Science & Health

What is Sirenomelia? Indian baby with mermaid feature dies minutes after birth

The baby, "with a fish-like body" at the Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Government Hospital at Ambajogai in Maharashtra, died minutes after birth.

27 days ago

Humans account for 0.1% of life on Earth, but have eradicated most other living things

A new assessment of all life on the planet has estimated that the 7.6 billion people on Earth make up for a mere 0.01%, but since the beginning of civilisation, humans alone have wiped out about 83 percent of all mammals in the wild and about half the plant species that ever existed.

27 days ago

Off colour: Pollution turns India's white marble Taj Mahal green

Falling water table is weakening the Taj's wooden foundation. Also, pollution and rampant construction around the building are worsening the air quality.

27 days ago

ISRO completes tests on GSAT-11, glitch-free satellite may be launched soon

ISRO's GSAT-11 is a communication satellite, said to be the "heaviest satellite ever." Weighing about 5,725 kilograms, the GSAT-11 is likely to blast off from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. The cost of the mission has been pegged at around Rs 500 crore.

28 days ago

Infant's remains with strangely mummified hand discovered, but how?

Archaeologists studying a grave site in southern Hungary stumbled upon the remains of an infant with only its hand strangely preserved while the rest of the body was found decomposed.

28 days ago

Nipah virus outbreak: Centre sends NCDC team after 3 people die in Kerala

Nine others remain critical in Kerala after contracting the rare Nipah virus, the Health Department of Kerala said.

28 days ago

China's Magpie Bridge satellite will orbit 455,000 km from Earth to control future Moon robots

This is the first communications satellite that will operate so far from Earth and it is designed to help Chinese engineers control their robot which will explore the dark side of the Moon

28 days ago

'Laze' warning issued as Hawaiian lava reaches sea

Laze, which is a mashup of "lava" and "haze", is a nasty product formed when hot lava hits the ocean, sending hydrochloric acid and volcanic glass particles into the air.

28 days ago

China launches satellite to explore Moon's far side

Queqiao is expected to enter a halo orbit around the second Lagrangian (L2) point of the Earth-Moon system, about 455,000 km from the Earth. It will be the world's first communication satellite operating in that orbit. Monday's launch was the 275th mission of the Long March rocket series.

28 days ago

Strange laser beams being fired at Earth from Ant Nebula in deep space

A dying star part of a twin star system in the middle of the Ant Nebula has been ejecting lasers into the universe and to beams are coming at Earth.

29 days ago

NASA's exoplanet hunter takes first image of the cosmos as it swings by the Moon

TESS is a NASA mission that is designed to look for exoplanets and potentially life-bearing planets orbiting stars in the cosmos and it has just taken its first image.

29 days ago

Hitler definitely died in 1945: Study on the Fuhrer's teeth finally debunks conspiracy theories

Hitler did not flee to Argentina in a submarine, he is not in a hidden base in Antarctica or on the dark side of the moon, researchers have said. The Nazi dictator died on April 30 1945 after shooting himself in the head at the Reich Chancellery as the Red army closed in.

29 days ago

Ramadan: This is why you should break your fast with dates

If you are fasting this Ramadan, stack up on dates as the dry fruits are not only a great source of energy, but they also control your blood sugar level and are cholesterol-free.

29 days ago

Toxic mushrooms kill 9, poison over 700 in Iran: Tips to identify the deadly fungi

The victims consumed the toxic mushrooms as they were not distinguishable from the edible ones, said the Yasuj University of Medical Sciences.

29 days ago

Last time Earth experienced a cooler-than-average month was in 1984 – thanks to global warming

Earth's global average temperatures have been on a steady rise since 1984 and it is getting hotter and hotter every month.

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