Scientists in Iceland are turning carbon dioxide into stone by injecting it into volcanic rock, and it could redefine the fight against climate change |

Edda Sif Pind Aradottir, a chemical and reservoir engineer and CEO of Carbfix, holds a sample of basalt rock at the Carbfix site in Iceland. Scientists in Iceland are demonstrating a groundbreaking way to tackle climate change by permanently turning carbon dioxide (CO₂) into stone deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Instead of storing captured CO₂…

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Edu dept tells schools to ease workload of teachers on voter roll revision duty | Pune News

Citizens fill forms and submit required documents during SIR drive in Khadaki, Pune Pune: The state govt has directed all secondary and higher secondary schools to reduce the workload on teachers appointed as booth-level officers (BLOs) for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The move comes after repeated complaints that BLO duties…

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Bull sharks in Fiji repeatedly meet at the same reef, and scientists found they slightly prefer spending time with relatives |

Representative Image of bull sharks gathering at a coral reef and displaying social behavior (AI-generated image) Bull sharks have long been viewed as solitary hunters that cross paths mostly by chance, but a six-year study in Fiji suggests otherwise. Researchers observed adult bull sharks gathering repeatedly at a single reef site and found that individuals…

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Quote of the day by Pavel Durov: ‘My success and health come from 20+ years of abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, coffee, pills, and illegal drugs’

Quote of the day by Pavel Durov. Pavel Durov is a Russian-born technology entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief executive officer of Telegram, a globally popular cloud-based messaging app. Born in Saint Petersburg in 1984, Durov first achieved widespread fame after launching VKontakte, often called VK, in 2006. Built as a local equivalent…

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Scientists thought this ancient fish had been extinct for 66 million years, until it suddenly appeared in a fishing net in South Africa |

For decades, the coelacanth existed in scientific literature as a creature of the distant past. Fossils showed that members of this ancient fish lineage had lived alongside dinosaurs and vanished from the fossil record around 66 million years ago. The assumption seemed straightforward: they were gone.Then, in December 1938, a fishing trawler operating off the…

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Chip by chip: India now world’s second largest phone maker; PM Modi lays out ‘Make in India’ electronics roadmap

India has become the world’s second-largest mobile phone manufacturer and exporter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, highlighting the country’s efforts to build a complete electronics and semiconductor ecosystem.Speaking after inaugurating the CG Semi Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility, PM Modi said that India was now building the entire electronics value chain,…

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Watch: Locals use makeshift raft to ferry schoolkids through flooded Delhi streets | Delhi News

In Valmiki Basti, some residents waded through waist-deep water while others carried schoolchildren across flooded lanes on a large blue plastic sheet being used as a makeshift raft. NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed the national capital on Friday, inundating low-lying areas, disrupting traffic on major roads and leaving several neighbourhoods waterlogged as the India Meteorological…

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