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We Are Made of Plasticstuff: Scientists Find Microplastics in Human Blood

Aathira Perinchery 28/03/2022

Scientists from the Netherlands analysed blood samples from 22...

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Did Radhanath Sikdar Measure the Height of Mount Everest First?

Rajesh Kochhar 08/10/2021

Andrew Waugh, the surveyor-general in 1843-1863, ordered that the...

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New Tool Shows Humans Have Lived in Himalaya’s Shadow for More Than 5,000 Years

Jan-Hendrik May and Luke Gliganic 03/06/2021

Using a recently developed dating technique, a research team...

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Scientists Find Microplastics Pollution on Mount Everest

The Wire Staff 24/11/2020

While concerns about littering on the Everest have been...

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Nepal Closes Mount Everest for Climbers Because of Coronavirus Fears

Gopal Sharma 13/03/2020

Tourism minister Yogesh Bhattarai said expeditions to all peaks...

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Sudipta Sengupta’s Journey in Geology to the Ends of the Earth

Aishwarya Tripathi 02/11/2019

The government established the Geological Survey of India in...

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Long Ago, the Number of Meteors Hitting Earth Spiked Suddenly – and Didn’t Stop

Vasudevan Mukunth 18/01/2019

Something happened in the Solar System about 300 million...