Science & Health

Nibiru Apocalypse Now! Earth will be destroyed this October, claims conspiracy theorist

As per the belief of conspiracy theorists, hundreds of years ago, the orbits of other planets have been destroyed by Nibiru's gravitational impact.

Jan 27, 2017

Miracle Medicine: This woman lived without her lungs for 6 days!

Melissa Benoit, a young mother aged 32, hailing from Canada underwent a unique procedure, which was never carried out before.

Jan 27, 2017

New findings reveal that the universe is expanding surprisingly faster than we thought!

The new expansion rate of the universe is found to be 71.9 kilometers (44.7 miles) per second per megaparsec (1 megaparsec = 3.26 million light-years).

Jan 27, 2017

Video diagram shows strong gravitational lensing effect

Gravitational lensing is when objects with large masses such as galaxies or clusters of galaxies warp the spacetime surrounding them in such a way that they can create multiple images of background objects.

Jan 26, 2017

'Rogue NASA' Twitter account is fighting against US President Donald Trump's climate change policies, but who's behind it?

The account has been tweeting science and climate change facts, and has garnered a significant following since then.

Jan 26, 2017

Scientists create first stable semisynthetic lifeform, but warn that complex organism is a long way off

Scientists realized that in order to create a truly synthetic life form, it would have to hold on to the UBP for its entire lifespan

Jan 26, 2017

NASA's NuSTAR closer to solving the mystery of the 'Chameleon Supernova'

Perceptions regarding the characteristics and classification of supernovas has been cast in doubt since the discovery of supernova, SN 2014C, in 2014

Jan 25, 2017

Clusters of tiny dwarf galaxies discovered; give insights into creation of universe

Data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey was used by University of Virginia scientists to detect the new dwarf galaxy clusters.

Jan 25, 2017

Scientists discover new 'medicine' to prevent fake news!

Inoculation helps in stopping people from spreading wrong information by providing them with the ability to correctly detect science.

Jan 25, 2017

Kyoto Protocol on climate change: India approves ratification of UN climate deal

The Second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 2012. So far, 65 countries have ratified the Second Commitment Period.

Jan 24, 2017

Exoplanet Wolf 1061c might be more like Venus and lethal to humans!

Two years ago, the exoplanet Wolf 1061c, which orbits the star, Wolf 1061, was discovered and reported to fall within the habitable zone, also known as the "Goldilocks zone"

Jan 24, 2017

NASA is close to figuring out how to put space crews in cryostasis on long space journeys

Longer trips to say Europa, Titan or even the Outer Oort cloud will almost certainly require some form of suspended animation, in the form of hibernation or deep sleep chambers

Jan 24, 2017

Can beer be brewed on the moon? Engineering students will solve the mystery soon!

A unique device has been made by the team from the University of California (UC), San Diego to accomplish this mission.

Jan 23, 2017

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launch schedule: Block 5 or Falcon Heavy will revolutionise future flights

SpaceX is going to change future flights with its Block 5 or Falcon Heavy and this will happen after Falcon 9 launches EchoStar 23.

Jan 23, 2017

NASA's New Horizons probe ready to explore beyond Pluto!

This yet to be explored celestial body was discovered in the June of 2014 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. 2014 MU69 is located in the Kuiper Belt.

Jan 23, 2017