Rajya Sabha TV – Science Monitor (07 Feb 2015)

Weekly update on all the happening in Science & Technology, in and around the nation;

Headlines

1. Non- Addictive pain relief.

Morphine – pain killer – addictive in nature, several side effect; Now Ibogaine a suitable substitute – derived from Tabernanthe Iboga;

2. DRDO Test fires AGNI V Missile;

India – missile super power – AGNI V – 3 stage solid propellant (MIRV 2/ MIRV 3 / MIRV 10) missile -  to reach height of 800 km – longest range 5000kms – can carry 1000kg nuclear warhead;   

3. 5^th Rashtriya Vigyan Chalchitra Mela in Lucknow – National Science Film Festival – Beaver award for excellence of film making;
4. Homo sapien and Neandrethal are contemporaries;
5. New app for visually challenged ‘ Be My Eyes’ for Android;
6. Challenges and hurdles of Space travel (IN FOCUS Segment)
1. Astronaut are trained in a simulated environment – difficulty in zero gravity;
2. The spit in to washcloth
3. Confuse between up and down – vestibular system cannot figure out the direction;
4. Microbial infection
5. Bones weaken due to lack of walking – calcium loss through urine;
6. Unknown space has other hazards too.
7. History of Science -  Segment
1. Perihelion – halie comet – between mercury
2. Copeprnicium – heaviest element – created on 9^th feb 1996. By bombarding lead to zinc 70 ion using heavy ion accelerator;
3. Thomas Edison – born 11^th Feb 1847 – invented Electric light bulb;
4. Charles Robert Darwin – born 12^th Feb 1809 – Theory of evolution – natural selection;
8. Science Express – S & T Activities

·         Terry Fox Run – annual charity even – fight against cancer;

·         Antarctica – see-through fish – evolutionary loss of haemoglobin – anti freeze protein;

·         SMAP satellite – moisture

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