Topics from June 2021
- How many other species have been genome-sequenced so far?
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- What is biomimetics?
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- Synthetic biology is linked with which study?
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- Which was the first animal launched into space?
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- Who was the first human to go into space?
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- Who was the first woman in space?
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- Which are the two astronauts who made the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969?
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- How many times was Lewis nominated for a Nobel in Chemistry?
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- Lewis proposed the concept of covalent bond in 1916. What is covalent bond?
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- What is a dwarf planet?
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- NASA Announces Two New Missions to Venus, to Launch at the End of Decade
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- Every star evolves and grows and eventually ends up in a stable state. What is the final fate of a star the size of our sun?
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- In a solar eclipse when the moon's shadow hides all but an outer ring, we see the ring of fire. What is the type of eclipse when we see this?
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- What is the name of sun's atmosphere?
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- What is the temperature of sun's atmosphere?
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- Who was the first woman to perform a spacewalk?
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- Who undertook the first-ever spacewalk?
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- What is an extravehicular activity?
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- Who was Gerty Cori?
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- Can a regular egg be made into a bouncy ball?
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- Years ago, the lava lamp' was a popular household item. It was a lamp that looked like it was full of dancing, swirling lava. Here's how you can recreate it!
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- Plastic water bottles are not just meant to be tossed in a bin. They're fun to experiment with!
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- Can a simple sealable plastic bag be transformed into an exploding trick?
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- Who trained along with Rakesh Sharma to go to space?
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- Who was the first Indian to fly in space in 1984?
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- Who is Anthropologist?
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- Who is Herpetologist?
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- Who is Palaeontologist?
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- Who is Entomologist?
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- How do black holes form?
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- Sagittarius A star is a black hole found at the centre of which galaxy?
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- If you fall into the grip of a black hole, it will stretch you into a strand. What is this phenomenon called?
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- Who predicted the black holes?
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- Which type of glass is used in labs for tubes with semiconductor?
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- What animal is often called a ‘beewolf’?
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- What does the prefix ‘nor’ stand for in Norpinephrine?
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- What type of science is ethology?
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- What is ringworm?
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- How sunburn is caused?
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- What is melanin?
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- Aditya-L1 will be India’s space mission to study the Sun and is to be launched next year. What does ‘L1’?
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- What is the percentage of carbon dioxide in the air, approximately?
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- Where were you before you were born?
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- Do animals “predict” earthquakes?
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- Are lakes running low on oxygen?
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- What is the difference a solstice and an equinox?
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- What is the difference between angiosperms and gymnosperms?
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- Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?
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- Have you ever seen water try to cross a bridge on its own?
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- Can you make biodegradable plastic at home?
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- Ever used the sun's rays to reheat leftover food?
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- Do flowers have a sweet tooth?
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- How you grow before you were born?
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- What can nerves do to your body?
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- How does the tongue work?
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- Why breathing through your nose is important?
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- How do you relieve pressure in your ear?
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- How do the ear and brain work together to help you perceive sound?
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- Why your lungs are important?
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- When should you see an eye doctor?
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- How do you see?
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- What is the ability to use the senses?
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- What is the body's control center?
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- What is considered as the thinking machine?
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- What is the difference between boys and girls?
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- What are the kidneys main jobs?
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- What happens when you eat?
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- What does blood do?
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- How your heart works?
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- What are all the muscles in your body?
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- Why Freshwater is a critical resource?
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- Who made world's largest single crystal sapphire tube?
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- Who was Pierre Curie?
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- Which is a soft rock produced when lava with a high content of water and gases is given off from a volcano?
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- Why does the candle oxalate?
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- Why does not the ball bounce higher?
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- I have two eggs, both with their shells on. One egg is raw and the other is boiled. Is there a way by which I can tell which egg is boiled without cracking open the shells?
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- Do bubbles always form when you pour water from one container to another?
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- This white paint could reduce the need for air conditioning by keeping surfaces cooler than surroundings
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- Global CO2 Emissions Set to Surge in 2021 in Post-Covid Economic Rebound
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- Where did the chalk come from?
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- Do light-coloured clothes keep you cool?
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- What is medical oxygen?
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- How did Yuri Gagarin die, and when?
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- When was the first satellite put in space?
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- Which are some foods that can boost brain function?
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- What is moon illusion?
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- What is the name of the Russian Venus programme which sent probes to the planet between 1961 and 1984?
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- Why is Venus called Earth’s sister?
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- Why is Venus hotter than Mercury even though it is farther away from the Sun?
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- What did scientists find in the clouds of Venus last year?
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- Who was Richard Feynman?
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- Can water be bent?
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- Does an orange float or sink?
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- Why does a straw crumple when inserted into a potato?
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- If you place a balloon filled with only air and a balloon filled with a little water over a flame, which balloon will burst first?
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- Which two astronomers came up with the classification of galaxies?
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- What is the shape of the Milky Way galaxy?
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- What are the three main types of galaxies?
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- What is the name of our galaxy?
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- Which telescope has been named after Nancy Roman?
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- What’s Nancy Roman’s nickname?
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- Who was Nancy Grace Roman?
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- Rub a plastic spoon with a woollen cloth and hold it over a plate of grains and watch them leap towards the spoon
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- Let’s suppose you are drinking milk and your glass is wet on the outside. You keep your glass on a coaster for a while and then lift it up. What do you think will happen to the coaster?
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- If you put a small ball of clay into a glass containing soda, will the clay ball sink or float?
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- How can you increase the size of a blown balloon without pumping more air into it?
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- What Space Smells Like?
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- Which is the only planet in our solar system that is less dense than water?
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- What is the full form of ESA?
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- James Webb Space Telescope is touted as the successor of which observatory?
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- What’s SpaceX’s Starship all about?
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- The Valles Marineris Canyon is found in which planet?
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- Who was Salim Ali?
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- If you were to interleave the pages of two books, would you be able to pull the two books part easily?
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- Can you separate two balls kept in a case without touching them?
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- Suppose you keep two glass jars in the sun, one covered and one open, for the same period of time, will the temperature in the two jars be the same?
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- Light travels in a straight line but is it possible to trap light and drag it in any direction?
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