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Greta Thunberg appeals for changes in farming, food consumption in the face of repeated global health crises

"The climate crisis, ecological crisis and health crisis, they are all interlinked," Thunberg said in a video posted on social media for International Biodiversity Day.

Virgin Galactic reaches edge of Earth's atmosphere for the first time with two pilots

Founder Sir Richard Branson said this brings the roughly 15-year-old venture tantalizingly close to commercial flights for tourists.

China's Zhurong rover begins its 90-day exploration of Utopia Planitia on Mars

China has come a long way in its race to catch up with the US and Russia, who have decades of experience in space exploration.

WHO's upcoming lab in Switzerland to study emerging threats from viruses

The BioHub lab will allow members to share biological materials to ensure timeliness when responding to potential outbreaks.

Will COVID-19 third wave hit children hard? Health ministry issues guidelines; all you need to know

These guidelines are categorised on the basis of severity of the infection: mild and asymptomatic, moderate and severe.

Global Health Summit: G20, EU discuss how to recover from COVID-19 pandemic, prevent it from happening again

The EU is expected to announce a new initiative to support local manufacturing in Africa as the leaders emphasise the importance of scaling up vaccination efforts.

Earth is currently home to anywhere between 50 billion to 428 billion birds, says new study

While this study might've only focused on birds, their approach could be used to "count" other species.

China’s Zhurong rover sends its first image and video of the Martian surface

The Tianwen-1 probe sent a video showing the lander and the rover separating from the orbiter during landing.

World's largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica, says European Space Agency

Called A-76 and roughly the shape of Manhattan but more than 70 times bigger, the iceberg was picked up on satellite images and is currently the "largest berg in the world"

Conflicts and natural disasters in 2020 displaced 40.5 million people worldwide, says report

Someone was forced to flee their home inside their own country every single second last year.

India to procure 267 crore COVID-19 vaccines, all adults will be vaccinated by 2021 end: Health Minister

He also said that "between August to December 2021, India will have procured 216 crore vaccine doses, while, by July this year, 51 crore doses will be procured."

You have to learn from history, but we don't seem to, says WHO scientist Soumya Swaminathan

She watched HIV patients die horrible deaths when treatments were already available in the West.

China postpones launch of second space station module for technical reasons

The Tianzhou-2 cargo craft was expected to carry essentials like food and space suits to the core module that's already in space.

Multiple studies, letter from experts force AIIMS-ICMR to drop plasma therapy as COVID-19 treatment

At the start of the pandemic, CPT was thought to be effective, but research and data showed this is not true.

Serum institute will deliver COVID-19 vaccines to COVAX, other nations by end-2021

COVAX is dependent on nearly one billion doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine being made by the Serum Institute.

No evidence of Remdesivir's effectiveness, might be dropped as COVID-19 treatment: Dr DS Rana

Ganga Ram hospital Chairperson Dr DS Rana said, "Medicines that do not have any activity to work, will have to be discontinued."

Stop new fossil fuel projects to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050: IEA report

Overall, fossil fuels are set to account for only around a fifth of the energy supply by 2050, down from almost four-fifths currently.

India's COVID-19 variant spreads more easily than other variants: Here's all we know

Data has appeared “rather reassuring” that Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccine is effective against this variant.

China will soon have a monopoly on space stations as it begins construction of Tiangong

The ISS is coming to its natural end and is scheduled to be decommissioned after 2024 to leave place for the Lunar Gateway.

From WASP-76b's iron rain, Titan's methane lakes to Jupiter's lightning storm: Four cases of alien weather

In this search for life, astronomers have found a huge variety of potential worlds out there.

Two first time astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari join SpaceX's Crew-3 mission to visit the ISS

She will join NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn along with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer during the mission.

Climate change causing frequent cyclones as they draw energy from warm waters

Cyclone Tauktae could be the biggest to hit western India in three decades.

ICMR, Health Ministry release guidelines to contain COVID-19 in peri-urban and rural areas

A system should be created to provide pulse oximeters, thermometers on loan to families through Anganwadi workers and village-level volunteers.

China’s ambitious plans in space go beyond the moon and Mars

China is planning a single, 10-year mission to collect a sample from an asteroid and pass by a comet.

ICMR releases diagnosis and management guidelines for COVID-19-associated Mucormycosis

The correlation between COVID-19 and Mucormycosis isn't surprising, as the biggest risk factors are uncontrolled diabetes and immune suppressant steroids.

Poor nutrition changes the way body fights an infection, might protect people against severe COVID-19

However, this doesn't mean we ignore the fact that malnutrition is killing millions and not work towards curbing food insecurity globally.

Mammals can breathe through anus in emergency situations, say Japanese scientists

They say the finding might also apply to humans who are in respiratory distress when ventilators are not available or inadequate.

Donating 20% of June-August vaccine stocks to COVAX, G7 and EU nations can close vaccine gap: UNICEF

Just 0.3 percent have been administered in the 29 lowest-income countries, home to nine percent of the world's population.

Slots booked for second Covishield dose won't be cancelled on Co-WIN: Centre

However online or on-site appointments won't be booked if the period after the first dose date is less than 84 days.

Mexican paleontologists identify new 'talkative' dinosaur, believed to have existed nearly 73 million years ago

The animal is called Tlatolophus galorum. Its tail was discovered first, in the General Cepeda area of the northern state of Coahuila in 2013.