Science & Health

Mysterious fireball spotted in Tasmanian skies trigger conspiracy theories on Facebook

Many Facebook users strongly believed it to be an intelligent extraterrestrial life.

Mar 4, 2017

NASA to hunt for signs of life on TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet system using James Webb Space Telescope

Researchers are planning to analyse habitable planets from the lot with the help of James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which will be the most powerful telescope ever devised.

Mar 4, 2017

Millions go hungry in drought-hit Mozambique as threat of new El Nino looms

At least 1.5 million people have been affected by a drought in Mozambique, one of the poorest countries in Africa. Two consecutive seasons of poor rainfalls have damaged crops and negatively impacted harvesting, meaning vulnerable communities are facing hunger as they do not have essential foods such as maize and rice.IBTimes UK visited the Cachenge community in the Tete province where people are now able to buy foods - such as maize, rice and beans -through the use of electronic cards. The project, funded by the Department for International Development, is the result of a collaboration between children charity World Vision and MasterCard.

Mar 3, 2017

Gateway to the underworld crater in Siberia continues to grow

The Batagaika crater in Siberia is the worlds largest megaslump. It continues to expand because of melting permafrost ice underneath the surface.

Mar 3, 2017

Jeff Sessions: I cant speak for the Russian ambassadors intentions

Jeff Sessions does not what the Russian ambassadors intentions were when speaking with him. He insists on recusing himself from the Trump campaign investigation as it violates the rules.

Mar 3, 2017

World Hearing Day 2017: How Dr Matthew Bromwich is changing the way we identify and treat the hearing-impaired [VIDEO]

According to World Health Organisation statistics, around 360 million people around the world suffer from disabling hearing loss, of which 32 million of these are children

Mar 3, 2017

World Wildlife Day 2017: When is it, why is it celebrated and what is the theme this year? [VIDEO]

Find out how World Wildlife Day came to be celebrated, and what the theme for this year is.

Mar 3, 2017

NASA's NuSTAR analyses winds from supermassive black holes for the first time

We know that super-massive black holes affect the environment of their host galaxies, and powerful winds arising from near the black hole may be one means for them to do so," the NuSTAR principal investigator Fiona Harrison said.

Mar 2, 2017

GOES-16 satellite spots a giant hole in Sun's upper atmosphere

American satellite GOES-16 orbits about 35,900 km (22,300 miles) above Earth's surface.

Mar 2, 2017

Mars Colonisation: NASA joins hands with an astronomical engineer to colonise Mars using 3D printing!

Power grids, landing pads as well as construction plants need to be set up prior to the human migration to the cold planet.

Mar 1, 2017

Changes in Lovejoy comet's water 'fingerprint' discovered by NASA researchers

The research team focused at the water (H2O) present on Lovejoy and calculated the water it released while producing heavier form of water (2H2O) known as deuterium oxide

Mar 1, 2017

Tasmania stunned as 'UFO' streaks across the sky; watch the video and decide what it really was!

"There's a pretty big fireball meteorite moving towards the eastern sunrise. I got it on video I'll share soon. SE Tasmania" Lee-Anne Peters posted on Facebook.

Mar 1, 2017

THIS would cause the most fatalities if an asteroid hit the Earth!

Researchers analysed three scenarios including a meteorite blasting in the air, on the ground or in an ocean.

Mar 1, 2017

Down Syndrome: Here are 5 myths busted about the genetic disorder

Despite Down Syndrome being one of the most common chromosome abnormality, our society has come up with several myths backed by reason and bias, and others simply invented out of thin air.

Mar 1, 2017

Woman from Assam gives birth to conjoined twin daughters who share a brain

Sarifa Khatun and her husband Yakur Ali have been told by doctors in Assam that a brain surgery may separate their conjoined twin daughters.

Mar 1, 2017