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An international collaboration of researchers have discovered how archaea can form tissue-like structures from simple mechanical compression, unlocking a major secret to evolution. In ThePrint #̦PureScience, Sandhya Ramesh explains the findings and their significance.----more----Subscribe to the Pure Science Telegram Channel https://t.me/PureScienceWithSandhyaRamesh----more----Sources and further reading:

BioRxiv preprint: Tissue-Like Multicellular Development Triggered by Mechanical Compression in Archaea https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.19.619234v1----more----Project lead Alex Bisson’s visual explanation https://x.com/archaeon_alex/status/1848309481068753294?s=61

 'The EU—a complex blend of 27 states, that works as a federation and confederation, with diverse foreign policies and responses to Russia’s grinding war in the East—faces a future that Europe itself must shape. One that is not reliant on the US, Russia, or China', says Foreign Policy Expert Swasti Rao. Watch: 

 Tamil Nadu has the largest Iron-Age urn burial site. We must look beyond our Harappa frenzy

As German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismisses his Finance Minister, a vote of confidence is scheduled for 15 January and collapse of government looks inevitable. Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, explains how the German system is designed based on learning from excesses of majoritarianism, and not allowing any party to control absolute power. He dissects its complex voting system & unstable coalitions in episode 1551 of Cut The Clutter. Additionally, he discusses the recent Supreme Court verdict on Aligarh Muslim University's minority status with Deputy Editor Bhadra Sinha.----more----Watch Cut The Clutter episode 843 dissecting German elections and their form of coalition government : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2kYp88xbc

With the SC ruling that not all private properties can be considered ‘material resources of the community’, in Episode 1550 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta traces the evolution of property rights under Article 39(b) of the Indian Constitution & how the issue can be traced back to a 1977 minority opinion by Justice Krishna Iyer.