Science & Health

NASA finds superstar system shooting cosmic rays at us from 10,000 light years away

The Eta Carinae star system is about 7,500 light years from Earth and is the brightest star in what makes up the constellation Carina.

Jul 6, 2018

New research finds the Missing Middle - How ancient civilization survived in Chaco Canyon

Researchers have found out that Chaco Canyon has proofs of fully built canals, which were essentially water-diversion channels constructed to help the agriculture

Jul 6, 2018

No forests, no flora, no fauna? This is Southeast Asia's deforestation effect

According to a report, 29.3 million hectares of forest land has been lost from 2000 to 2014. According to the research paper's lead author, one of the main reasons for a majority of this is destruction was to make way for farming land.

Jul 6, 2018

NASA relents, ready to probe Sonic boom mystery as alien invasion fears grip

This is for the first time that NASA is trying to recover the remnants of a fallen meteorite from an ocean, and this has compelled many conspiracy theorists to believe something strange is happening

Jul 6, 2018

Summer heat peaks though Earth is farthest from Sun

Every January, the Earth is at its nearest- perihelion and around July it is far away from the Sun- aphelion. During the summer in the Northern hemisphere, which begins with June Summer Solstice, temperatures soar because of the axial tilt.

Jul 6, 2018

Europe takes space food craze a step further, Russia to make astronaut diet accessible to public

Seeing the increasing demand for space food on the global platform, especially after its popularity online and its rapid sales at an amusement park in Moscow, Russia is all set to make space food more accessible to the public.

Jul 6, 2018

Mystery of spider flight finally solved: Here is how the wingless creatures fly

Electric fields, at strengths found in the atmosphere, can trigger ballooning and provide lift in the absence of any air movement.

Jul 6, 2018

Cape Town's water crisis: Plan to tow in an Antarctic iceberg for freshwater on cards

The capital of South Africa is yet to green-light the project. The decision on whether or not to go ahead with the idea will be taken in August.

Jul 5, 2018

Test tube white rhino babies brighten hope to save species from extinction

Scientists hope lab-grown hybrid embryos can save northern white rhino species from extinction

Jul 5, 2018

Even dense neutron stars fall at the same rate as a feather – Einstein was right after all

The recent research is ten times more precise than the previous best test of gravity. The study shows that Einstein's Strong Equivalence Principle still stands. Alternative theories to General Relativity are not looking too good at this time.

Jul 5, 2018

Australia's Great Barrier Reef could suffer a bleaching event every two years by 2034

The report predicts a bleaching event every two years till 2034 as reef suffers from effects of global warming. About 70 percent of coral reefs will be at risk of long-term degradation by 2100 if global temperatures rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Jul 5, 2018

ISRO successfully tests crew escape module for human spaceflight

The test at Satish Dhawan Space Centre lasted 259 seconds. It was labelled a success after the crew escape system deployed successfully.

Jul 5, 2018

Uttarakhand High Court declares animals 'legal entities'

A two-bench panel of the Uttarakhand High Court said that the animals are legal persons and that they are entitled to justice.

Jul 5, 2018

Why Pyramids in Sudan often go unnoticed? Conspiracy theorists suspect aliens once visited African nation

Sudan has more number of Pyramids than Egypt, and conspiracy theorists strongly allege that aliens have once visited the African nation

Jul 5, 2018

ESA astronaut shares surreal picture of Earth's constant companion

ESA shared the image of the moon along with a post, which talks about how once again Earth's one and only natural satellite moon has become a focus for human exploration

Jul 5, 2018