Science & Health

Aurora Steve: Mysterious purple lights in the sky spotted by citizen scientists

Steve is an acronym for "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement" and occurs in latitudes lower than the normal for auroras.

Mar 15, 2018

NASA's Mars 2020 rover has entered key assembly, test and launch phase

The 2020 rover will be launched with updated tech, cameras, and instruments trained to look for bio-signatures and possible habitats for human travelers.

Mar 15, 2018

NASA prepares for live high definition video transmission from Mars using lasers

NASA aims to transmit up to 200 gigabits of data per second that will reach Earth in 20 minutes, making HD video of a future Mars landing a possibility.

Mar 15, 2018

Ice sheets in Greenland destabilized by chain reaction from melt lake networks

Greenland is losing one billion tonnes of ice daily, causing one mm of sea level rise every year, say, researchers.

Mar 15, 2018

Stephen Hawkings inspiring quotes about life and the universe

Physicist Stephen Hawking died on Tuesday March 13 at the age of 76. In his memory, here are five of his most inspirational quotes.

Mar 14, 2018

China turns Black Mirror real by ranking citizens on social credit system

Citizens with high social credits will enjoy cheaper transport fares among other things and low scorers will be punished by giving slow internet among other things.

Mar 14, 2018

All galaxies spin once every billion years, like cosmic clocks

If you were to be perched on the edge of any galaxy large or small, in a billion years, you would have gone all the way round.

Mar 14, 2018

What is transverse myelitis? Woman paralyzed after waking up with sore neck

Doctors were completely baffled to see a fit-and-healthy woman, who thought that she developed sore neck due to sleeping awkwardly, had developed a total paralysis.

Mar 14, 2018

Kamal Haasan, Siddharth, Kajal, Tamannaah, other southern celebs mourn Stephen Hawking's death

The sudden death of physicist Stephen Hawking has shocked and saddened many south Indian celebs like Kamal Haasan, Siddharth, Kajal Aggarwal and Tamannaah Bhatia.

Mar 14, 2018

Social media pays an emotional tribute to the world's greatest physicist [Photos]

Fans of Stephen Hawking sat down to draw their tributes to the physicist who died at the age of 76 on Albert Einstein's birth anniversary.

Mar 14, 2018

What is common between Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein and Pi Day?

Here are some interesting facts about why March 14 holds a significant value in the scientific community

Mar 14, 2018

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is getting taller and redder as it shrinks

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is undergoing massive changes. It is getting smaller, taller, and redder. It might not even be visible in about 10 years, says NASA.

Mar 14, 2018

Stephen Hawking's predictions about alien life: A round-up post physicist's death

Among Hawking's predictions, the most prominent ones were about the negative consequences of contacting alien life, and about the asteroid Oumuamua's dangers.

Mar 14, 2018

Stephen Hawking's movie: Where to download and watch The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything, which details the life of Stephen Hawking, was released in January 2015. It is available for download and watching online on YouTube Movies.

Mar 14, 2018

Stephen Hawking: A brief history of the brightest star in modern cosmology

A compilation of the life and death of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking who passed away at the age of 76 in Cambridge on Wednesday.

Mar 14, 2018