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Men perform ‘Garba’ under aurora: Know all about these ‘northern lights’
A video of a group of men performing the traditional dance of Indian 'garba' under the northern lights in Alaska has gone viral. The video was shared by an Instagram content creator who also posted several other videos showcasing the beauty of the "aurora borealis". The aurora borealis were seen with green hues dancing across the skies. Auroras are a natural phenomenon caused by magnetic storms initiated by the Sun's activity such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections. They are visible as bright lights in the sky and are known as aurora borealis or northern lights near the North Pole and aurora australis or southern lights near the South Pole.

Tim Friede: Man bitten by snakes hundreds of times helps create broad antivenom
Tim Friede, a self-taught snake enthusiast, endured hundreds of venomous bites, enabling researchers to develop a potentially groundbreaking antivenom. His unique antibodies could help treat snakebite victims globally, particularly in India, by neutralizing toxins across multiple snake species.