Science & Health

A lake on fire: Bengaluru's Bellandur lake is metaphor for govt inaction

Bellandur Lake, the largest lake in Bengaluru, is highly polluted with sewage, and foam covering the water surface easily catches fire and burns for hours.

Feb 17, 2017

Nasa’s Dawn finds key ingredients for alien life on dwarf planet Ceres

The ingredients right for alien life to exist have been discovered on the dwarf planet Ceres. With Nasa’s Dawn spacecraft, scientists have identified organic compounds coming from within the planet’s interior.

Feb 17, 2017

Slooh astronomers spot Comet 73P split into two pieces near Earth

On March 16, Comet 73P will be at the closest proximity with Sun.

Feb 16, 2017

Father's diet can impact son's ability to reproduce, study reveals

This is a pioneering study, which explains about post-copulatory benefits of parental diet.

Feb 16, 2017

This is how NASA plans to make better weather predictions!

The LIS launch will take place on the tenth cargo resupply mission of SpaceX on Saturday, February 18.

Feb 16, 2017

ISRO creates world record: India has reason to be proud but it's still behind Beijing, says Chinese media

Chinese mouth piece Global Times downplayed ISRO's world record of placing 104 satellites in space and mocked India's budget allocation for inter-planetary exploration and military.

Feb 16, 2017

NASA's Space Poop Challenge: And the WINNERS are...! [VIDEO]

As per the traditionally followed solution, the astronauts wear diapers in order to excrete, but this low-tech option doesn't last more than a day's time.

Feb 15, 2017

Iceland: Police asked tourists to keep their eyes off the sky!

The cops believed that the tourists were drinking and driving while posing threat to others on the road, but that wasn't the case.

Feb 15, 2017

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope: A giant exoplanet and star spotted romancing for the first time!

The pulsation effect is an outcome of the size difference between the star and the exoplanet.

Feb 15, 2017

ISRO makes world record: How PM Modi, President Pranab Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan and others reacted to successful launch of 104 satellites

The launch by ISRO was lauded not just by the Centre but by people across the country.

Feb 15, 2017

ISRO satellite launch: India makes world record by launching 104 satellites in space

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

Feb 15, 2017

NASA: A peanut-shaped asteroid might bang Earth!

Dubbed as 2015 BN509, the asteroid is 200-metre (660ft) wide and 400-metre (1,310ft) long.

Feb 14, 2017

Violent beginnings of a supernova spotted by researchers for the first time!

The SN 2013fs was a normal type-II supernova, which is the commonest type of stellar blast which has a star 50 times massive than the Sun.

Feb 14, 2017

Are aliens living among us and observing our every move? Elon Musk gives his theory

It depends on how wild your imagination can run.

Feb 14, 2017

Isro set to create record on Feb 15 with launch of 104 satellites in one mission

Russia currently holds the record of launching the highest number of satellites (37) in 2014 while Isro's current record is 20 satellites launched in 2016.

Feb 14, 2017