Science & Health

Breastfeeding for 6 months or more may reduce diabetes risk: Study

Researchers have found very strong association between breastfeeding duration and lower risk of developing diabetes.

Jan 18, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Australia's suicidally-sexed marsupials under-threat, males dying after sexual interaction: QUT

The researchers from QUT are trying to get more funding to continue their research process on mysterious unique mammals in Australia.

Jan 18, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

US tops chart with 24,000 stillbirths each year; Study blames it on smoking, BP

A recent study suggests that nearly 25 percent of the stillbirths can be prevented and in order to do so health care before pregnancy should be of primary significance.

Jan 18, 2018

By Sanchalita Mullick

U.S. and European scientists said on January 26 that they had caught their first ever "live" picture of a gamma-ray burst

Can aliens make contact via Gamma-ray bursts? MIT astronomer says so

Astronomer called John A. Ball has sensationally claimed that the Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are nothing but alien signals, sent out by the ETs to make contacts.

Jan 18, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Michigan stunned as bright explosion fills night sky

Scientists confirmed that the bright explosion in the sky over Michigan was actually caused by a rare meteoroid, which had eneterd earth's atmosphere

Jan 18, 2018

By Poulami Nag

Worlds fattest man has surgery to halve his weight

Weight-loss surgery may halve risk of death in adults

Obese middle-aged men and women who undergo bariatric surgery for weight loss may have reduced their risk of death by 50 per cent than those tackling their weight through diet and behaviour alone, finds a study.

Jan 18, 2018

By IANS

Saiga antelopes see massive fall in numbers, 60% wiped out already

Kazakhstan witnessed a rather strange event in May 2015 when more than 200,000 saiga antelopes died in just three weeks.

Jan 18, 2018

By Sanchalita Mullick

After India, Japan now successfully launches own Earth observation satellite

Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Thursday successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite, equipped with X-band radar which is capable of obtaining high-resolution terrain images.

Jan 18, 2018

By IANS

Giant asteroid to fly-by very close to Earth in February

The gigantic asteroid will fly Earth on February 4, 2017. If an object of this size hits the Earth, which is very unlikely in this case, the entire planet will go through a mini ice age for many years and the world temperature will fall down to 8-degree Celcius.

Jan 18, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Nasa

Denmark uses AI that can diagnose person's heart attack over the phone

The digital assistant can detect heart attack or cardia arrest faster than humans, even from a distance.

Jan 18, 2018

By Mario Manlupig, Jr

Artificial intelligence

A new analysis from The University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Geophysics suggests a deep oceanic gateway, shown in blue, developed between the Pacific and Iapetus oceans immediately before the Cambrian sea level rise and explosion of life in the f

Ancient 'Gondwanaland' holds mysteries from ancient history, researchers try to unearth some of them

Erstwhile Gondwanaland meant today's Africa-South, America-Australia-India-Antarctica, and 106 years ago on this day of January 17, 1912, researcher Robert Falcon Scott arrived at the South Pole, during Terra Nova Expedition to find fossils of Gondwanaland trees, which revived the glory of Gondwanaland.

Jan 18, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fish in protected areas found 4 times more than elsewhere

Researchers found that fish in marine protected areas are found to be four times abundant than outside region.

Jan 18, 2018

By Rahul K R

Cartosat-2F first image stunningly sharper than Google Map

India's recently launched remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2F has started sending images to its ground station. ISRO has published the first image on its official website.

Jan 18, 2018

By Rahul K R

NASA's Hubble Space telescope captures image of unique galaxy with mass of 3 million-billion suns

NASA has recently identified a galactic cluster of three million billion suns mass in the distant Universe using Hubble Telescope.

Jan 17, 2018

By Rahul K R

Nasa

Bird songs related to climate change can help track time of nesting: Study

A new study provides information on the songs of birds and their breeding behavior, covering the birds of northern California.

Jan 17, 2018

By Sanchalita Mullick

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Science & Health

Breastfeeding for 6 months or more may reduce diabetes risk: Study

Australia's suicidally-sexed marsupials under-threat, males dying after sexual interaction: QUT

US tops chart with 24,000 stillbirths each year; Study blames it on smoking, BP

Can aliens make contact via Gamma-ray bursts? MIT astronomer says so

Michigan stunned as bright explosion fills night sky

Weight-loss surgery may halve risk of death in adults

Saiga antelopes see massive fall in numbers, 60% wiped out already

After India, Japan now successfully launches own Earth observation satellite

Giant asteroid to fly-by very close to Earth in February

Denmark uses AI that can diagnose person's heart attack over the phone

Ancient 'Gondwanaland' holds mysteries from ancient history, researchers try to unearth some of them

Fish in protected areas found 4 times more than elsewhere

Cartosat-2F first image stunningly sharper than Google Map

NASA's Hubble Space telescope captures image of unique galaxy with mass of 3 million-billion suns

Bird songs related to climate change can help track time of nesting: Study

Yacht Sinks After Being Rammed by Orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar, Again

Yacht Sinks After Being Rammed by Orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar, Again

Climate Change Study: Record-Breaking Heatwave Last Month Caused by Humans, Repercussions Numerous

Climate Change Study: Record-Breaking Heatwave Last Month Caused by Humans, Repercussions Numerous