Biological gold: The 46-million-year-old mosquito caught red-handed with a belly full of blood |

Scientists discovered a 46-million-year-old mosquito fossil in Montana. This ancient insect was perfectly preserved in shale, not amber. Its abdomen held its last meal, confirmed by chemical tests. Image Credits: Hemoglobin-derived porphyrins preserved in a Middle Eocene blood-engorged mosquito study by PNAS Fig 1 For decades, the notion of a prehistoric mosquito entombed in a…

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Merely a fifth of all patients in Maharashtra go to public hospitals: NSO survey | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Only a fifth of the patients in Maharashtra visit public hospitals for help, according to the recently released National Statistical Office (NSO) 80th round household consumption on health.The public-to-private division is not so lopsided in any other Indian state even though Maharashtra, one of the affluent states, has over 30 govt medical and dental…

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Marks spike in II PU revaluation raises questions over evaluation standards | Bengaluru News

Mangaluru: Revaluation of answer scripts in Karnataka’s II PU Examination-1 has led to a sharp jump in scores for many students, raising fresh concerns about the reliability of the initial assessment by Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board.Official data show that while most students recorded changes within a narrow band of one to five marks,…

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