Science & Health

People walk near the Eiffel tower in haze in Paris, capital of France

Eiffel Tower to go dark in solidarity with Afghan victims

France's "Iron Lady," the Eiffel Tower, will turn off its lights in solidarity with the victims of Afghan capital Kabul's attack, Paris mayor said on Saturday.

Jan 28, 2018

By IANS

view of polluted Yamuna river flowing by the Taj Maha

India: Kite fliers' message to Modi, Yogi: Save Yamuna, save Agra

Special kites with printed messages dotted the Agra skyline on Sunday evening.

Jan 28, 2018

By IANS

Certain bacteria may increase HIV risk for women

Scientists have identified seven bacterial species whose presence in high concentrations may significantly increase the risk of HIV infection in women.

Jan 28, 2018

By IANS

New ingestible antibody to prevent allergy, asthma

Researchers have in a breakthrough developed a new ingestible or inhalable antibody that can prevent allergic reactions and asthma in adults.

Jan 28, 2018

By IANS

Aerobic exercise increases the brain size and decrease brain function

Aerobic exercises may boost cognitive skills, delay Alzheimer's disease

Engaging in aerobic exercises such as spinning, running, walking may be three times more effective than other types of exercise in delaying the risk of Alzheimer's disease as well as improving cognitive function in older adults, found a study.

Jan 28, 2018

By IANS

,800-year-old remains of mother cradling her baby found in Taiwan

Oldest human fossil outside of Africa found in Israel cave [VIDEO]

A team of researchers discovered the fossil, an adult upper jawbone with several teeth, at the Misliya cave in Israel.

Jan 27, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

NASA's GOLD launched atop Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket

NASA launched its Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD aboard a host commercial communication satellite on January 25, 2018, atop Ariane 5 launcher.

Jan 27, 2018

By Rahul K R

Nasa

Biggest supermoon in almost 70 years to be seen from Singapore on Nov 14

How to watch and photograph the super blue blood moon?

Here are some sugesstions regarding how to watch the super blue blood moon on January 31 and also click the best pictures of the moon on that day.

Jan 27, 2018

By Poulami Nag

US to stop funding International Space station

US plans to withdraw itself from the engineering marvel orbiting the earth, the International Space Station (ISS) as the Donald Trump administration has decided not to spend any more money on it.

Jan 27, 2018

By Rahul K R

Nasa

Virtual life on Moon vs Mars: How the experiments on Earth stack?

China's Yuegong-1 experiment faced unexpected power cut that lasted for one whole night but the response by the volunteers was positive as they simply went to bed.

Jan 27, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

Extra body fat can directly increase breast cancer risk: Study

A new study conducted by American researchers has revealed that extra body fat will directly increase breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women even if they have normal weight

Jan 27, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Omega-3s from fish help effectively in preventing cancer: Study

Omega 3s fatty acids from fish are eight times more effective at inhibiting tumour development, found a new study.

Jan 27, 2018

By IANS

Laboratory-confirmed influenza increases risk of heart attack: Study

Researchers have identified about six times more chances of heart attack in people affected with influenza.

Jan 27, 2018

By Rahul K R

Dying father gets surgery after his T-shirt saying 'In Need of Kidney' goes viral

The 60-year-old patient Robert Leibowitz said that he got the idea of this T-shirt after speculating the long waiting list for a new kidney.

Jan 27, 2018

By Bihu Ray

ISS astronauts display how to construct a pizza in zero gravity

Bacteria may help to transform poop into food for astronauts

Astronauts who are in deep space mission will never eat the poop directly. Instead, the poop they excrete will be used as an energy source to feed edible bacteria, which may emerge as a nutritious food source.

Jan 27, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan