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  Rivers Across 8 States Flow Above Danger Mark As Heavy Rain Continues

  Several rivers across Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal are flowing above danger levels, posing a risk to the people living in the low-lying areas.

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  "Creepiest Date": Bengaluru Woman Claims Man Tracked Down Her Address, Sent Her Gift

  The woman shared the experience on social media, recounting how she had matched with the man on a dating app, exchanged numbers, but was shocked to receive the surprise delivery.

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  How Pigs, High-Tech Tools Can Help In Search For Mexican Drug Cartel Victims

  First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape, others they chop up. They stuff the animals into plastic bags or wrap them in blankets. They cover them in lime or burn them.

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  From Antarctica To Brussels, Hunting Climate Clues In Old Ice

  Ice dating back millions of years can be found deep inside Antarctica, close to the South Pole, buried under kilometres of fresher ice and snow.

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  NASA's New Horizons Proves Deep-Space Navigation via Stellar Parallax

  NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft accomplished a world-first by performing a deep-space stellar navigation test using stellar parallax. On April 23, 2020, while 438 million miles from Earth, it imaged nearby stars Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359. From the spacecraft’s distant viewpoint, the stars appeared slightly shifted compared to Earth-based obs...

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  Seasons And Geographic Locations Strongly Influence Sleep Patterns: Study

  The study, led by researchers from Flinders University in South Australia, finds that sleep is shaped not just by personal habits, but by environmental factors like daylight, temperature, and weekly routines.

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  Air India Plane's 'Black Boxes' Found. What Are They? Why Are They Orange?

  The Cockpit Voice Recorder, or CVR, of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad last week - losing thrust 36 seconds after take-off and slamming into buildings near the airport, killing 274 people - was recovered Monday.

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  Oracle Said to Buy $40 Billion of Nvidia Chips for OpenAI's US Data Center

  Oracle reportedly plans to spend approximately $40 billion on Nvidia's high-performance chips to power a new US data center for OpenAI. According to a report in The Financial Times, Oracle will acquire around 400,000 of Nvidia's powerful GB200 chips. Located in Abilene, Texas, this data center is part of the US Stargate Project, aimed at boosting t...

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  China's BeiDou, A GPS Rival, Powers Over 1 Trillion Daily Location Checks

  China's BeiDou satellite system is now powering billions of location checks daily and backing a growing chunk of the country's tech-driven economy, new data shows.

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  Astronomers Discover Teleios, A Supernova Remnant with Perfect Symmetry

  A newly discovered supernova remnant named “Teleios,” meaning “perfect” in Greek, is astonishing scientists with its rare circular symmetry. Detected using data from ASKAP’s Evolutionary Map of the Universe, Teleios (G305.4–2.2) could be located 7,170 or 25,100 light years away. With a steep spectral index and low surface brightness, it...

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  DoT Issues Norms for Satcom Services as Musk's Starlink Looks to Enter Indian Market

  The DoT has barred companies from linking connection of users in any form with any terminal or facility located outside the country's border as well as processing of their data overseas. The move assumes significance as the government is, for the first time, gearing up to open satellite communication service for the general public

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  James Webb Telescope Captures Neptune’s Auroras in Stunning Detail

  The James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first-ever direct images of Neptune’s auroras, revealing surprising details about the ice giant’s atmosphere. Unlike auroras on Earth, Jupiter, or Saturn, Neptune’s auroras appear across unexpected locations due to its tilted and offset magnetic field. Scientists also detected the presence of H...

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  Snapchat Spectacles Get GPS-Powered AR Lenses and New Hand Tracking Capabilities

  Snapchat on Monday commemorated six months since the launch of the new fifth generation Snapchat Spectacles by announcing new AR effects and platform features for the augmented reality (AR) glasses. Lenses, which is what the company calls its AR effects, can now be built using GPS, GNSS, compass heading, and custom locations to provide real-time wa...

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  Smallest Galaxy Ever Found: Andromeda XXXV Defies Cosmic Evolution Models

  Astronomers have discovered Andromeda XXXV, the smallest and faintest known galaxy, located 3 million light-years away. It challenges existing models of galaxy formation, as similar small galaxies were thought to be destroyed in the early universe. Researchers are studying how it retained conditions for star formation despite harsh cosmic environme...

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  Airtel's New Rs. 59 Prepaid Recharge Pack Reportedly Gets Weekend Data Rollover Facility

  Bharti Airtel has introduced a new recharge plan for its prepaid mobile users with data rollover benefits, according to a report. Dubbed as the Weekend Rollover Data Pack, it is said to carry over the unused mobile data saved from the weekdays and add it to the existing allowance for the weekend. It is currently reported to be available to Airtel u...