Scientists change how El Nino is labelled to keep up with temperature spikes

A waste picker drinks water while working during a heat wave at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, June 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The natural El Nino cycle, which warps weather worldwide, is both adding to and shaped by a warming world, meteorologists said. A new study calculated that an unusual […]

Karnataka 2nd PUC hall ticket 2026 expected soon: Check how to download admit card, once released

karnataka 2nd puc hall ticket 2026 expected soon

The Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) is expected to release the Karnataka 2nd PUC hall ticket 2026 soon. The hall tickets will be made available online on the official website kseab.karnataka.gov.in.However, students should note that the 2nd PUC hall ticket will be downloaded only by school principals or college authorities. After downloading, schools will distribute […]

Why do so many flowers have five petals?

In the flower bud, new organs begin as small bumps on a ring of tissue, and the petal number is equal to the number of slots this tissue lays down in a whorl. | Photo Credit: Jei Lee/Unsplash — Ajith Kizhakkethil Many flowers are indeed pentamerous — but across flowering plants as a whole, the […]

A machine has verified the maths that won a Fields Medal: why it matters

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Mathematicians have announced a milestone in the effort to thoroughly verify the solution of the sphere-packing problem — for which the Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska won the Fields Medal in 2022 — using a machine. This version of the problem asks what the best way is to pack a bunch of spheres in eight dimensions. […]

Science Quiz | The science of taste

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The science of taste The Miracle Berry contains a compound called miraculin that binds to sweet receptors and can make acidic foods like lemon taste sweet for about an hour. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | You don’t ‘taste’ most of what you call taste. Instead, a large share of the flavour comes from […]

KCET 2026 correction window opens at cetonline.karnataka.gov.in: Check direct link here

kcet 2026 correction window opens at cetonlinekarnatakagovin

KCET 2026: The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has opened the correction window for Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) 2026 application forms. Candidates who have already submitted their forms can now edit and update details through the official website cetonline.karnataka.gov.in, according to the official notice.The KCET 2026 correction window will remain open till March 30, 2026. […]