Science & Health

Jayalalithaa health update: All about life-saving ECMO device

The AIADMK supremo is on ECMO device for assisted breathing after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday.

Dec 5, 2016

42-ft-long rare whale found dead on Odisha beach

The 28-ft-wide whale was found on Sunday at the Baidhara Pentha beach in Puri district.

Dec 4, 2016

82 percent of leukemia patients in remission after CAR-T: Novartis

About 41 of the 50 patients were disease-free three months after the treatment.

Dec 4, 2016

Mystery behind the flickering Markarian galaxy solved!

Markarian galaxies comprise of nuclei with more amounts of UV emissions in contrast to other galaxies.

Dec 3, 2016

ESA rejuvenates its Mars mission; NASA captures Schiaparelli impact site

The ambitious Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM) has failed to gain support.

Dec 3, 2016

Myopia: UVB exposure associated with reduced risk of short-sightedness

Ultraviolet B (UVB) rays are found to reduce the odds of myopia in majority of adults.

Dec 3, 2016

Fragment of the lost Russian cargo spacecraft found in Siberia

Russian cargo spacecraft Progress MS-04 was lost after it was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 1.

Dec 3, 2016

NASA: Changes in Antarctic skies seen early this year

Electric blue sky has been observed glowing due to the beginning of the noctilucent clouds season earlier than usual this year.

Dec 3, 2016

World Disablity Day 2016: Some major developments of modern times benefiting the disabled

The theme for IDPWD 2016, a.k.a 'International Day of People with Disability' is: Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want.

Dec 2, 2016

UFO Sighting: Are aliens sucking solar power from the sun? [VIDEO]

NASA images seem to confirm that alien spacecraft are gathering close to the surface of the sun, and are sucking solar power away.

Dec 2, 2016

Delhi take note: Four world cities to remove diesel vehicles by 2025

Delhi has been trying to implement a similar step, and diesel vehicles over 15 years old are already banned in the city.

Dec 2, 2016

National Pollution Control Day 2016: Tips to combat air pollution

It's high time that we improve our way of living to keep air pollution-related ailments at bay.

Dec 2, 2016

'Three-parent' baby: After Mexico, UK likely to allow the treatment next year

The treatment involves replacing the defective mitochondria of the mother with that taken from an egg donor.

Dec 2, 2016

Indian astrophysicist Thanu Padmanabhan wins challenge on dark matter

The challenge was issued 10 years ago in Melbourne by Padmanabhan to prove his ideas on dark matter wrong by 2016.

Dec 2, 2016

Russian ISS supply spacecraft destroyed 382 seconds into flight

The Progress MS-04 spacecraft never made it into proper orbit without that full third stage burn. Instead, gravity took hold and it burned up in the Earth's atmosphere

Dec 2, 2016