Science & Health

NASA warning: Monstrous asteroid screeching at 17,000 miles per hour to whiz past earth soon

Even though the chances of a probable collision is pretty low, this asteroid, if hit with the earth may cause huge devastation in a regional scale

Nov 10, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

Asteroid Nasa

A lot of much-loved food is hyper-palatable, but unhealthy

Scientists devise particular metrics to label some foods as hyper-palatable. They find that most food products eaten in the United States come under this category.

Nov 10, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

Rise in dengue in Singapore, 7th reported death in 2016

Dengue can be sexually transmitted, confirms Spanish health authorities

The Spanish health authority has reported a very rare case involving a man who got the dengue infection from his partner

Nov 9, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Boy scouts announce they will start accepting girls into cub scouts program In 2018

Scientists discredit earlier hypothesis that boys better at math than girls

A study finds that there is no difference in math aptitude between girls and boys as both the gender learn and perform math skills in a similar way.

Nov 9, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Scientists claim to have found cure for HIV

A Maryland based company has claimed to have found treatment for HIV AIDS through a gene therapy that will be able to eradicate the disease once and for all.

Nov 9, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Dwindling Arctic ice infecting marine mammals with deadly virus

A study has suggested that melting Arctic ice has become a pathway for deadly phocine distemper virus to infect mammals in the pacific.

Nov 9, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Even Neanderthals liked to wear jewelry, made of eagle talons

Ornamental uses of eagle talons, used by Neanderthals, have been discovered by scientists in the Iberian Peninsula for the first time.

Nov 9, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

Rare new strain of HIV identified two decades after sample taken in DR Congo

A US laboratory has found a new strain of Group M subtype L strain of HIV after 20 years of the sample taken in DR Congo.

Nov 8, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Is NASA wrong? Discovery of alien life will be slow and not before 2021, says top astronomer

NASA scientist Jim Green had earlier revealed that humans are not ready to accept the facts behind extraterrestrial existence

Nov 8, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

Alien

NASA spots kaleidoscope galaxy magnified by gravity in new Hubble photo

The latest photo captured by the Hubble Space Telescope features a kaleidoscope image of a distant galaxy.

Nov 8, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Nasa Space

Blame game heats up in Pakistan over new cases of extinct Type 2 polio virus

According to reports, Pakistan has been trying to cover up on new cases of p2 poliovirus that had been eradicated in 2014.

Nov 8, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Archaeologists find partial remains of 3 cats inside ancient Egyptian mummy

Scientists conducted a CT scan on 2500-year-old cat mummy and found remains of three different mummies

Nov 8, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

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

By Soorya Kiran NN

Will Tardigrades go to Mars before humans? Scientists ponder combining radiation resistant DNA in humans for Mars mission

Scientists have been working on combining Tardigrades DNA with human cells to make astronauts endure extreme conditions in space and protect them from harmful radiation.

Nov 8, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Space