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#KnowledgeBit: Today is #Global #Handwashing Day! Medicine laureate Jules Bordet's discoveries related to immunity helped identify the bacterium that causes whooping cough.

Its spread slowed by washing hands with soap and warm water for 20 seconds.

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Map of Mars A Map of Mars with major regions labeled based on what we know so far about the Red Planet

#KnowledgeByte: #Mars has been extensively mapped by a variety of spacecraft and rovers, providing us with a detailed understanding of its topography, geology, and climate.

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Herbig-Haro Object Herbig–Haro (HH) objects are bright patches of nebulosity associated with newborn stars. They are formed when narrow jets of partially ionised gas ejected by stars collide with nearby clouds of gas an...

Herbig-Haro (HH) objects are bright patches of nebulosity found in star-forming regions.

They are created when narrow, supersonic jets of gas ejected from a newborn protostar collide with the surrounding interstellar gas and dust.

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#PhotoOfTheDay: Herbig-Haro 24

These two cosmic jets beam outward from a newborn star in a galaxy near you.

Constructed from Hubble Space Telescope image data, the stunning scene spans about half a light-year across Herbig-Haro 24 (HH 24).

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#PuzzleOfTheDay: Find the height of the glass.

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Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI), or emotional quotient (EQ), is the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use your own emotions and those of others.

Emotional intelligence (EI), or emotional quotient (EQ), is the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use your own emotions and those of others.

It involves skills like self-awareness, and empathy, and helps individuals build stronger relationships.

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Zero Day Threats in Biology The concept of a "zero-day threat" has been adapted from cybersecurity to describe novel, previously unknown vulnerabilities in biological systems.

The concept of a "zero-day threat" has been adapted from #Cybersecurity to describe novel, previously unknown vulnerabilities in biological systems.

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The #Art of #Mathematical #Paradoxes: A Journey Through the #Weirdest Ideas : Medium

If You Say Yes to Any of These 5 Questions, You’re More #EmotionallyIntelligent Than You Think: Misc

#Microsoft says #AI can create “zero day” #Threats in #Biology : Tech Rev

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#OnThisDay #Fortran, the first modern computer language, was shared with the coding community for the first time (1956).

#Cassini, probe to study the planet #Saturn, mission was launched (1997)

Today is International Day of #Rural #Women and Global #Handwashing Day.

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#QuizOfTheDay: #JamesBond is a literary franchise comprising a series of novels and short stories, first published in 1953.

Who is the initial author of James Bond series?

A. John Pearson
B. Ian Fleming
C. Christopher Wood
D. Agatha Christie

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Data Pipeline A data pipeline is a series of processes that move data from a source to a destination database. The data is transformed and optimized along the way, arriving in a state that can be analyzed and used ...

#ITByte: A #Data #Pipeline is a method in which raw data is ingested from various data sources and then ported to data store, like a data lake or data warehouse, for analysis.

Before data flows into a data repository, it usually undergoes some data processing.

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Carcinisation Carcinisation is a form of convergent evolution where crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan from non-crab ancestors, a process coined by L. A. Borradaile as "Nature's many attempts to evolve a crab...

#KnowledgeBit: #Carcinisation is a form of convergent evolution where crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan from non-crab ancestors, a process coined by L. A. Borradaile as "Nature's many attempts to evolve a crab".

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e-Waste Pollution e-Waste is any discarded product with a battery or plug, and features toxic and hazardous substances such as mercury, that can pose severe risk to human and environmental health.

#KnowledgeByte: e-waste is any discarded product with a battery or plug, and features toxic and hazardous substances such as mercury, that can pose severe risk to human and environmental health.

#InternationalE-WasteDay

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Perseids Meteor Shower The Perseids are one of the most popular and reliable meteor showers of the year. Known for their bright, fast meteors, they typically peak in mid-August, offering a dazzling display for stargazers.

The Perseids meteor shower, which peaks in mid-August, is considered the best of the year. With swift and bright meteors, Perseids frequently leave long “wakes” of light and color behind them as they streak through Earth’s atmosphere.

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#PhotoOfTheDay: #Perseids #Meteor Shower

In this 30 second exposure photograph, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid and Alpha Capricornids meteor showers, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.

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#PuzzleOfTheDay:

a^4 + a^3 + a^2 + a + 1 = 0

a^20 + a^15 + a^10 + a^5 + 1 = ?

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#Nationalism and #ClimateChange: A #Fatal #Embrace? : Medium

How to Be an #Exceptional #Leader by #Practicing 5 Ordinary #Skills : Misc

Why Is #Crime Scene #Evidence Collected in #PaperBags? : Misc

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#OnThisDay Martin Luther King Jr. received the #Nobel #Peace Prize for combating racial inequality (1964).

Happy Birthday Sir Cliff Richard (1940) - #Singer, #Musician, performer, actor and #Philanthropist.

Today is World #StandardsDay and International E-Waste Day.

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#QuizOfTheDay: World famous Angkor Wat Temple (Angkor wat UNESCO World Heritage Site) located in which Country?

A. Nepal
B. India
C. Cambodia
D. Thailand

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Mojo Programming Language Mojo is a new programming language, based on Python, which fixes Python’s performance and deployment problems.

#ITByte: #Mojo is a new #Programming #Language designed to combine the ease of use and Python-like syntax with the performance and control of systems languages like C++ and Rust.

It is specifically optimized for high-performance AI development.

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#KnowledgeBit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth”.

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International Alliances Alliances play a key role in shaping up International Politics. Here is a list of International Business and Military Alliances.

#KnowledgeByte: #Alliances play a key role in shaping up International Politics.

Here is a list of International Business and Military Alliances - including G7, NATO, BRICS and QUAD.

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Venera Program Venera 14 was a Soviet space probe that successfully landed on the surface of Venus on March 5, 1982. It was part of the Venera program, which sent a series of probes to explore the planet. Designed t...

#Venera 14 was a #Soviet space probe that successfully landed on the surface of Venus on March 5, 1982. It was part of the Venera program, which sent a series of probes to explore the planet.

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#PhotoOfTheDay: The Surface of #Venus from #Venera14

Pictured is the view from Venera 14, a robotic Soviet lander which parachuted and air-braked down through the thick Venusian atmosphere in March of 1982.

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#PuzzleOfTheDay: What is the area of the blue region?

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Exoplanet Planets that orbit around other stars are called Exoplanets.

An #Exoplanet, or extrasolar planet, is any planet located outside of our own Solar System, orbiting a star other than the Sun.

Thousands of these distant worlds have been confirmed, exhibiting a wide diversity of characteristics.

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When #Crushing ‘The Look Test’ Isn’t Good Enough : Medium

It's #Official: #Humans have found 6,000 #Planets beyond our #SolarSystem : Live Sci

New #Math Revives #Geometry’s #Oldest Problems : Quanta Mag

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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher (1925) - Prime Minister of the UK (1979-1990).

Birth Anniversary of Rudolf Virchow (1821) - known as "father of modern #Pathology".

Happy Birthday Jerry Rice (1962) - called as greatest NFL player of all time.

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#QuizOfTheDay: Which #Apollo mission was the first to successfully land humans on the Moon?

A. Apollo 11
B. Apollo 13
C. Apollo 17
D. Apollo 8

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Hexagonal Architecture The hexagonal architecture, or ports and adapters architecture, is an architectural pattern used in software design.

#ITByte: The #Hexagonal #Architecture is an architectural pattern used in software design.

It aims at creating loosely coupled application components that can be easily connected to their software environment by means of ports and adapters.

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