Meet Gurnoor Kaur: Indian-origin teen wins Canada’s National High School competition for AI project predicting wheat diseases |

An Indian-origin high school student in Canada has gained national recognition after winning a prestigious data science competition for her innovative use of artificial intelligence to predict crop diseases. Gurnoor Kaur, a Grade 11 student at Central Peel Secondary School in Ontario, secured first place at the National High School Big Data Challenge organised by…

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS packed with alcohol stuns astronomers: Here’s what its alien chemistry could reveal about planet formation |

Astronomers have spotted something unusual in a comet passing through our Solar System. 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar visitor ever seen, appears to be stuffed with methanol, an alcohol you might find in a lab, not your drink. Using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers reportedly measured methanol at levels far…

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The astronaut who returned to a country that no longer existed: Sergei Krikalev’s unbelievable 10-month mission in space |

A routine space mission could turn into a historic ordeal. In May 1991, Sergei Krikalev blasted off for what was meant to be a standard five-month mission to the Mir space station. He was to perform experiments, maintain equipment, and keep the station in working order. Everything seemed ordinary at the time.Back on Earth, the…

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