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Climate risks will be irreversible even if world manages to limital global warming to 1.5C says UNEP report
The report suggests that governments use the fiscal recovery from the pandemic to prioritise interventions that achieve both economic growth and climate change resilience.
WHO calls for development of vaccine for GBS infection that causes 150,000 stillbirths, infant deaths every year
Currently, women with GBS are given antibiotics during labour to reduce the chance of it passing to their baby but this poses problems in places where screening and antibiotic administration during labour are less accessible.
COVID-19 Fact Check: The Pfizer COVID vaccine is safe for children aged 5-11 years says FDA
The FDA assessed the safety of the kid-size doses in 3,100 vaccinated youngsters and has said that kids between 5 to 11 years will get just a third of the dose given to teens and adults.
Psychotherapist Dr Aaron Beck known as the father of cognitive therapy, died at the age of 100
He discovered that patients who learn to recognize the faulty logic of their negative automatic thoughts could learn to overcome their fears, think more rationally, which diminished their anxiety and improved their mood.
We The Change: We need to invest in our future by protecting and conserving our water bodies
To attain an optimal value of ecosystem services, ecological infrastructure is key.
COP26: What will the world look like at 3C of warming? How different will it be from 1.5C warming?
A 3 C world will be a lot worse than a 1.5 C world.
COP26: Climate change magnifying natural disasters, cities aren’t adapting as quickly enough
Adaptation in the shorter term is moving much more sluggishly but reshaping cities in a timely manner can be extremely expensive.
Two Indian teenage girls honored by Duchess of Cornwall for COVID essays for Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2021
Aditi S Nair and Raisa Gulati wrote the essays on the positive impact of COVID-19 on nature and how the attempt of the deadly virus to destroy human beings was thwarted by lockdowns and vaccines, respectively.
From Leonid Meteor Showers to partial lunar eclipse: Here a list of celestial events in November to look out for
On 18 November, one will have an excellent chance to spot planet Uranus, if one looks north of the nearly Full Moon.
Climate change, shift in rainfall, temperature could impact crop production by 2030 finds NASA
Maize yields are expected to fall by around 24 percent, according to the data, while wheat production might rise by around 17 percent.
World leaders at COP26 will pledge multibillion-dollars to end world's deforestation by 2030
The signatories include Brazil and Russia, which have been singled out for accelerating deforestation in their territories, as well as the United States, China, Australia and France.
NASA, SpaceX push back launch of four astronauts to the ISS, for the second time, due to medical issues
"The issue is not a medical emergency and not related to COVID-19," NASA said in a statement, without giving further details.
Prognostic tests can guide the treatment of people who are suffering from Breast Cancer
About 50 percent of breast cancer cases occur in women with no prior identifiable cause or hereditary basis.
We The Change: We need to restore the planet while creating sustainable livelihoods for people
The cost of mitigation through restoration is very less compared to the cost we will have to bear when disasters strike.
We The Change: Climate change is accelerating floods and India needs enhanced forecasting to adapt
Despite decades of modernisation efforts, the Central Water Commission (CWC) does not have ‘real-time data’ on floods and depends on manual data for its policymaking.
In the Arctic's, global warming is happening three times faster than in the rest of the world
Permafrost -- defined as soil that stays frozen year-round for at least two consecutive years -- lies under about a quarter of the land in the Northern Hemisphere.
COP26: Climate change tipping points are keeping scientists on their toes - Everything you need to know
In most cases, reversing the changes set in motion would be beyond the grasp of humanity for many generations, if not millennia.
ADHD can't be cured, but its symptoms can be managed with therapy and regular medications
Years of research have shown that people with ADHD can be successful when they, their families and teachers work hard to build skills and change behaviour patterns that complicate everyday life.
Blue Origin plans to launch private space station for commerce and research, can house 10 people at one time
According to a fact sheet released by Blue Origin, Orbital Reef will fly at an altitude of 500 kilometers (310 miles), slightly above the ISS, with inhabitants experiencing 32 sunrises and sunsets a day.
COP26 will decide the direction of the fight against global warming: Here’s what needs to go right
progress can be slow because global climate talks involve people from all around the globe with different interests, preferences, and mandates.
Aftermath of wildfires changes the habitat and can impact wildlife in both good and bad ways
Mice, squirrels and other burrowing animals dig into cooler ground, bears climb trees, deer and bobcats run, small animals take cover in logs and birds fly to escape the flames, heat and smoke.
Africa trying to replicate Moderna's COVID vaccine in an attempt to lessen the gap of vaccine inequity
Some experts see reverse engineering — recreating vaccines from fragments of publicly available information — as one of the few remaining ways to redress the power imbalances of the pandemic.
Advising committee member resigns after NASA refuses to change telescope named after homophobic former administrator
The telescope was originally named just ‘Next Generation Space Telescope,’ but in 2002, then NASA boss Sean O’Keefe renamed it to honour Webb, who had served the US space agency during the Apollo era.
New Delta subvariant AY.4.2 spreads fast in UK, US, Russia, Israel: Everything you need to know
Experts say that given how the Delta variant has predominated samples of Covid-19 globally for more than six months, it was seen as an indication that the novel coronavirus had reached its “evolutionary limit".
Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot is safe, 95.6 percent effective against virus in patients 16 years and older
Several countries have already approved Covid-19 booster shots to increase immunity in people who have already been vaccinated, but whose protection may have dipped after several months, per some studies.
Largest triceratops skeleton unearthed, Big John, was auctioned for 6.6 million euros in Paris
Big John's skeleton is 60 percent complete and was unearthed in South Dakota in the United States in 2014 and put together by specialists in Italy.
COVID-19 Fact Check: As long as COVID persists, new variants of the virus will keep emerging
Delta is twice as contagious as earlier versions of the virus and it could still mutate to become more infectious, it probably won’t double its transmission rate.
Elephants in Mozambique may never develop tusks due to civil war, constant poaching finds study
Genes are responsible for whether elephants inherit tusks from their parents, once rare occurance, it has become more common — like a rare eye colour becoming widespread.
48 countries most vulnerable to climate change effects laid out demands for richer nations ahead of COP26
The group also called for governments to update their emissions goals at each annual climate summit, something rich countries currently only do every five years.
Boeing to test unmanned Starliner capsule at the start of 2022, crewed launch may occur later in the year
Starliner was scheduled to fly to the ISS on 3 August but the flight was aborted hours before launch because of problems with propulsion system valves.