Science & Health

Mars region Arabia Terra Experienced Thousands of Ancient Volcanic Super Eruptions Over 500 Million Years [NASA Study]

Over a 500-million-year period, Mars region Arabia Terra experienced thousands of volcanic eruptions, or "super eruptions", found scientists

Sep 16, 2021

All Modern Snakes Evolved from A Handful of Ancestors Who Survived Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact; Event Served As 'Creative Destruction' [Study]

According to a new study, modern snakes—comprising nearly 4,000 living species—began to diversify around the time of the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event impact 66 million years ago.

Sep 15, 2021

Yogurt protects us from diarrhea caused by antibiotics, says new study

Adverse alterations in the gut microbiome caused by antibiotic use can be protected by probiotic yogurt

Sep 15, 2021

Moderna combines COVID, flu, RSV vaccines in single shot; achieves positive pre-clinical data [what it means]

Moderna recently announced that it was able to combine 6 different mRNAs—one strain of COVID-19 and RSV each, and four strains of flu— into a single shot; a new vaccine combining a COVID-19 booster shot and a flu shot is also in development.

Sep 12, 2021

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

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