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August 6, 2024 2:06 PM

Google has an illegal monopoly on search, US judge rules

A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Google violated antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly and become the world's default search engine, the first big win for federal authorities taking on Big Tech's market dominance....

August 5, 2024 2:43 PM

Meteorite impacts identified as driver of moon’s tenuous atmosphere

The NASA astronauts who became the first people to land on the moon's surface in the 1960s and 1970s also discovered a previously unknown lunar characteristic - it has an atmosphere, though quite tenuous. Soil samples they retrieved are now revealing...

August 5, 2024 1:40 PM

Moon crater named after national luminary Pasang Lhamu Sherpa

Lhamu Pasang Sherpa, the first Nepalese woman to summit Everest, now has a lunar crater named in her honor. Nepal celebrates the naming of a crater at the Moon's South Pole in honor of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit Mt. Everes...

August 5, 2024 11:13 AM

Fossil study finds how sea level changes shaped early life on Earth

A newly developed timeline of early animal fossils suggests a relationship between sea level fluctuations, variations in marine oxygen, and the appearance of the earliest ancestors of present-day animals. The study sheds light on the processes drivi...

August 4, 2024 8:27 PM

Plastic pollution, seawater flooding can amplify threats to coastal plant species: Study

New research reveals that two of the planet's most urgent environmental stressors could impact the development and reproductive success of coastal plants. Led by experts in plastic pollution and plant biology from the University of Plymouth's School...

August 3, 2024 10:21 AM

IAF’s Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla picked as ‘Prime Astronaut’ for Indo-US Mission to Space Station

Indian Air Force Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla has been selected as the prime astronaut for the upcoming Indo-US mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced. A joint statement sign...

August 2, 2024 3:29 PM

Centre boosts internet connectivity across India under Digital India initiative

As part of the Digital India Initiative, the central government has implemented a series of measures to enhance internet connectivity across metropolitan areas, tier-2 and tier-3 cities, as well as rural and remote regions. According to the Ministry ...

August 2, 2024 11:18 AM

Apple pins hopes on AI for iPhone upgrades as China sales falter

Apple said its third-quarter iPhone sales were better than expected and forecast more gains on Thursday as it bets on artificial intelligence to attract buyers, even as its overall China business disappointed. Shares of the company rose nearly 1% in...

August 1, 2024 5:26 PM

Lilly says weight loss drug cut heart failure risk by 38% in trial

Trial results show Eli Lilly's weight loss drug Zepbound reduces the risk of hospitalization, death and other outcomes for obese adults with a common type of heart failure, the company said on Thursday as it continues to build a case for the medicati...

July 30, 2024 4:00 PM

Ozempic linked to less tobacco-related healthcare use in study

Smokers with type 2 diabetes taking Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic had fewer tobacco-related medical encounters and fewer interventions to help them quit smoking than those who received other diabetes drugs, according to a study of electronic health record...

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