Science & Health

Who is Katsuko Saruhashi? Google doodle pays tribute to pioneer Japanese scientist

Katsuko Saruhashi, a feminist icon and renowned geochemist, who worked on measuring radioactive fallout in the oceans, gets commemorated in today's Google Doodle.

Mar 22, 2018

National Doctor's Day 2017, doctor's day

What is multiple symmetric lipomatosis? Rare disease makes man look like Hulk

The man developed the rare condition known as multiple symmetric lipomatosis after drinking strong liquor every day for three decades.

Mar 21, 2018

Apitherapy is the most popular in China and Korea. [Representational image.]

Woman dies from apitherapy acupuncture that uses bee stings instead of needles

The unnamed woman was taken to a hospital and given adrenaline and antihistamines to stall the reaction she had from the stings, but she died several weeks later.

Mar 21, 2018

World water crisis in numbers

2.1 billion people lack access to clean and safe water worldwide, and with the global population projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, water scarcity will continue to be a major issue for generations to come.

Mar 21, 2018

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Black hole spews radiation while devouring star, reveals its feeding habits

For the first time ever, there is a definitive proof on how radiation streams that come out of black holes are formed and how strong they can get.

Mar 21, 2018

The mapping of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu is one of the science goals of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, and an integral part of spacecraft operations. The spacecraft will spend a year surveying Bennu before collecting a sample that will be returned to Ear

Why is asteroid Bennu 'potentially hazardous'? Need for NASA HAMMER explained

In theory, asteroid Bennu could smack right into Earth around September 21 in the year 2135, but it is a remote possibility.

Mar 21, 2018

Jeff Bezos takes robot dog for walk, Twitter goes berserk

Twitter goes berserk after witnessing Jeff Bezos with a robotic dog who became popular after the video of it opening a door went viral.

Mar 21, 2018

Trappist-1's Earth-sized worlds may have too much water to host life

Astronomers say water likely makes up more than half the mass of the outer planets in the Trappist-1 system.

Mar 21, 2018

Beer without hops: New technique brews IPA with only yeast and sugar

Yeast infused with the ability to make the same bitter oils that hops produce have made it easier to brew consistent ales en masse.

Mar 21, 2018

Chinese baby born with three legs has third limb removed in a 10 hour long surgery.

Three-legged Chinese baby undergoes 10-hour surgery to get extra limb removed

The baby's third limb was actually of its parasitic twin. The condition occurs one in every million live births.

Mar 21, 2018

Dravidian language family is about 4,500 years old, finds new study

Spoken by over 220 million people, the four major languages of South India – Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu – have literature and traditions spanning several centuries.

Mar 21, 2018