Science & Health

Over 460 Species of Birds Driven to Extinction By Humans In the Last 50,000 Years; Mostly Large, Flightless Ones [Study]

According to a new study, that extinction event, largely caused by humans, led to the disappearance of around 10 -20 percent of all bird species in the last 50,000 years.

Aug 12, 2021

Keeping classroom air fresh: MIT study provides guidelines for reopening of schools after Covid

The study points out that the most ideal scenario would be getting plenty of fresh air enter the classroom near ground level and making it move steadily upwards, until it exits the room through ceiling vents

Aug 12, 2021

Picture of a large Levallois flake (on the left) and a Levallois core (right)

Ancient proof of fire record shows cultural diffusion started 400,000 years ago [Study]

Middle Pleistocene fire use indicates that the first sign of widespread cultural diffusion in human evolution

Aug 12, 2021

"Eye in Sky" GISAT-1 mission launch fails during cryogenic engine stage; ISRO ponders repeated GSLV failures

Five minutes after the lift-off, scientists saw the rocket deviating from its plotted path on the screen and soon the ISRO officials realized that there was a performance anomaly in the flight path.

Aug 12, 2021

"Killer Tobacco" Plant Discovered In Australia; First Known Wild Tobacco Species that Traps and Kills Insects [Details]

Found by an international team of researchers, the species christened 'Nicotania insecticida' uses a sticky substance covering its surface to snare insects and kill them.

Aug 11, 2021

Archaeologists Discover Remains Of Ancient Roman Plague Victims (Representational Image) [Wikimedia Commons/Yasser Nazmi]

Large wooden structure found inside the walls of city of Troy; Turkish archaeologists say it's the Trojan Horse

Professors from Boston University have also said that carbon dating tests and other analysis have all suggested that the wooden pieces date from the 12th or 11th centuries BC.

Aug 11, 2021

Crucial Clues to Rare Inflammation In Children After COVID-19 Infection Found; Provides New Treatment Target [Study]

In a new study, researchers from the Mount Sinai School of medicine discovered that in children with MIS-C, specific infection-fighting cells were suppressed or downregulated.

Aug 11, 2021

Illustration of what the Sun may have been like 4 billion years ago, around the time life developed on Earth.

NASA model describes nearby star which resembles our Sun in its youth

NASA researchers have taken a closer look at a star "near" our solar system that is believed to resemble the Sun when it was young.

Aug 11, 2021

IPCC Report: Ancient weather patterns change the perspective of current climate change, here's how

The ancient climate change patterns have been incorporated in IPCC 2021 report to show how extreme weather patterns in the Arctic changed US, European climate of today

Aug 11, 2021

Gut Microbes May Help Reverse Brain Aging; Potential to Treat Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and More [Study]

A new study has shown that the transplantation of microbiota from young mice into older mice could reverse several aspects of brain aging, with far-reaching potential to treat Alzheimer's and other memory-lapse brain diseases.

Aug 10, 2021

Scientists discover origin of dinosaur-killing asteroid, and it is dark [details]

The asteroid that hit the earth around 66 million years ago was 6 miles wide

Aug 10, 2021

Light therapy can heal burn injuries faster; activates key protein in cell growth [Explained]

According to a new study, photobiomodulation—a form of light therapy—was found to expedite the recovery from burns and reduce inflammation in a mice model.

Aug 8, 2021

Mixing Covishield, Covaxin provides better immunity: ICMR puts Indians' minds at ease [details]

People in the mix and match group had superior immunogenicity profiles against Alpha, Beta and Delta variants of Covid-19.

Aug 8, 2021

Psyche: A US$10,000 Quadrillion Asteroid that Can Turn Everyone on Earth Billionaires; Has Enough Gold to Topple World Economy [Details]

'Psyche' was identified by Annibale de Gasparis, an Italian astronomer, on 17 March 1852; a NASA mission to the asteroid is said to take off in 2022.

Aug 7, 2021

Final field trip of NASA mission to study "Oceans Melting Greenland" begins

The last survey of glaciers that flow from Greenland into the ocean is underway by NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) program.

Aug 7, 2021

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Science & Health

Over 460 Species of Birds Driven to Extinction By Humans In the Last 50,000 Years; Mostly Large, Flightless Ones [Study]

Keeping classroom air fresh: MIT study provides guidelines for reopening of schools after Covid

Ancient proof of fire record shows cultural diffusion started 400,000 years ago [Study]

"Eye in Sky" GISAT-1 mission launch fails during cryogenic engine stage; ISRO ponders repeated GSLV failures

"Killer Tobacco" Plant Discovered In Australia; First Known Wild Tobacco Species that Traps and Kills Insects [Details]

Large wooden structure found inside the walls of city of Troy; Turkish archaeologists say it's the Trojan Horse

Crucial Clues to Rare Inflammation In Children After COVID-19 Infection Found; Provides New Treatment Target [Study]

NASA model describes nearby star which resembles our Sun in its youth

IPCC Report: Ancient weather patterns change the perspective of current climate change, here's how

Gut Microbes May Help Reverse Brain Aging; Potential to Treat Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and More [Study]

Scientists discover origin of dinosaur-killing asteroid, and it is dark [details]

Light therapy can heal burn injuries faster; activates key protein in cell growth [Explained]

Mixing Covishield, Covaxin provides better immunity: ICMR puts Indians' minds at ease [details]

Psyche: A US$10,000 Quadrillion Asteroid that Can Turn Everyone on Earth Billionaires; Has Enough Gold to Topple World Economy [Details]

Final field trip of NASA mission to study "Oceans Melting Greenland" begins

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]