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Advanced Alien Civilisations Could Self-Destruct Through Climate Change, Claims New Study
A recent study by astrophysicists suggests that technologically advanced alien civilizations could self-destruct through climate change within just 1,000 years. The researchers, inspired by human energy use patterns, found that even renewable energy sources contribute to planetary overheating due to inevitable heat loss. The second law of thermodyn...
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Amid Wolf Attacks, Union Minister On How To Curb Human-Animal Conflict
The states of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat recently witnessed wolves and crocodiles crossing over from their natural habitat to human settlements. Experts blame habitat loss and climate change for these occurrences.
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What the World Would Lose With the Demise of Twitter: Valuable Eyewitness Accounts and Raw Data on Human Behaviour, as Well as a Habitat for Trolls
Twitter has provided users with a trove of information since it was launched, and its archives allow for instant and complete access to every public tweet, which has positioned Twitter both as an archive of collective human behaviour and as a credentialing and fact-checking service on a global scale. Here's how the loss of Twitter would impact the ...
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ISRO, IISc Develop Bacteria-Infused 'Space Bricks' to Build Structures on Mars
Humans will require spaces to live in if they are to be sent to planets like Mars. So, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has collaborated with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to develop a prototype for Martian and lunar soil bricks to be used in the construction of habitats for human settlements on the Red Planet.
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Jeff Bezos' Ex-Wife MacKenzie Is Donating Millions After "Giving" Pledge
American philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity and dozens of its US affiliates, the homebuilding non-governmental organization said Tuesday.
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Finance Minister Inaugurates India’s First 3D Printed House At IIT Madras
The 600 square feet single-story house has been constructed using indigenous concrete 3D printing technology and in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, the institute said.
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Human Impact On Wildlife To Blame For Spread Of COVID-19: Study
Diseases such as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe could become more common as human activity destroys habitats and forces disease-carrying wild animals into ever-closer proximity with us, a major study showed on Wednesday.
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NASA Is Building A Prototype For A Habitat In Deep Space - By Recycling An Old Cargo Container
An aluminum cargo container, built more than 15 years ago to move large equipment to space, will be transformed into a prototype of a space habitat where astronauts would live during long missions.
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Barack Obama Says US Working With Companies To Send Humans To Mars
President Barack Obama says the United States is partnering with commercial companies to build "new habitats" to try to send humans safely to Mars within two decades.
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This Noida Family Had An Uninvited Visitor. A Terrifying Cobra.
A family in Noida experienced some anxious moments on finding a three-feet-long cobra in their bathroom today. Fortunately for the reptile, the terrified family contacted Wildlife SOS, an animal welfare organisation, that rescued it.
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Plight Of African Lions Persists 1 Year After Cecil Killing
A year ago, an American killed a lion in Zimbabwe in what authorities said was an illegal hunt, infuriating people worldwide and invigorating an international campaign against trophy hunting in Africa. Some conservationists, however, warn there are greater threats to Africa's beleaguered lion populations, including human encroachment on their habit...
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First Expandable Habitat For Astronauts On Way To International Space Station
Carrying nearly 3175 kg of cargo, including expandable habitats and key medical research that will leverage benefits for the humanity, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was headed to the International Space Station (ISS) today.
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Early Habitat Shows Life Was Stressful For Early Humans
Life was no picnic for our ancestors 1.8 million years ago, as they had to constantly compete with carnivores for their food, say scientists who pieced together an early human habitat for the first time.
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Activists Object Transfer of Captured Tiger to Panna Tiger Reserve
A wild tiger captured from a human habitat here was today carted to Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) much to the surprise of activists who alleged that the reserve had turned deadly for big cats due to presence of canine distemper virus (CDV) at its premises.
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Jimmy Carter's Nepal Trip Scrapped Over Fuel Shortage
Fuel shortages in Nepal have forced former US president Jimmy Carter, who is battling brain cancer, to cancel his visit to the country next month, Habitat for Humanity International said.
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Advanced Alien Civilisations Could Self-Destruct Through Climate Change, Claims New Study
A recent study by astrophysicists suggests that technologically advanced alien civilizations could self-destruct through climate change within just 1,000 years. The researchers, inspired by human energy use patterns, found that even renewable energy sources contribute to planetary overheating due to inevitable heat loss. The second law of thermodyn...
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Amid Wolf Attacks, Union Minister On How To Curb Human-Animal Conflict
The states of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat recently witnessed wolves and crocodiles crossing over from their natural habitat to human settlements. Experts blame habitat loss and climate change for these occurrences.
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What the World Would Lose With the Demise of Twitter: Valuable Eyewitness Accounts and Raw Data on Human Behaviour, as Well as a Habitat for Trolls
Twitter has provided users with a trove of information since it was launched, and its archives allow for instant and complete access to every public tweet, which has positioned Twitter both as an archive of collective human behaviour and as a credentialing and fact-checking service on a global scale. Here's how the loss of Twitter would impact the ...
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ISRO, IISc Develop Bacteria-Infused 'Space Bricks' to Build Structures on Mars
Humans will require spaces to live in if they are to be sent to planets like Mars. So, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has collaborated with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to develop a prototype for Martian and lunar soil bricks to be used in the construction of habitats for human settlements on the Red Planet.
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Jeff Bezos' Ex-Wife MacKenzie Is Donating Millions After "Giving" Pledge
American philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity and dozens of its US affiliates, the homebuilding non-governmental organization said Tuesday.
-
Finance Minister Inaugurates India’s First 3D Printed House At IIT Madras
The 600 square feet single-story house has been constructed using indigenous concrete 3D printing technology and in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, the institute said.
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Human Impact On Wildlife To Blame For Spread Of COVID-19: Study
Diseases such as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe could become more common as human activity destroys habitats and forces disease-carrying wild animals into ever-closer proximity with us, a major study showed on Wednesday.
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NASA Is Building A Prototype For A Habitat In Deep Space - By Recycling An Old Cargo Container
An aluminum cargo container, built more than 15 years ago to move large equipment to space, will be transformed into a prototype of a space habitat where astronauts would live during long missions.
-
Barack Obama Says US Working With Companies To Send Humans To Mars
President Barack Obama says the United States is partnering with commercial companies to build "new habitats" to try to send humans safely to Mars within two decades.
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This Noida Family Had An Uninvited Visitor. A Terrifying Cobra.
A family in Noida experienced some anxious moments on finding a three-feet-long cobra in their bathroom today. Fortunately for the reptile, the terrified family contacted Wildlife SOS, an animal welfare organisation, that rescued it.
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Plight Of African Lions Persists 1 Year After Cecil Killing
A year ago, an American killed a lion in Zimbabwe in what authorities said was an illegal hunt, infuriating people worldwide and invigorating an international campaign against trophy hunting in Africa. Some conservationists, however, warn there are greater threats to Africa's beleaguered lion populations, including human encroachment on their habit...
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First Expandable Habitat For Astronauts On Way To International Space Station
Carrying nearly 3175 kg of cargo, including expandable habitats and key medical research that will leverage benefits for the humanity, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was headed to the International Space Station (ISS) today.
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Early Habitat Shows Life Was Stressful For Early Humans
Life was no picnic for our ancestors 1.8 million years ago, as they had to constantly compete with carnivores for their food, say scientists who pieced together an early human habitat for the first time.
-
Activists Object Transfer of Captured Tiger to Panna Tiger Reserve
A wild tiger captured from a human habitat here was today carted to Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) much to the surprise of activists who alleged that the reserve had turned deadly for big cats due to presence of canine distemper virus (CDV) at its premises.
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Jimmy Carter's Nepal Trip Scrapped Over Fuel Shortage
Fuel shortages in Nepal have forced former US president Jimmy Carter, who is battling brain cancer, to cancel his visit to the country next month, Habitat for Humanity International said.
