Laurie Rousseau-Nepton says she wants to understand the very large and the very small, and that’s why she became the first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn a PhD in astrophysics. Rousseau-Nepton received her PhD in 2017 from Université Laval in Quebec City. She said that at the time she wasn’t aware she was the first Indigenous … Read more
NEW DELHI: In an intriguing piece of research published on April 1st, Mark Popinchalk unveiled which creature holds the record for witnessing the most solar eclipses. Surprisingly, humans are far from leading, with horseshoe crabs taking the crown. Over their species’ existence, horseshoe crabs have observed an astonishing 138 trillion solar eclipses, positioning them well … Read more
Solar eclipses, a celestial phenomenon where the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, temporarily cloaking the latter, have fascinated humans for millennia. But how do animals react to this sudden plunge into darkness?During a solar eclipse, the environment undergoes rapid changes: the temperature drops, the wind may still, and daylight fades to twilight.These … Read more
