Science & Health

Unvaccinated persons 10 times more likely to die from COVID: US study shows [details]

Vaccine effectiveness against the infection dropped from 90 per cent, when delta had not yet gained significant traction, to less than 80 per cent from mid-June to mid-July, when delta began out-competing all other variants of the virus.

Sep 12, 2021

NASA's Perseverance Rover samples to help resolve ancient puzzle of disappearance of water on Mars

Sample collection of Mars may help NASA scientists to piece together the timeline of the area's past, which was marked by volcanic activity and periods of persistent water.

Sep 11, 2021

Forest Man of India may well be a trillionaire; 40 million trees are his assets [here's how]

The Supreme Court, in a judgement delivered this February, had said that the monetized contribution of a tree if it had hundred years of life left, would be to the tune of Rs 75 lakh.

Sep 11, 2021

500-million-year-old fossil discovered in Canada; massive apex predator of sea predates dinosaurs [Study]

Paleontologists from Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have reported the discovery of a new species of radiodont named Titanokorys gainesi at the Burgess Shale deposit; is one of the largest species known species in the group.

Sep 10, 2021

India sees slight decline of 8,290 from Thursday's Covid caseload of 43K;

India sees slight decline in new Covid cases to 34,973 on Friday from Thursday's 43,263 infections and Wednesday's 37,875 cases.

Sep 10, 2021

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 223 mn, Iran, S. Korea, Africa emerge as new hot spots

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 223 million with the US remaining the worst-hit country, followed by India, while Iran and Africa emerge as new hot spots.

Sep 10, 2021

From hearing loss to dry mouth: These are the new symptoms of Covid infection

K'taka ends weekend curfew in border districts as Covid positivity rate declines to 0.73%

K'taka ends weekend curfew in border districts where the positivity rate declined from more than 2 per cent to 0.73 per cent now.

Sep 10, 2021

Milky Way galaxy not as homogeneous as previously believed; challenges existing theoretical models

Published in the journal Nature, the study stated that gases within the Milky Way are not mixed homogenously, and only very few regions achieve solar metallicity.

Sep 9, 2021

90-million-year-old Dinosaur Fossil Unearthed In Uzbekistan; Newly Discovered Species Was Apex Predator Before Rise of T-rex and Its Kind [Study]

An international team of researchers has discovered the fossil of a new species of dinosaur named Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis in the Kyzylkum Desert in Uzbekistan; likely dominated the food chain before tyrannosauroids.

Sep 9, 2021

Metabolic Changes Related to COVID-19 Severity Uncovered in Plasma, Immune Cells; May Help Predict Outcomes Among Patients [Study]

A multi-institutional study has found and described metabolic changes that are associated with the severity of the disease, and can potentially help in predicting survival among patients with COVID-19.

Sep 8, 2021

Why diabetics are at risk of severe Covid-19 infection? [Explainer]

US researchers have identified an enzyme that may explain the reason why people with diabetes are at especially high risk of developing severe illness or dying from coronavirus infection.

Sep 8, 2021

Scientists Accidentally Discover New Island; Becomes Northernmost Island in The World [Details]

Scientists from the Leister Expedition Around North Greenland 2021, a Swiss-Danish scientific expedition, discovered a new island that ended up becoming the new northernmost island in the World; dethroning the island of Oodaaq, off the coast of Greenland.

Sep 8, 2021

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Science & Health

Unvaccinated persons 10 times more likely to die from COVID: US study shows [details]

NASA's Perseverance Rover samples to help resolve ancient puzzle of disappearance of water on Mars

Forest Man of India may well be a trillionaire; 40 million trees are his assets [here's how]

500-million-year-old fossil discovered in Canada; massive apex predator of sea predates dinosaurs [Study]

India sees slight decline of 8,290 from Thursday's Covid caseload of 43K;

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 223 mn, Iran, S. Korea, Africa emerge as new hot spots

K'taka ends weekend curfew in border districts as Covid positivity rate declines to 0.73%

Milky Way galaxy not as homogeneous as previously believed; challenges existing theoretical models

90-million-year-old Dinosaur Fossil Unearthed In Uzbekistan; Newly Discovered Species Was Apex Predator Before Rise of T-rex and Its Kind [Study]

Metabolic Changes Related to COVID-19 Severity Uncovered in Plasma, Immune Cells; May Help Predict Outcomes Among Patients [Study]

Why diabetics are at risk of severe Covid-19 infection? [Explainer]

Scientists Accidentally Discover New Island; Becomes Northernmost Island in The World [Details]

Very Young Child Cancer Patients At Much Higher Risk of Hearing Loss from this Common Chemotherapy Drug [Study]

Mars Rock Sample Collection: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Finally Succeeds; What's Next

Alien virus exists in the universe, says scientist who believes in planetary microbiome

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]