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Get your Telescopes Ready! The Greatest Planetary Conjunction of the Century is on The Horizon!!!

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Throughout the known history, night sky has been a place full of surprises and fascinating events. This year we are going to be lucky once again to glimpse one of the rarest events ever to be happen in our sky, two giant planets coming closer enough to fit in the same field of view of a common telescope.

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SCIENCE FOR AND WITH SOCIETY: World Science Day for Peace and Development 2020

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With the aim of highlighting the important role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues, November 10th of each year is celebrated as the World Science Day for Peace and Development. According to UNESCO, this year the theme of the world science day is “Science for and with Society in dealing with COVID-19”.

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Environment / News

From Hanuman to Humboldt; Is Biogeography a Career Option for Graduates? – Dr. Sampath Seneviratne Speaks

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Coming across the stories of the famous ornithologist who documented the birds of Sri Lanka; William Vincent Legge and the German naturalist and explorer; Alexander von Humboldt, can you imagine a single discipline where all these stories can revolve around?

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Sri Lanka Ranked 109th in Environmental Performance Index 2020

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On June 4th 2020 researchers from Yale and Columbia universities released the Environmental Performance Index for the year 2020. The index rank 180 countries on 32 performance indicators across 11 issue categories covering environmental health and ecosystem vitality and considered as the premier metrics framework for global environmental policy analysis. According to the data published Sri Lanka is ranked 109th out of 180 countries in the EPI 2020. Overall EPI score for Sri Lanka is 39 out of 100 which shows how bad our performances were in environmental health and ecosystem vitality issues.

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Sri Lankan Scientists Develop a Non-Hazardous and Environmentally Friendly Process to Produce Titanium Dioxide from Ilmenite

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A group of research scientists led by Prof. Chandana Udawatte from Sabaragamuwa University, has developed a novel method of producing Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) using locally available Ilmenite from mineral sand reserves in Pulmudai. The findings from this study were published in the Journal of American Chemical Society, ACS Omega.

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