Science & Health

Johnson & Johnson faulty hip implants: Government delayed device's ban despite knowing the risks

Experts found that the accelerated wear of metal on metal in the faulty implant led to an increased level of cobalt and chromium in the blood. This increase led to toxicity as metal ions damage tissues and organs.

Sep 7, 2018

cheese, cheddar, creamy cheese, breast cancer, women, health,

Humans have been making cheese for over 7,200 years, reveals study

This is the earliest documented lipid residue evidence for fermented dairy in the Mediterranean region, and among the earliest documented anywhere to date, say researchers.

Sep 6, 2018

Onlookers watch an ISRO launch at Sriharikota

ISRO calls for greater participation from private players in space business

Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced on this year's Independence Day that India will send its first manned spacecraft by 2022.

Sep 6, 2018

Scientists are trying to clone prehistoric, 40,000-year-old already extinct horse to life

The ice perfectly preserved the animal which, according to researchers died just 20 days after it was born.

Sep 6, 2018

You can see a bright comet passing Earth with just a pair of binoculars this month

Comet 21P will get bigger and bigger and on 10 and 11 September, it will be at its biggest possible size as seen from Earth. Till about mid-September, 21P can be spotted near the constellation Auriga.

Sep 6, 2018

Watch: CDC officials quarantine Emirates Airbus A380 passengers at JFK

The Emirates Airbus A380 was met by the Centre for Disease Control and the Port Authority police when it landed in the Terminal 4 of JFK in New York.

Sep 6, 2018

NASA's Opportunity rover's days appear numbered as authorities may kill its operations

This kind of a dust-storm had caused Spirit rover to go into hibernation on Mars in 2010

Sep 6, 2018

Another bizarre hexagon vortex appears above Saturn's north pole; scientists puzzled

Before Cassini, the Voyager spacecraft of NASA had also discovered and documented a comparatively lower-altitude hexagon at Saturn's north pole in the 1980s

Sep 6, 2018

Russia develops new technology to carry tourists to the edge of space on balloons

There will be no space planes or rockets, so this could be the cheapest way to get to space and back.

Sep 6, 2018

Over 1.4 billon adults globally at risk of disease from lack of exercise, reveals WHO study

The study has also found that gender exercise gap is highest in Bangladesh, Eritrea, India, Iraq and the Philippines, with women lagging behind men.

Sep 5, 2018

nasa, Antarctica, iceberg, climate change, global warming,

Trillion-ton Antarctic iceberg makes a full turn- headed for crash and no one knows why

Around July this year, one year after breaking from the shelf, the iceberg began to move. It was not readily seen as that part of the world remains under darkness in winter.

Sep 5, 2018

ISS leak could be an act of sabotage, alleges Russia as new theories do the rounds

"There were several attempts at drilling," by a "wavering hand", said the Chief of Roscosmos.

Sep 5, 2018

NASA ponders popularity of astronauts; New space launches may explore sponsors on earth now

Many think there will be a significant amount of resistance against this type of commercialization of NASA; as most scientists don't like the idea of commercializing their lives' works

Sep 5, 2018

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan helps beggar on street and shows his benevolence (Watch video)

Helping people influences neural pathways in brain in positive way, says study

Helping people has a positive effect on one's brain - besides it being common knowledge, scientists have found evidence that it affects our neural pathways, and influence them to make us "feel good".

Sep 5, 2018

NASA to award thousands of dollars if you can convert Mars' CO2 into any useful molecule

If the inventors on Earth can come up with a brand new idea of turning CO2 into something useful, it will take the earthlings another step closer to the dream of colonizing the Red Planet

Sep 5, 2018

Prev 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 Next

Science & Health

Johnson & Johnson faulty hip implants: Government delayed device's ban despite knowing the risks

Humans have been making cheese for over 7,200 years, reveals study

ISRO calls for greater participation from private players in space business

Scientists are trying to clone prehistoric, 40,000-year-old already extinct horse to life

You can see a bright comet passing Earth with just a pair of binoculars this month

Watch: CDC officials quarantine Emirates Airbus A380 passengers at JFK

NASA's Opportunity rover's days appear numbered as authorities may kill its operations

Another bizarre hexagon vortex appears above Saturn's north pole; scientists puzzled

Russia develops new technology to carry tourists to the edge of space on balloons

Over 1.4 billon adults globally at risk of disease from lack of exercise, reveals WHO study

Trillion-ton Antarctic iceberg makes a full turn- headed for crash and no one knows why

ISS leak could be an act of sabotage, alleges Russia as new theories do the rounds

NASA ponders popularity of astronauts; New space launches may explore sponsors on earth now

Helping people influences neural pathways in brain in positive way, says study

NASA to award thousands of dollars if you can convert Mars' CO2 into any useful molecule

Sunjwan terror attack: NIA arrests key accused from Kashmir; establish JeM link [details]

Dhanush Might Get His Own Hollywood Superhero Flick, The Gray Man Spin-Off On Cards

Kashmiri TV artist brutally killed by terrorists only bread-earned in family; father devastated [details]