Science & Technology

Rising global temperatures have been linked to changing weather patterns. Drought, storms, wildfires – extreme weather have recently become the norm and conditions will only worsen unless things change.

earthrise travels to southern Kenya and to Myanmar to see how the locals in these areas are coping with extreme weather.

Navigating Drought

In drought-stricken Kenya life for all residents, and particularly the herding community, has been nothing less than devastating. Erratic weather patterns and the increasing effects of climate change have led to a lack of vegetation and water resources jeopardizing survival of livestock and the pastoralist way of life.

As the onslaught of unpredictable weather continues, some Maasai herders have turned to a hi-tech solution to help them adapt to the current environment. earthrise travels to Kenya to see how pastoralists in southern Kenya are using satellite mapping technology to make informed migration decisions.

 Cyclone Shield

In the Ayerwaddy Delta in the south of Myanmar, mangrove forests have been significantly depleted - often cut down so that people can use the area to plant rice, farm for prawns and collect palm oil. Only 16 per cent of the original cover is left in the vulnerable Delta Region where the mangroves are being destroyed at rates three to five times higher than global deforestation.
Mangroves play a vital role in the fight against climate change and extreme weather events such as cyclones. They help mitigate carbon emissions, as well as protect vulnerable coastal communities from extreme weather, while strengthening seafood stocks up to 50 per cent.

earthrise heads to Myanmar to see how drones and local action are coming together to help reforest are successfully restoring a vital natural habitat.

Many of the world's leading aircraft makers are in Germany for the ILA Berlin Air Show, with the focus this year on drone technology.

Its development is helping spark a revolution in sustainable flight.

Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane reports from Berlin.

The search for alien worlds has taken another big step with the launch of NASA's latest satellite.

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is the agency's most ambitious attempt in the search for worlds like our own.

Al Jazeera's Andy Gallacher reports.

Great physicist Stephen Hawking is no longer. He died on Wednesday (March 14th). He was 76 years old. His family has given information about the death of Hawking. Stephen Hawking took his last breath at home. His children Lucie, Robert and Tim released an official statement about this. They said, "We are very sad on the death of the father. He was a great scientist and was an extraordinary person, whose work and legacy will also be known in the coming years."

Hawking has made a special contribution in understanding the Big Bang theory and the Black Hole. That's why he has been awarded the highest civilian honor of America. His book 'A Brief History of Time' was also well-known throughout the world on the mysteries of the universe.

Hawking was originally from the UK. According to media reports, he was suffering from motor neuron disease. Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England. He and his younger siblings grew up in St. Alban. Except for Stephen Hawking's brain, the rest of the body did not work. He lived on a wheelchair. Yet in the world of science he managed to make his own identity. After Albert Einstein, Hawking became the world's greatest theoretical physicist.

Interestingly, on the day the Hawking was born, the great scientist Galileo had said goodbye to the world. Stephen once tried to take his life. He was then 38 years old and he got upset with his illness.

In school, Stephen Hawking did not feel strongly in his studies. Hawking spent most of time in St. Alban School with board games and computers. But he took admission to a well-known Oxford University, from which his father had also studied. Hawking was a student here at the age of 17. Prior to choosing the path of physics, his mind was to study in mathematics or medicine field. However, he used to take less lectures in college. He had said, "I have spent only a thousand hours studying in three years spent in Oxford."

Interestingly, even after taking low class and not being able to become a book worm, his mind was sharp. When Hawking deposited his thesis in the college, which was placed between the first class and the second class. In such a situation, he had to undergo an oral examination. Then he told the teachers, "If you give me the first grade, then I'll go to the Cambridge. If I keep in second class then I will stay here. In this way, I expect you from the first grade."

In 1962, he took admission in Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was under the famous physicist Dennis Schema and renowned astronomer Fred Hoyle. Here, his interest began to appear in the early study of black holes and singularity. After completing his doctorate degree in Cosmology, he stayed in Cambridge. Here he tried to understand the essential questions related to the structure of the universe. Hawking met Wilde in Cambridge, who was studying modern languages at Westfield College in London. Even before both dating, Hawking was diagnosed with ice skating. He went to the doctor, where he feared that Hawking had less time left.

Continuous efforts are being made to make Digital India, but without making improvements to basic things, it is not possible to make digital to India. The most essential for digitalization is the better internet. India is far behind in the Internet.

India is lagging behind 88 countries around the world in terms of internet speed. In this case, Pakistan is also far ahead of India. India has 4G internet average download speed of 6Mbps. At the same time, the download speed of 4G internet in Pakistan is 14Mbps. According to the Open Signal Report, the speed of internet in Singapore is 44Mbps. The speed in Northland is 42Mbps. The speed in Norway is 41Mbps. South Korea has a speed of 40Mbps. The speed in Hungary is 39Mbps.

Speaking of some other countries at the same time, Speed is 28Mbps in UAE. The speed of 4G internet in Japan is 25Mbps. Download speed of 23Mbps is in the UK. The 4G internet speed in the US is 16Mbps. At the same time, 4G internet speed in Russia is 15Mbps. Algeria also has 4G internet speed of 9Mbps. According to the Open Signal, this data is from 1 October 2017 to 29 December 2017.

In this report, the capacity of the network for slow speed has been attributed. Apart from this, bigger 4G networks in India are also the reason. Although 4G is available for around 86% of people in India.

Telecommunication Secretary Arun Sundarrajan has said that in many parts of India internet users are getting the slow speed of Internet, the government is paying attention to this.

For many customers Apple and its iPhones are the best in the business, the ultimate in excellence. That was until last month when the company admitted to slowing down older models.

It said it was done to protect battery life, but users hadn't been told.

Some suspect there was another motive - that the company was trying to persuade customers to upgrade to a new phone.

A French prosecutor has launched an investigation. Lawsuits are also underway in the United States. And a US senator has demanded answers from Apple CEO Tim Cook.

So, how will all this impact on consumers’ trust in Apple products.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi gave the Top Doctor 2015 Award to Dr. Ved Shrivastava. Dr. Ved is also doing social work. For the last two years, they are helping poor girls in marriage or helping poor people or helping poor children in education. Ved is doing these responsibilities well.

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Come on, know more about Dr. Ved Shrivastava, about them, so that you can become a human like them, then a good doctor.

It is extremely important for a doctor to be a good person. A good person can be a good doctor. Ved Srivastava is a very good person, as a result they are also a very good doctor.

Dr. Ved Srivastava completed MBBS from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Is doing 'Master in Neurosurgery' from AIIMS, New Delhi and is working as JR in AIIMS.

Dr. Ved is also doing social work. For the last two years, they are helping poor girls in marriage or helping poor people or helping poor children in education. Ved is doing these responsibilities well.

Significantly, Dr. Ved Shrivastava was born in Varanasi. Dr. Ved Shrivastava was very intelligent in study since childhood, as a result, they managed to get admission in MBBS in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in the first attempt.

Admission in MBBS in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi is not easy. Some of the millions of students are successful in getting admission in AIIMS, New Delhi. In the first attempt, Dr. Ved Shrivastava's admission in AIIMS, New Delhi shows their talent.

Since childhood, their attitude have been towards social service. They have been serving the society since school days. They also actively participated in social service during their MBBS course in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and actively contributed to the medical camp.

They are also a good doctor along with a good person. They have always been sympathetic towards the poor in their heart. The result of this is that they actively participate in the medical camps for the poor and always remain ready to treat the poor.

Dr. Ved wants to give a new direction to the society. At the age in which people usually think about rest. Dr. Ved is engaged in social work at that age.

India successfully tested the supersonic interceptor missile on Thursday. India has become the fourth country in the world to do this. According to officials of the Ministry of Defense, India successfully tested the sub-system of space war, in which the enemy missile was destroyed before it was attacked through its missile.

India successfully tested the indigenously developed 'Advanced Air Defense' supersonic interceptor missile from Wheeler Island in Odisha on Thursday. This missile is capable of hitting any ballistic missile coming from a very low altitude. This is the third supersonic interceptor test done this year, in which the ballistic missile coming from the front was successfully targeted and destroyed in a radius of 30 kilometers above the earth's atmosphere.

After receiving the signal on the tracking radars, the interceptor missile deployed on Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island) in the Bay of Bengal proceeded to destroy the enemy missile in the air and successfully targeted. This missile, equipped with a 7.5-meter long single-stage solid rocket propulsion, is equipped with a high-tech computer and electro-mechanical activator guideline system.

This state-of-the-art missile has its own mobile launcher and is equipped with secure data link, modern radar and other technical and technology specifications to target the enemy missile.

After the trial, the Ministry of Defense said, "It was a direct target and it is a big success. Two tests have already been done on 11th February and 1 March 2017. These are part of the multi-level ballistic missile defense system. "

Sources said, Thursday's test was done for verification of various interceptor standards during the flight and all were successful. The target missile (Prithvi Missile) was stamped from the launch complex three of Integrated Test Range located in Chandipur.

Indian Space Research Organisation will launch its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-II in the first quarter of next year. The space agency's second indigenous mission to the earth's satellite will be equipped with upgraded domestic space technology.

ISRO Chairman, Kiran Kumar told media that Chandrayaan-I had an impact probe, which crash landed on moon's surface, but Chandrayaan-II will have a controlled descent of a rover which will perform in-situ lunar surface observations for 14 Earth days and the data will be relayed back for further analysis.

CHANDRAYAAN-2 will have an orbiter that will go around the moon in circles of radius 100 kilometers. A lander will come out of it and make a soft landing on the chosen territory of the moon. Afterwards, a Rover will eject from it and move on wheels on the lunar surface. The Rover will have many advanced payloads that will gather valuable data by analysing the lunar surface. The data will be collected from the Rover by the orbiter, which will relay them to the ISRO's facilities. The orbiter, the Lander and the Rover, all three have been developed by India. It is set to give further fillip to India's more extra planetary missions in future.

Scientists have achieved a great achievement in the discovery of a different world to live humans apart from the earth. Space scientists have recently discovered a planet that is very close to the Earth, where human life can be possible.

According to a magazine related astronomy, the earth-sized 'Ross 128' is small and light red in the planet. It is 11 thousand light years away from Earth. Although this planet is bit heavy Compared to Earth.

Scientists say human life is possible on this planet away from our solar system.

According to scientists, the weight of this planet is about 1.5 times more than the Earth. This planet is the second nearest planet from our Earth after the Proxima Century, where there may be a possibility of life.