Science & Health

Thousands rally in Budapest to protect forests, held up signs saying "Keep your hands off trees", "Trees save lives"

Thousands of Hungarians rallied in Budapest after the government suspended nature conservation rules, particularly those for protecting forests.

Aug 13, 2022

Space News: NASA's InSight mission finds Martian equator is dry

Martian equator contains little or no ice, according to a new analysis of seismic data from NASA's Mars InSight mission.

Aug 12, 2022

Eye implant: Pig-skin corneal implant restores sight in blind, visually impaired

A team of international researchers, including from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in India, have developed an implant made of collagen protein from pig's skin, which resembles the human cornea and restored vision among the people with blindness and those who are visually impaired.

Aug 12, 2022

NASA is working on asteroid deflecting machine

Potentially hazardous giant asteroid named "2015 FF" to zoom past Earth on Friday: NASA

A "potentially hazardous" giant asteroid is likely to come within about 4.3 million km of Earth on Friday, according to NASA.

Aug 11, 2022

Mask made mandatory again, fines follow on violators as Covid cases surge in capital

In the wake of a sudden surge of new Covid-19 cases in the national capital, the Delhi government has made wearing of masks in public places mandatory and a fine of Rs 500 will be imposed on violators.

Aug 11, 2022

Sudden surge of Covid cases: Delhi govt makes wearing of masks mandatory at public places, fine on violators

Aug 11, 2022

PFOS called as Synthetic "forever chemical" linked to liver cancer [Details]

People with exposure to a synthetic chemical found widely in a range of consumer and industrial products were 4.5 times more likely to suffer from non-viral hepatocellular carcinoma -- the most common type of liver cancer, according to a new study.

Aug 10, 2022

Komodo Dragons: Indonesia postpones $252 Komodo Island entry fee after strike

Indonesia has postponed a steep increase to the entry fee for Komodo Island, home to the giant lizards known as Komodo dragons, following a strike by tourism operators.

Aug 10, 2022

New Langya virus in China infects 35 people, can impair liver & kidney

China has detected a new zoonotic virus named Langya henipavirus, with potential to cause acute liver and kidney infection. About 35 people have reportedly been affected, according to an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by scientists from China and Singapore.

Aug 10, 2022

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Science & Health

Thousands rally in Budapest to protect forests, held up signs saying "Keep your hands off trees", "Trees save lives"

Space News: NASA's InSight mission finds Martian equator is dry

Eye implant: Pig-skin corneal implant restores sight in blind, visually impaired

Potentially hazardous giant asteroid named "2015 FF" to zoom past Earth on Friday: NASA

Mask made mandatory again, fines follow on violators as Covid cases surge in capital

Sudden surge of Covid cases: Delhi govt makes wearing of masks mandatory at public places, fine on violators

PFOS called as Synthetic "forever chemical" linked to liver cancer [Details]

Komodo Dragons: Indonesia postpones $252 Komodo Island entry fee after strike

New Langya virus in China infects 35 people, can impair liver & kidney

Massive treasure hunt in Greenland glacier gets backing from Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates

Covid Update: India reports decline in new cases, logs 12,751 cases, 42 deaths in 24 hrs

Health Byte: Low vitamin D could be behind chronic inflammation

Covid Update: India reports 16,167 new cases, 41 deaths in 24 hrs

Questions raised on failure of ISRO's new rocket amid plans of next SSLV launch [details]

Can Monkeypox spread through sex; see what experts have to say [read now]

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]