Science & Health

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

Making energy from algae: Will it help address bigger question of resolving energy crisis?

Scientists find a way to use algae to create energy - a process which replicates photosynthesis. However, the question remains: how easy would be the implementation of technologies such as this.

Sep 5, 2018

Bereft of land, these ocean-filled planets could host life far better

"This really pushes back against the idea you need an Earth clone — that is, a planet with some land and a shallow ocean," to harbour life, say researchers.

Sep 4, 2018

Life on Mars? Like it or not, this is what human habitat on the red planet may look like

The HP-backed contest saw about 87,000 entries from all over the world, each contestant coming up with their own vision of a future in Mars

Sep 4, 2018

This new eye-tracking database may dictate the future of advertising budgets

Eye-tracking information has significant potential. By knowing how a healthy individual reads, a system can be created to analyze and help dyslexic people to recover discourse after head damage, while advertisers can plan future budgets based on the same.

Sep 4, 2018

How far Rakhigarhi excavation findings help eliminate Vedic fiction from facts?

Much has been said about the origins of the Vedic culture in the Indian subcontinent. However, recent, much-awaited discoveries at Rakhigarhi excavation site reveals much about the Indus Valley/Harappa civilisation and its people.

Sep 4, 2018

Earth to ISS via cable? Japan to test space elevator's first concept from ISS on Sept. 11

Carrying one kilogram of cargo to space costs a whopping $22,000 now. A space elevator will cut that down to just $200.

Sep 4, 2018

Delhi: Patient to get Rs 15 lakh compensation after doctor couple botch up eye surgery

The patient suffered heavy bleeding from the operated area, alleging that the doctors did not follow the necessary procedure before conducting the surgery.

Sep 3, 2018

Here's how you can blow perfect bubbles - every single time, according to science

The formula is pretty simple - a circular wand with a 3.8 cm circumference (roughly half a cm radius), and a consistent gentle blow of 6.9 cm/s.

Sep 3, 2018

In every picture we've taken, there exists a mysterious 'Planet Nine' beyond Pluto, say puzzled astronomers

'Every time we take a picture, there is this possibility that Planet Nine exists in the shot.'

Sep 3, 2018

NASA conducts test of stadium-sized huge balloon that reaches edge of space in 8 hours

The thickness of plastic sheeting that makes up the "Big 60" is far less than what you would find in a typical shopping bag, but can carry a small car to the edge of space easily.

Sep 3, 2018

Life on Mars does exist, insists Viking project veteran Gilbert Levin

The principal investigator of the Vikings' Labeled Release (LR) life-detection experiment had concluded in 1997 that the experiment had managed to spot life on the Red Planet

Sep 2, 2018

Earth could warm up as much in next 200 years as it did over 1000s of years, warns study

Researchers found out that although the climate change would have a devastating impact on the entire world, Arizona and the dry Southwest area would receive a huge blow

Sep 2, 2018

Sending humans back to moon won't require astronomical budget like Apollo, says NASA administrator

During the mid-1960s, when the Apollo program was at its peak, the American space agency had spent around 4.5% of the total federal budget

Sep 2, 2018