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Why do leap years have 366days?

Guwahati, Feb. 25 -- Bhagya Subrayan, Purdue University You may be used to hearing that it takes the Earth 365 days to make a full lap, but that journey actually lasts about 365 and a quarter days. L... Read More


Satellites are burning up in the upper atmosphere

Guwahati, Feb. 24 -- Fionagh Thomson, Durham University Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites over the next six months, after it discovered a design flaw that ma... Read More


Potassium in our soil is running low, threatening global food security

Guwahati, Feb. 23 -- Will Brownlie, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; Mark Maslin, UCL, and Peter Alexander, The University of Edinburgh Soils around the world are running low on potassium, a key nu... Read More


Lovesickness, erotomania and death by heartbreak explained

Guwahati, Feb. 22 -- Dan Baumgardt, University of Bristol Absence makes the heart grow fonder. All you need is love. It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. If cliches an... Read More


Earth's evolution: Fresh insights from rocks formed 3.5 billion years ago

Tanzania, Feb. 22 -- Our Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Way back in its earliest years, vast oceans dominated. There were frequent volcanic eruptions and, because there was no free oxygen in ... Read More


Earth's evolution: Fresh insights from rocks formed 3.5bn years ago

Nairobi, Feb. 22 -- Our Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Way back in its earliest years, vast oceans dominated. There were frequent volcanic eruptions and, because there was no free oxygen in t... Read More


Earth's early evolution: Fresh insights from rocks formed 3.5 billion years ago

Nairobi, Feb. 22 -- Our Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Way back in its earliest years, vast oceans dominated. There were frequent volcanic eruptions and, because there was no free oxygen in t... Read More


Dieting & weight suppression can contribute to eatingdisorders

Guwahati, Feb. 22 -- Samantha Withnell, Western University and Lindsay Bodell, Western University Up to 72 per cent of women and 61 per cent of men are dissatisfied with their weight or body image, a... Read More


Suicide risk is higher in certain phases of the menstrual cycle

Guwahati, Feb. 21 -- Lynsay Matthews, University of the West of Scotland Women are twice as likely to attempt suicide than men. This difference appears at puberty, suggesting the menstrual cycle may ... Read More


What Wagner Group means for Russia's operations in Africa

Tanzania, Feb. 20 -- In August 2023, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died after his private jet crashed about an hour after taking off in Moscow. He had been Russia's pointman in Africa since th... Read More