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When studying STEM subjects, it's always a good idea to have multiple reference texts. One might find difficulty getting their head around something while reading one textbook and, in such situations, even a few lines from the other textbook may make things comprehensible.

An Inter-Disciplinary Approach Solves The Riddle Of The Collapse of Harappan Civilisation
https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/an-inter-disciplinary-approach-solves-the-riddle-of-the-collapse-of-harappan-civilisation

Euthanasia in India - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_in_India
Since March 2018, passive euthanasia is legal in India under strict guidelines. Patients must consent through a living will, and must be either terminally ill or in a vegetative state.
#TIL Euthanasia is legal in India since March, 2018.

What Erwin #Schrödinger Said About the Upanishads - The Wire Science
https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/erwin-schrodinger-quantum-mechanics-philosophy-of-physics-upanishads/
While the #Vedas prescribe rituals to appease deities, the #Upanishads are concerned with the nature of reality, mind and the self.

Why do you feel lonely? Neuroscience is starting to find answers. – MIT Technology Review
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/04/1008008/neuroscience-loneliness-pandemic-covid-neurons-brain/

For The First Time, Physicists Have Controlled The Interaction of Time Crystals
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-made-time-crystals-interact-for-the-first-time

Thought experiment shows how we might be at the mercy of quantum jerks from another universe
https://thenextweb.com/insights/2020/09/01/thought-experiment-shows-how-we-might-be-at-the-mercy-of-quantum-jerks-from-another-universe/

Physicists Just Found a New Quantum Paradox That Casts Doubt on a Pillar of Reality
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-quantum-paradox-throws-the-foundations-of-observed-reality-into-question

What are Cognitive Biases? | Interaction Design Foundation
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/cognitive-biases

The Kra–Dai languages (also known as Tai–Kadai, #Daic and #Kadai) are a language family of tonal languages found in Mainland Southeast Asia, southern China, and #NortheastIndia. They include Thai and Lao, the national languages of #Thailand and #laos respectively.[2] Around 93 million people speak Kra–Dai languages, 60% of whom speak Thai.[3] Ethnologue lists 95 languages in the family, with 62 of these being in the Tai branch.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kra–Dai_languages

Space Oddity: Bacteria Could Survive a Cosmic Journey Between Earth and Mars Unprotected
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/space-oddity-bacteria-could-survive-a-cosmic-journey-between-earth-and-mars-unprotected-2823323.html
The Japanese scientists behind the research said Wednesday the finding lends credence to so-called 'panspermia theory', which posits that microbes can travel from one planet to another, seeding life on arrival.

‘Future Is Here’: Google Successfully Performs Largest Chemistry Calculation On Quantum Computer
https://swarajyamag.com/insta/future-is-here-google-successfully-performs-largest-chemistry-calculation-on-quantum-computer

World Mosquito Day: 5 easy tricks to prevent yourself from mosquitoes bites in monsoon | The Times of India
https://m.timesofindia.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/world-mosquito-day-5-easy-tricks-to-prevent-yourself-from-mosquitoes-bites-in-monsoon/amp_etphotostory/77656767.cms

Quantum reality is either weirdly different or it collapses | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/quantum-reality-is-either-weirdly-different-or-it-collapses/

Asteroid which ruffled Earth's gravity discovered by IIT-B students
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/schools/asteroid-which-ruffled-earths-gravity-discovered-by-iit-b-students-128930

In search of Shangri-La in a lost Himalayan kingdom | Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/511daaf9-7830-48f8-8175-407965cb3ead