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2021-08-11 07:39:07 ​​ | Isro all set to launch GISAT-1 Earth observation satellite tomorrow, countdown begins |

Space #Update
The GISAT-1 satellite, once in orbit around the Earth, is expected to essentially be India's "eye in the sky", monitoring locations of interest. It will also help India monitor and respond to natural disasters and any other short-term events at an alarming pace, Isro officials indicated.

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2021-08-11 07:37:28 ​​Bill Gates slips below Mark Zuckerberg in world's richest list

Billionaire #Update
Microsoft founder Bill Gates dropped to fifth place in the list of the world's richest people compiled by Forbes.

The divorce of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates and the split of properties afterward is the key reason behind the slip. Gates has been one of the top billionaires since 1987 and this is the first time he is below the third spot since Forbes started its list.

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2021-08-10 17:29:00 | PUBG-Maker Krafton's Shares Fall After $3.8bn PO |

Tech #Update
Shares in PUBG- maker grafton fell by 20% on trading debut after a $3.8bn IPO. Analysts say the tumble is due to an expensive valuation and Chinese regulation risks. China has come down hard on firm like Tencent, which backs Krafton. Krafton is the first large South Korean listing whose shares have failed to rise above IPO price on debut.

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2021-08-10 17:21:21 | Startup Wants to Launch 'Space Ads' With SpaceX |
Tech #Update

A Canadian startup has partnered with Elon Musk's SpaceX to make space advertisements real. Geometric Energy Corporation is working on a satellite called CubeSat. People could pay with crypto to place their ads or arts by buying pixels on the display. GEC plans to launch CubeSat with a selfie stick (to stream live on Earth) into space via Falcon 9.

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2021-08-10 16:43:47 Currently exploring the Kuiper Belt beyond Pluto, New Horizons is just one of five spacecraft to reach 50 astronomical units – 50 times the distance between the Sun and Earth – on its way out of the solar system and, eventually, into interstellar space.

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2021-08-10 11:02:50 ​​ | A recent swarm of over 1,000 earthquakes shook Yellowstone last month. |
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​Luckily, seismologists think that while the activity is above average, if it was indicative of magmatic activity there would be other changes too, like gas emissions which have not been seen.
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This magical image captures Yellowstone's stunning Grand Prismatic​ spring at sunset.

Image Credit: Xin Wang/iStock/Getty Images
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2021-08-10 08:44:54 | Space #Update |

The China National Space Agency (CNSA) says Zhurong has driven 236m in 42 Mars sols (as of 27 June). A sol is a Martian day. It lasts slightly longer than an Earth day, at 24 hours and 39 minutes.

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2021-08-10 08:02:21 | How do toxic critters avoid poisoning themselves? |
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​Rather than being immune, some frogs and birds have evolved a surprising strategy - they have some sort of mysterious shield, possibly proteins, preventing the toxins from getting to the targets where they do their damage.
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​The deadly beauty pictured is a blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) from.

Image credit - Jim Zuckerman/The Image Bank/Getty Images
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2021-08-10 07:27:27 #Take_My_Breath
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