Science & Health

NASA postpones Mars rover Perseverance launch to July 20

The Perseverance rover, a robotic scientist weighing 1,025 kg, will search for signs of past microbial life on Mars and also collect samples for future return to Earth.

Jun 13, 2020

New genetic tool may help better diagnosis of diabetes: Study

A new publication by researchers at the KEM Hospital, Pune, CSIR-CCMB, and the University of Exeter in the UK shows that a genetic risk score is effective in diagnosing type 1 diabetes in Indians.

Jun 12, 2020

Crocodiles might have once walked across Earth just using hind legs, study finds

Researchers believe that these crocodiles that walked on two legs might have roamed across the planet with dinosaurs

Jun 12, 2020

Maharashtra's Lonar lake turns pink in viral pictures. Here is the full story

The colour of water in Maharashtra's Lonar lake has turned pink with experts crediting it to the salinity and presence of algae in the water body.

Jun 11, 2020

Aarogya Setu app has 4 colour home screens to notify Covid-19: Significances of Green, yellow, orange and Red

The home screen of the Aarogya Setu app has different colours like Green, yellow, orange and Red, which divide people into four categories.

Jun 10, 2020

Heart Attack symptoms, warning signs, causes, treatment, and prevention tips

A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle causes a heart attack. If you understand its signs and symptoms, you can take timely prevention and treatment to save your life.

Jun 9, 2020

Covid-19 reality check: Busting common myths about coronavirus pandemic

Given the nature of the pandemic and fear surrounding it, people often believe in social media myths as most of them are attributed to imaginary doctors and in some cases people who have been infected and treated.

Jun 8, 2020

COVID-19 drug Remdesivir's price in India is a concern; Pharma cos free to set price

Gilead Sciences' signs non-exclusive license pact with four Indian drug majors to set their own price for Covid-19 drug Remdesivir. Following this move, many pharma distributors have been selling the experimental drug at Rs 7000 per vial. This will result in escalated treatment cost, to procure vials approximating to Rs 35,000 to Rs 42,000 for five doses.

Jun 5, 2020

Why Covid-19 test is mandatory for hospitals performing planned elective surgery procedures

Planned elective surgery procedures such as laparoscopic, joint and kidney stone, gastric, and orthopedic can now be performed, only after the Covid-19 test is conducted through an ICMR-accredited laboratory.

Jun 4, 2020

Giant asteroid taller than Empire State Building heading towards Earth this week

The asteroid is estimated to taller than the Empire State Building (443m or 1453ft) and the London Eye (135m or 443ft) combined will pass Earth by Saturday.

Jun 4, 2020

New study unveils more mindblowing details about interstellar visitor Oumuamua

Several space scientists had previously suggested that interstellar asteroid Oumuamua could be an alien probe.

Jun 3, 2020

Today's CO2 levels higher than past 23 million years: Study

The research team from the University of Louisiana in the US utilized the fossilized remains of ancient plant tissues to produce a new record of atmospheric CO2 that spans 23 million years of uninterrupted Earth history.

Jun 3, 2020

Coronavirus vaccine development moving positively: Bharat Biotech CEO

The Covid-19 vaccine development is moving in a positive direction, next one month is very crucial, said Dr. Krishna Mohan Ella, Chief Executive Officer of Bharat Biotech.

Jun 2, 2020

Predatory dinosaurs were cannibalistic, new study suggests

A top researcher had recently suggested that the absence of sex had resulted in the extinction of dinosaurs

May 31, 2020

Coronavirus only tip of an iceberg; more outbreaks to follow, warns top virologist

A top virologist from China has warned that new viruses being discovered are "actually just the tip of the iceberg". If the necessary steps aren't taken, there could be more outbreaks.

May 31, 2020