Science & Health

Mystery object flashes over Heathrow Airport sky moments before passenger jet makes landing

A fast-moving, brightly burning object flew across the sky above Heathrow Airport on 19 November. The flashing object appeared just ahead of a passenger jet approaching the airport. A video of this event is now going viral on social media.

Nov 22, 2017

Drone race: Nasas AI-backed drone takes on human-controlled one

Engineers at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory put together a drone race to find which is faster – a drone operated by a human or one operated by artificial intelligence.

Nov 22, 2017

Is this a UFO? Mysterious bright object flashes across sky at Heathrow Airport seconds before a plane's landing [VIDEO]

Conspiracy theorists on the other hand recently said that they believe the astronauts are hiding some information.

Nov 22, 2017

Animal drugs mislabelled and sold to humans! Officials seize 3,000 such drugs in Thane and Ghaziabad

Girish Hukare said: "We are also making inquiries with the manufacturer located in Punjab to verify if it was a labelling mistake."

Nov 22, 2017

You won't gain weight by having this kind of fat, researchers say

A latest study carried out by scientists from Spain revealed that some fats don't have a major impact on health.

Nov 21, 2017

Forgot to take your birth control pill again? This new device will send an alert on your smartphone when you do

Teemu Piirainen, Popit Ltd CEO said: "This kind of technology hasn't been available before and it opens up exciting new possibilities."

Nov 21, 2017

Giant extinct sea cow found beneath Russian beach

Overhunting of the sea cow made it extinct, as it was a gentle animal which moved slowly in herds.

Nov 21, 2017

World's first man-made meteor shower scheduled for 2019; shooting stars to dazzle night sky over Hiroshima

"I'm thinking of streams of meteors that are rare in nature. It is artificial but I want to make really beautiful ones that can impress viewers," ALE founder and CEO Lena Okajima said.

Nov 21, 2017

Meet Fedor, Russias gun-toting space robot, now preparing for a solo flight

Russia wants to send its most high-tech robot into space as a pilot on a voyage to the International Space Station.

Nov 21, 2017

This video game addresses people randomly touching black womens hair without permission

A gamer and creator named Momo Pixels has decided to tackle the issue of poeple touching black womens hair by creating a video game in which a female African American character of the players choosing swats away random people trying to touch her hair.

Nov 21, 2017

Meet Oumuamua: All you need to know about the first interstellar asteroid to enter our Solar System

Scientific analysis has revealed that the first object to pass through our solar system from interstellar space is an asteroid with an unusually elongated shape. The asteroid was first spotted on 19 October by NASA researchers using the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii, and named Oumuamua, which means a messenger from afar arriving first in Hawaiian.

Nov 21, 2017

Donald Trump designates North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism

President Donald Trump says that the United States is designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorists.

Nov 21, 2017

First-ever interstellar cigar-shaped asteroid discovered! [VIDEO]

The asteroid dubbed Oumuamua is around 400 metres (a quarter mile) long, rocky and cigar-shaped with a somewhat reddish hue.

Nov 21, 2017

Amazing Timelapse of Leonid Meteor Shower captured in the UK

A resident of Darlington, UK captured a stunning timelapse of an annual meteor shower in the northern hempisphere, known as the Leonid Meteor Shower. 

Nov 20, 2017

Slow Earth rotation will result in severe earthquakes in 2018, predict scientists

"The correlation between Earth's rotation and earthquake activity is strong and suggests there is going to be an increase in numbers of intense earthquakes next year," Roger Bilham said.

Nov 20, 2017