Science & Health

Making energy from algae: Will it help address bigger question of resolving energy crisis?

Scientists find a way to use algae to create energy - a process which replicates photosynthesis. However, the question remains: how easy would be the implementation of technologies such as this.

Sep 5, 2018

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Bereft of land, these ocean-filled planets could host life far better

"This really pushes back against the idea you need an Earth clone — that is, a planet with some land and a shallow ocean," to harbour life, say researchers.

Sep 4, 2018

Life on Mars? Like it or not, this is what human habitat on the red planet may look like

The HP-backed contest saw about 87,000 entries from all over the world, each contestant coming up with their own vision of a future in Mars

Sep 4, 2018

This new eye-tracking database may dictate the future of advertising budgets

Eye-tracking information has significant potential. By knowing how a healthy individual reads, a system can be created to analyze and help dyslexic people to recover discourse after head damage, while advertisers can plan future budgets based on the same.

Sep 4, 2018

How far Rakhigarhi excavation findings help eliminate Vedic fiction from facts?

Much has been said about the origins of the Vedic culture in the Indian subcontinent. However, recent, much-awaited discoveries at Rakhigarhi excavation site reveals much about the Indus Valley/Harappa civilisation and its people.

Sep 4, 2018

Earth to ISS via cable? Japan to test space elevator's first concept from ISS on Sept. 11

Carrying one kilogram of cargo to space costs a whopping $22,000 now. A space elevator will cut that down to just $200.

Sep 4, 2018

Delhi: Patient to get Rs 15 lakh compensation after doctor couple botch up eye surgery

The patient suffered heavy bleeding from the operated area, alleging that the doctors did not follow the necessary procedure before conducting the surgery.

Sep 3, 2018

Here's how you can blow perfect bubbles - every single time, according to science

The formula is pretty simple - a circular wand with a 3.8 cm circumference (roughly half a cm radius), and a consistent gentle blow of 6.9 cm/s.

Sep 3, 2018

In every picture we've taken, there exists a mysterious 'Planet Nine' beyond Pluto, say puzzled astronomers

'Every time we take a picture, there is this possibility that Planet Nine exists in the shot.'

Sep 3, 2018

NASA conducts test of stadium-sized huge balloon that reaches edge of space in 8 hours

The thickness of plastic sheeting that makes up the "Big 60" is far less than what you would find in a typical shopping bag, but can carry a small car to the edge of space easily.

Sep 3, 2018

Life on Mars does exist, insists Viking project veteran Gilbert Levin

The principal investigator of the Vikings' Labeled Release (LR) life-detection experiment had concluded in 1997 that the experiment had managed to spot life on the Red Planet

Sep 2, 2018

Earth could warm up as much in next 200 years as it did over 1000s of years, warns study

Researchers found out that although the climate change would have a devastating impact on the entire world, Arizona and the dry Southwest area would receive a huge blow

Sep 2, 2018

Sending humans back to moon won't require astronomical budget like Apollo, says NASA administrator

During the mid-1960s, when the Apollo program was at its peak, the American space agency had spent around 4.5% of the total federal budget

Sep 2, 2018

61-year-old swimmer punches shark to escape; Puzzled doctors conduct 6 life-saving surgeries

He was targeting the shark's gills. Although it wasn't very methodical, it did work.Now the researchers are trying to figure out why the shark encounters are increasing across the coast of Cape Cod

Sep 2, 2018

NASA: Hubble photographs rare, enigmatic star forming stellar cloud

NASA says that it appears to be a small, isolated region of star formation and the strange shapes that the gases have taken in the image could have happened because of fierce ultraviolet radiation spewed from bright and young stars in its vicinity.

Sep 2, 2018

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Science & Health

Making energy from algae: Will it help address bigger question of resolving energy crisis?

Bereft of land, these ocean-filled planets could host life far better

Life on Mars? Like it or not, this is what human habitat on the red planet may look like

This new eye-tracking database may dictate the future of advertising budgets

How far Rakhigarhi excavation findings help eliminate Vedic fiction from facts?

Earth to ISS via cable? Japan to test space elevator's first concept from ISS on Sept. 11

Delhi: Patient to get Rs 15 lakh compensation after doctor couple botch up eye surgery

Here's how you can blow perfect bubbles - every single time, according to science

In every picture we've taken, there exists a mysterious 'Planet Nine' beyond Pluto, say puzzled astronomers

NASA conducts test of stadium-sized huge balloon that reaches edge of space in 8 hours

Life on Mars does exist, insists Viking project veteran Gilbert Levin

Earth could warm up as much in next 200 years as it did over 1000s of years, warns study

Sending humans back to moon won't require astronomical budget like Apollo, says NASA administrator

61-year-old swimmer punches shark to escape; Puzzled doctors conduct 6 life-saving surgeries

NASA: Hubble photographs rare, enigmatic star forming stellar cloud

Janhvi Kapoor reveals finding her MORPHED pics on almost 'PORNOGRAPHIC' sites: "People see these pics and assume they are real"

SHOCKING! Archana Gautam cries for help as few miscreants hit her father; BB 16 fame gets manhandled in Delhi [Watch]

Gadar 2 director Anil Sharma about Priyanka Chopra's nose job: "She looked terrible, was so dark"