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Pet goldfish thrown in Minnesota lakes grow to monstrous size

In a bizarre incident, the authorities in Minnesota have requested aquarium owners and fish owners to stop releasing their goldfish in local lakes as they tend to grow to several times than their normal size and disturb the ecosystem of the water body. Burnsville has shared several pictures of oversized goldfish that were found in Keller Lake. Their appeal read, “Please don’t release your pet goldfish into ponds and lakes! They grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments and uprooting plants.”

Moon to cause more floods in US by 2030

High tide floods would increase rapidly across the world—especially in the United States—in the mid-2030s, and it's linked with Earth's neighbour, the Moon, reported the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The NASA study claims a 'wobble' in the Moon's orbit combined with rising sea levels due to climate change will lead to devastating floods on Earth.

Twitter's Resident Grievance Officer In India Quits

Twitter's interim resident grievance officer for India has stepped down, leaving the micro-blogging site without a grievance official as mandated by the new IT rules to address complaints from Indian subscribers. The source said that Dharmendra Chatur, who was recently appointed as interim resident grievance officer for India by Twitter, has quit from the post. Twitter declined to comment.

Earth Has Been Hiding A Fifth Layer In Its Inner Core

Scientists say they've detected a new, mysterious layer at the center of our home planet. The discovery could unearth more about Earth's history.

Researchers Develop Liquid That Absorbs And Stores Solar Energy For 18 Years

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Sweden might have found a solution for the second challenge. They’ve developed “solar thermal fuel” -- a special kind of fuel that is capable of storing the sun's energy for up to 18 years.
The device that helps in capturing solar energy is called MOST which stands for Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage System. It works in a circular manner where a pump cycles the fuel through transparent tubes.

Yale study finds why large mammals like elephants, tigers still exist in India

First of its kind study finds that rate of extinction of animals weighing over 50 kg over the past 30,000 years is lowest in India, & points to co-evolution of humans and mammals.

Single-cell analysis of metastatic gastric cancer finds diverse tumour cell populations

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center who profiled more than 45,000 individual cells from patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), defined the extensive cellular heterogeneity and identified two distinct subtypes correlated with patient survival.

Facebook to offer more security features in 2021

Social media giant Facebook said it will start allowing users to prepare physical safety keys as a way to confirm their identity before logging into the social network's mobile app, beginning next year.

Study reveals, covering faces around kids would not help mask emotions

According to a new study, the proliferation of face coverings in order to keep a check on Covid-19, isn't keeping children from understanding facial expressions.

Dr Fauci says UK approved Pfizer's vaccine too fast. 'If you go quickly and you do it superficially, people are not going to want to get vaccinated.'

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday said the UK had approved Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine too quickly.

Goodbye Sun! This town in Alaska will see next daylight in 2021

A small town in Alaska has bid goodbye to the Sun for this year and will see next daylight in 2021.

"COVID-19 vaccine is over 90% effective" say Pfizer and BioNTech

Pfizer Inc said on Monday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than a million people, battered the world’s economy and upended daily life.

Water was formed 4.4 billion years ago on Mars

After analysing an ancient Martian meteorite, a team of Japanese researchers has revealed that water on the Red Planet originated some 4.4 billion years ago.

October 2020 to be a Blue Moon month! Here’s all you need to know about the rare phenomenon

The phrase 'Once in a Blue Moon' is aptly suited to the month of October this year, which will witness the rare occurrence of a second full moon, called the 'Blue Moon', on Saturday.

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