Immanuel Jotham

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India's first underwater metro tunnel to carry passengers across Hooghly in 60 seconds

Tunneling has been completed under the river and regular metro services are expected to begin in 2019, with the entire Sealdah to Howrah link seeing completion in 2021.

May 29, 2018

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Great Barrier Reef survived 5 'death events' over 30,000 years, it might not last this one

The Great Barrier Reef survived death events five times in the past, but it might go extinct this time because the changes in the ocean are not natural.

May 29, 2018

Rare Earth element could redefine time with a new way to measure seconds

Time's base unit – seconds might get a new definition – one that is more accurate and stable, even useable in most conditions.

May 29, 2018

Summer vacation plans? Air India Express and IndiGo ranked among cheapest carriers in the world

Air India Express, the low-cost version of Air India, and IndiGo fly between India and the Middle East as well as some parts of South East Asia regularly.

May 28, 2018

Virtual Plotting? Watch movie that is twisted, tweaked and tuned to your brain wave soon

A new movie to be screened next month will have a member of the audience "directing" the flow of story, music and pace, all dictated by the viewer's brainwaves in real time.

May 28, 2018

US government asks science questions to test public knowledge: Here's how India did

The US government conducts a survey every two years to try and understand how much the general public knows about science and technology. Here are the most recent results of the survey.

May 28, 2018

Remembering 12 astronauts who stepped on Moon

Twelve people have walked on the Moon till now, here is a quick list to remember them by.

May 27, 2018

New traffic technology aims to give drivers green light when they reach a signal

The idea is to have the driver arrive just as the traffic lights change, easing out bottlenecks and making for less braking and smoother driving.

May 27, 2018

Antarctica has whole mountain ranges and valleys buried deep beneath its ice

The land area of the frozen continent has whole mountain ranges and massive valleys that keep the ice sheet stable and prevent ice from East Antarctica from flowing through to West Antarctica and eventually out to the coast, influencing rising sea levels globally.

May 27, 2018

Life on Mars? Iron-rich Martian rocks near lakes could have hosted life 4 billion years back

If life existed on Mars in the past, and there is a strong likelihood of that being true. The best places to look for life would be inside the iron-rich rocks near ancient lakes, according to scientists.

May 27, 2018

Obese people are more likely to survive infections in hospitals than others

In three different studies conducted in the United States and Denmark, obese people in hospitals are found to be more likely to survive infections ranging from pneumonia to sepsis, say researchers.

May 25, 2018

Do black holes die? Life and death of the most powerful forces in the cosmos

Black holes are not the scary space vacuum cleaners that suck up all matter around them - they are dying stars that have immeasurable amounts of gravity and will all eventually die out.

May 25, 2018

Dinosaur-killing asteroid also triggered a global warming that lasted 100,000 years

The impact created a heat wave so intense that it melted rocks and set off wildfires that stretched across continents, with the increased temperatures on Earth lasting for thousands of years.

May 25, 2018

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Elon Musk's plan to build world's largest virtual solar power grid in Australia gets nod

Elon Musk built the world's largest battery in South Australia last year, and now, work is set to begin in the construction of the world's largest virtual solar power plant.

May 25, 2018

Pluto, Solar System's dwarf planet could in fact be a giant comet

Dwarf planet Pluto might actually be a giant comet made of billions of comets and other rocks from the Kuiper belt as scientists find the composition of Pluto similar to that of comets.

May 24, 2018

Earth was one large ball of water before land suddenly emerged about 2.4 bn years ago

The entire planet was just a hot ocean till the mantle cooled and allowed the land to come up from within, changing the climate and geography of the planet, also, making way from complex plant life to emerge on land.

May 24, 2018

Sleeping through weekends could help you avoid an early death, keep you healthy

Getting enough sleep is a life or death situation, so if you are not getting enough sleep in the week, stay in during the weekends and hit the snooze button.

May 24, 2018

SpaceX wants to build underground Boring Company tunnels in Mars for human habitation

Humans might end up being Mars' mole people because the surface of the red planet is not exactly safe. Cosmic radiation, falling meteors, and Sun's rays have no filter on Mars because there is no magnetic field and the atmosphere is too thin.

May 24, 2018

NASA's Parker probe to 'touch the Sun' will carry 1.1 million names on its journey

The Parker Solar Probe is the first ever attempt to travel to the outer atmosphere of a star and study solar winds. The spacecraft will also carry a memory card with 1.1 million names on it to the Sun.

May 23, 2018

The EmDrive 'impossible engine' was built and tested- it works because of magnetic waves

EmDrive is a machine that produces thrust without exhaust and is seen as one of the frontline technologies that can finally take humans interstellar. A recent study was able to build an EmDrive and also test it, but it seems like the Earth's gravity plays a big role in its working.

May 23, 2018

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Articles by Immanuel Jotham

India's first underwater metro tunnel to carry passengers across Hooghly in 60 seconds

Great Barrier Reef survived 5 'death events' over 30,000 years, it might not last this one

Rare Earth element could redefine time with a new way to measure seconds

Summer vacation plans? Air India Express and IndiGo ranked among cheapest carriers in the world

Virtual Plotting? Watch movie that is twisted, tweaked and tuned to your brain wave soon

US government asks science questions to test public knowledge: Here's how India did

Remembering 12 astronauts who stepped on Moon

New traffic technology aims to give drivers green light when they reach a signal

Antarctica has whole mountain ranges and valleys buried deep beneath its ice

Life on Mars? Iron-rich Martian rocks near lakes could have hosted life 4 billion years back

Obese people are more likely to survive infections in hospitals than others

Do black holes die? Life and death of the most powerful forces in the cosmos

Dinosaur-killing asteroid also triggered a global warming that lasted 100,000 years

Elon Musk's plan to build world's largest virtual solar power grid in Australia gets nod

Pluto, Solar System's dwarf planet could in fact be a giant comet

Earth was one large ball of water before land suddenly emerged about 2.4 bn years ago

Sleeping through weekends could help you avoid an early death, keep you healthy

SpaceX wants to build underground Boring Company tunnels in Mars for human habitation

NASA's Parker probe to 'touch the Sun' will carry 1.1 million names on its journey

The EmDrive 'impossible engine' was built and tested- it works because of magnetic waves

Ranveer Singh touches Sanjay Leela Bhansali's feet; Sara Ali Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari radiate in ethnic outfits at reception

Omar lambasts "arrogant" Congress after BJP's historic victory; Mehbooba reacts [details]

BJP leads in 53 seats, crosses majority mark in Chhattisgarh

Ranbir Kapoor's fans burst crackers inside theatres during Animal screening; fans say 'low budget Salman Khan' fans'