An international group of astrophysicists has determined that a massive planet outside our Solar System is being distorted and destroyed by its host star — a finding that helps explain the unexpectedly large size of the planet, WASP-12b.
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Honeybees don’t only waggle dance to tell hive-mates the whereabouts of good eats, they also bump and beep to warn others when big trouble awaits at some of those floral diners.
Bees can tell others in their colony to avoid troublesome places.
This is the first time a “negative” bee signal has been identified.
The bees doing the warning can target the bees who are “dancing” directions.
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A Website from Australia, koaladiaries.com.au, that lets everyone from school children to senior citizens track koalas in live time has become the latest weapon in the fight to save the furry creatures from extinction.It introduces the latest GIS technology to plot koala sightings by the public in Queensland and could eventually be extended to include all of Australia and other endangered animals.The advanced technology allows anyone sighting a koala – whether alive, injured or dead – to register its location to the exact tree, field or road where the animal was located in three easy Internet steps.
Punjab’s ambitious project of digitalisation of land records being implemented under public-private partnership paradigm and under Build, Operate, Own and Transfer (BOOT) basis has gathered pace.
By the end of this year, there will be online access to the land records which will benefit NRI population of the state. Besides, all 153 tehsils of the state would be computerised and the project will cost Rs 115 crore.
