is a concern that a leap in flood numbers on almost all US mainland coastlines, Hawaii and Guam and only the far northern coastlines, including Alaska’s, may be spared

COVID-19: Seven reasons why wearing masks was delayed in the west unnecessarily

A study shows that countries that made mask-wearing mandatory within 30 days of the first case emerging had dramatically fewer COVID-19 cases than others.

Shark teeth lost in Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth’s climate history

Sand tiger sharks were found around the world during the Eocene, suggesting they survived in a wide range of environments.

Rising temperatures can cause heat waves: Here are three tips to prevent heat stroke

Fans help by causing air movement over the skin, resulting in evaporation of sweat, which lowers the body temperature

India's poor cannot afford to beat the country's rising temperatures

India's average temperature rose around 0.7 Celsius between the 20th century and 2018 and is set to rise another 4.4 degrees by 2100, government report state.

Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos have opened up space for travel but not everyone can access it

Many private players are trying to make inroads into the space industry but the cost of travelling into the unknown is still very steep making it inaccessible for many.