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Ketamine proved a wonder drug to make heavy drinkers forget their habit for months together

They were drinking roughly 30 pints of beer per week, five times the recommended limit but ketamine dosage over a period of time turned them reluctant to take beer

Nov 27, 2019

Mega Millions: Friday 11/22/19 winning jackpot numbers are 7-12-17-49-53, MB-24, MP4x; No winner again

Winning Mega Millions numbers are 7-12-17-49-53, MB-24, MP4x , no winner this time too

Nov 23, 2019

Two million-year-old ice cores in Antarctica extracted, scientists upbeat

After the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, there emerged our current world of colder and longer glacial cycles of 100,000 years, known as the 40k and 100k world, respectively

Nov 22, 2019

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C45) carrying Emisat and 28 other payloads on the launch pad of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The launch placed on orbit Emisat built by

ISRO to launch Cartosat-3 and 13 nanosatellites on Nov 25

Cartosat-3, intended to replace the IRS series, will have a panchromatic resolution of 0.25 metres and Mx of 1 metre with a high quality resolution which is a major improvement from the previous payloads in the Cartosat series

Nov 19, 2019

Facebook just removed 200 white supremacist groups; What else is new?

Facebook removed 200 white supremacist groups and focused on new steps taken in the last 6 months in its 4th Community Standard Enforcement Report

Nov 14, 2019

Disney+ to stream on Amazon Fire TV devices, LG and Samsung smart TVs

Disney Plus gets 10 Million subscribers on opening day, mostly Netflix viewers

Disney is likely to give a touch competition to Netflix, which has remained the sole leader in streaming business with 158 million subscribers since its launch in 2007.

Nov 14, 2019

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Rare Mercury Transit captured by NASA in this video, next such celestial event only in 2032

Mercury Transit was visible in the US East Coast, Canada, South and Central America throughout its transit while the rest of the globe captured s small sliver of it. Those in Asia, including Singapore, and Australia missed the event entirely.

Nov 12, 2019

Insufficient sleep linked to faster biological aging and cardiovascular disease risk: NHCS study

A Singapore study using wearable FitBit trackers links insufficient sleep to increased rate of biological aging and cardiovascular disease risk

Nov 12, 2019

Not merely humans, these northern hemisphere trees escalate global warming with nitrous oxide emissions

Forests have relevance not only in the absorption of carbon, but also as a source of other greenhouse gases

Nov 12, 2019

Rare celestial event falls on Monday, Nov 11 when Mercury passes between Earth and Sun

The transit begins Monday at 1235 GMT and ends at 1804 GMT, when Mercury appears to enter on one edge of the Sun and exit on the other

Nov 10, 2019

Now early warning system for lightning to the nearest 10 to 30 minutes on cards

This new system can predict when lightning will strike to the nearest 10 to 30 minutes, within a 30-kilometer radius

Nov 8, 2019

Boat trapped for 101 years above Niagara Falls is all set to fall down any time now

The scow or rescue of its two occupants remained a folklore among the local Canadians for over a century

Nov 5, 2019

Full Moon Day: Does crime increase whenever the moon is full?

With Halloween around, the BetaGov team at NYU's Marron Institute of Urban Management has released the study on the "lunar effect" with mixed outcome that has surprised researchers

Oct 30, 2019

ISIS chief Baghdadi under surveillance for 5 months before death, reveal Iraqi intelligence sources

ISIS supremo Baghdadi was under surveillance for the last 5 months and CIA was well informed about his whereabouts before targeting him

Oct 28, 2019

Financial losses mount on individuals just before they're diagnosed with Alzheimer's: Study

They become vulnerable to large reductions in liquid assets such as savings, money market, and checking accounts before diagnosed with Alzeimer's

Oct 26, 2019

Russian hacking group Duke resurfaces ahead of 2020 US Presidential Elections, says cyber security firm

MiniDuke targeted victims into clicking a malicious link and then use three other new families of malware named PolyglotDuke, RegDuke and FatDuke

Oct 22, 2019

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Singapore plans widening mangroves to stem sea level rise, besides engineering techniques

Under the Forest Restoration Action Plan, Singapore wants to plant an additional 250,000 native trees and shrubs, besides acquiring islands off its coast for mangrove coverage

Oct 22, 2019

Amid criticism, a new bird-friendly wind turbine design proposed to save wildlife

There was a negative impact of three birds lost for every wind turbine within 400 meters of a bird habitat and the need to set them far apart, says new study

Oct 21, 2019

Yellowstone Supervolcano: What's happening beneath it that erupted 630,000 years ago?

The origin of the plume behind the Yellowstone Supervolcano is traced to the "Baja California", more than a thousand kilometers southwest of the national park

Oct 21, 2019

American Indians prone to higher risk of irregular heartbeat, says study

Among American Indians, new AFib cases were 7.5 times per year per 1000 patients, compared to 6.9 times per year per every thousand patients of other races or ethnic groups

Oct 21, 2019

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