Science & Health

New COVID-19 variant defeats plasma treatment, may reduce vaccine efficacy

The 501Y.V2 variant is 50% more infectious than previous ones, South African researchers said this week. It has already spread to at least 20 countries since being reported to the World Health Organisation in late December.

Jan 21, 2021

NASA chief Jim Bridenstone steps down, hopes ambitious Artemis moon mission continues

NASA chief Bridenstine will be remembered for the US space agency's ambitious Artemis project to land the first woman and next man on the lunar surface by 2024

Jan 21, 2021

Not just Earth, Dinosaur remains can be found on Moon and Mars | Details inside

The writer claimed that the asteroid that killed dinosaurs punched a hole of outer space vacuum in the atmosphere

Jan 21, 2021

How Greta Thunberg roasted Donald Trump in one parting tweet

This is not the first time, Greta Thunberg has redirected Trump's words back at him. He had once asked her to chill and take anger management classes, she did the same when he lost the election.

Jan 21, 2021

People hearing the dead is real; is sixth sense the reason | Details inside

According to the research report, 44.6 percent of the spiritualist participants experienced hearing the dead on a daily basis

Jan 20, 2021

Coronavirus becoming genetically diverse, Fauci says things are still serious

Medical experts believe that the only way to fight against mutant coronavirus variants is by slowing down the rate of transmission

Jan 19, 2021

This planet is as big as Jupiter but 10 times lighter, could change human understanding of planetary formation

Unlike other gas giants like Jupiter, 85 percent of this exoplanet named WASP-107b's mass is its puffy atmosphere

Jan 19, 2021

NASA team to hold briefing on Mars rover Perseverance ahead of its landing on Feb 18

A month from now, NASA rover Perseverance lands Feb. 18 on Mars, carrying new science instruments and technologies, including the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on its belly. The briefing is likely to focus on the course of Mars mission so far

Jan 19, 2021

This Brown University graduate may be the first woman to land on moon

NASA's Artemis mission is expected to play a crucial role in determining the success of the upcoming Mars colonization program

Jan 19, 2021

Consuming alcohol after COVID vaccination safe or unsafe: Experts speak

According to some experts, drinking alcohol, especially heavy drinking, may reduce your body's ability to build immunity in response to a virus. See if you should give up drinking or not just yet.

Jan 19, 2021

Absence of cometary tail and excess push, Harvard physicist again assures Oumuamua's alien connection

Avi Loeb has once again assured that interstellar visitor Oumuamua could be most probably an alien probe

Jan 18, 2021

Global Covid-19 cases top 95-million mark; Scientists ponder new Covid Tongue symptom

Current global caseload and death toll stood at 95,003,533 and 2,029,938, respectively, with the US reporting the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 23,928,643 and 397,532, while India comes in second place at 10,557,985 cases and 152,274 deaths

Jan 18, 2021

COVID vaccine linked to 23 deaths in Norway; causes global panic [details]

Two Covid-19 vaccines -- Comirnaty, from BioNTec/Pfizer and Moderna -- are being used in Norway. The vaccines have been developed on mRNA technology and have received temporary approval in the EU.

Jan 16, 2021

2020 warmest year on record, hotter years to come: NASA

2020 has been a rough year for the planet and human-produced greenhouse gas emissions are largely responsible for warming our planet

Jan 15, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic entering worst weeks, says top UK expert

The coronavirus pandemic has already claimed the lives of more than 1.9 million people worldwide

Jan 11, 2021