Science & Health

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China launches its first X-Ray space telescope to study black holes and pulsars

China has scheduled a launch of the core module of its manned space station in 2019, which will get into operation by 2022.

Jun 15, 2017

Love French fries? Your favourite comfort food could kill!

A research, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, has found that regular consumption of fried potatoes could be linked to a higher risk of premature death.

Jun 15, 2017

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Five foods that improve mens health

In honour of men health week, we list five foods that are essential for a healthy lifestyle.

Jun 15, 2017

Landslide, floods kill 156 in northeast India, Bangladesh; toll could rise

Heavy rains have triggered a series of landslides and floods in northeast India and neighbouring Bangladesh, killing at least 156 people over two days.

Jun 14, 2017

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NASA's Aqua satellite spots brightest turquoise swirls in Black Sea

According to NASA, this year's phytoplankton bloom is one of the brightest since 2012.

Jun 14, 2017

Sleeping Beauty Diet: Why this new and bizarre fad is everything you must not try

Would you sleep through mealtimes just so that you don't end up eating and in turn lose weight? That is the idea behind Sleeping Beauty Diet.

Jun 14, 2017

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NASA: SOFIA detects cool dust around energetic active black holes

Some active supermassive black holes also eat away significant amounts of matter which gets sucked into them and converted into huge energy emissions.

Jun 14, 2017

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Women trying to conceive should maintain oral hygiene, here's why!

Periodontal or gum disease refers to an inflammatory reaction to a bacterial infection below the gum line.

Jun 13, 2017

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Grand Finale: NASA's Cassini captures Saturn's contrasting moon Iapetus

According to a hypothesis, the dark material seems to prevail on the moon's surface as an outcome of cyro-vulcanism.

Jun 13, 2017

Bangladesh landslides: At least 57 dead as heavy rains lash hilly areas; toll may rise

The death toll could rise since many areas remain cut off," Reaz Ahmed, a senior disaster management official, said.

Jun 13, 2017

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Live stream: NASA's night time rocket launch to create colorful clouds in space

NASA's Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket launch was earlier scheduled on Monday, but was postponed due to clouds impacting the ability to test a new ampoule ejection system.

Jun 13, 2017