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Scientists are facing a puzzling discovery regarding Earth's core, challenging existing beliefs about its sealed-off nature. A recent study examining 62-million-year-old lava flows on Baffin Island in the Arctic Archipelago has revealed unusually high levels of helium-3 (³He), a rare isotope associated with the inner workings of our planet.This finding has led to the intriguing possibility that Earth's...

CHENNAI: Metrowater has appointed a consultant to study existing water and sewer pipelines that are at least three decades old in core Greater Chennai Corporation areas. There are 4,149km of sewer lines in city and 5,600km of water pipelines.“We will get the detailed project report by December about the status of the pipelines. Then, the next steps to improve the existing infrastructure will be...

KOLKATA: The IPCC report anticipates Kolkata may experience temperatures of 35°C or higher for 150 days every year by the end of the current century. Extreme heatwaves, too, are expected to become more frequent and severe.Kolkata and its neighbouring areas may get marginally higher rainfall but there may be a substantial increase in short-duration extreme-rainfall events, the report predicts. What this...

According to another article published in Frontiers in Psychology, “in the ERI model, work-related stress is conceptualized as lack of fairness of the reciprocity of efforts expended and reward received at work.” Lead study author Mathilde Lavigne-Robichaud, R.D., M.S., doctoral candidate, Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center...

Constant societal pressureand the need to overachieve in a challenging world is putting a lot of pressure on the kids. From being burdened in studies to outperform everyone else to trying to become exceptional in sports as well to gain a few more accolades, kids these days go through a lot of external competition which can sometimes manifest into burnout.Jennifer Breheny Wallace, an award winning...

CHENNAI: Up to nine people can get infected while travelling on a half-full city bus with one Covid-19 positive passenger, shows a study by scientists at the Anna University and Puducherry-based ICMRVector Control Research Centre. The numbers can increase if there are more infected patients or if the bus is more crowded or if the passengers travel longer distances. In the study, recently published in...