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== Did you know? ==
 
== Did you know? ==
  
===What is in a black hole===
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===Frog Eyes!!===
[[File:astronomersr.jpg|100px|left]] '''Astronomers reveal content of Black Hole Jets: Positively Charged Atoms'''
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[[File:frogeyes.jpg|500px]]<br>
"An international team of astronomers has answered a long standing question about the enigmatic jets emitted by black holes, in research published today in prestigious journal Nature. Jets are narrow beams of matter spat out at high speed from near a central object, like a black hole. "Although they have been observed for decades, we're still not sure what they are made of, or what powers them," ESO astronomer Dr María Díaz Trigo, lead author of the study, said.
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Click [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Astronomy_additional_resources here] to read more.
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1: Pedostibes tuberculosus, Ghatophryne ornata, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Hylarana sp., Hylarana sp., Clinotarsus curtipes<br>
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For more information click [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:Science/News#Frog_Eyes.21.21 here]
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*Each of these images is cropped from a macro image of a live frog photographed in the wild.
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*None of them were harmed.  
  
''Image Acknowledgement'': This is a model of the black hole system with the jets that have been found to contain atomic matter.
 
Credit: J. Miller-Jones (ICRAR) using software created by R. Hynes.
 
  
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===Tiktaalik roseae - Between fish and land animal===
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Tiktaalik is a new species that was disovered in 2006 that has fish like features and features like a land animal.  They have features of fish as well as tretrapods.  Several fossils have been discovered of this fish. An extant fish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alligator_gar.png Alligator Gar] resembles the Tiktaalik most.  Click [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#Tiktaalik_roseae_-_Between_fish_and_land_animal here] for more details.
  
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===Why the platypus will never have a stomach===
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Researchers have found that the animals without stomachs have completely lost the complex genes required for gastric digestion. Click [http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/why-the-platypus-will-never-have-a-stomach here] to read more.
  
[[File:resizdDNA genes.JPG|left|200px]]Right now a case is being heard before the United States Supreme Court on whether a gene sequence known to cause breast cancer (BRCA 1 and BRCA 2) can be patented by one company.  This is one of the cases where the social and ethical implications of scientific discoveries have come to the fore. A private company has argued that since it "discovered" these genes only they could develop and administer tests for this gene.  This, of course, means that many women will have no access to such potentially life-saving diagnostic strategies. Further this would hinder the progress of science itself as entities other than the patent holder would not be allowed to study or observe genes.  This case is being heard by the court now and the pharmaceutical company is being opposed by public interest groups and association of scientists.   For more information you can access the argument [http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/supreme_court_preview/briefs-v2/12-398_neither_amcu_lander.authcheckdam.pdf here].
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===Hexagonal North Pole of Saturn===
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There is a hexagonal cloud over the North Pole of Saturn. This was first discovered in 1980s and astronomers are trying to understand why this is happening. Click [http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/newsreleases/newsrelease20131204/ here] to read more.
  
''Image Acknowledgement: http://geneed.nlm.nih.gov/index.php''
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===More news===
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*[http://www.ncert.nic.in/departments/nie/desm/publication/pdf/SLSMEE-2014-15%E2%80%93GuidelinesEnglish.pdf NCERT guidelines of science exhibition 2014-15]
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*[http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#Gene_Circuits Gene Circuits]
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*[http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#BRCA_gene_for_breast_cancer BRCA Gene]
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*[http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#What_is_in_a_black_hole What is in a Black Hole]
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===HOW OUR BRAIN WORKS AND HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT===
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*[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kF2x6TIen2c/UwNxdDoDcTI/AAAAAAAABpk/Zrj8Todsmeo/w506-h553/IMG_9914915624794.jpeg-HOW

Latest revision as of 05:11, 16 August 2016

Did you know?

Frog Eyes!!

Frogeyes.jpg
IDs L-R by row number: 1: Pedostibes tuberculosus, Ghatophryne ornata, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Hylarana sp., Hylarana sp., Clinotarsus curtipes
For more information click here

  • Each of these images is cropped from a macro image of a live frog photographed in the wild.
  • None of them were harmed.


Tiktaalik roseae - Between fish and land animal

Tiktaalik is a new species that was disovered in 2006 that has fish like features and features like a land animal. They have features of fish as well as tretrapods. Several fossils have been discovered of this fish. An extant fish Alligator Gar resembles the Tiktaalik most. Click here for more details.

Why the platypus will never have a stomach

Researchers have found that the animals without stomachs have completely lost the complex genes required for gastric digestion. Click here to read more.

Hexagonal North Pole of Saturn

There is a hexagonal cloud over the North Pole of Saturn. This was first discovered in 1980s and astronomers are trying to understand why this is happening. Click here to read more.

More news

HOW OUR BRAIN WORKS AND HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT