Science & Health

Powerful earthquake measuring 4.5 on richter scale strikes San Francisco Bay area

According to reports by the Los Angeles Times, moderate tremors were felt at 10.33 pm with an epicentre at Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek in East Bay area.

Oct 15, 2019

Will NASA have answers on Vikram lander?

A NASA official had earlier told in New York that on October 14, its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) would fly over the site, where Vikram might have landed.

Oct 15, 2019

Watch your weight before 40, else face cancer risk: Report

The study showed that if you were overweight before age 40, the risk of developing cancer increases by 70 per cent for endometrial cancer.

Oct 12, 2019

Scientist says space agencies will not spot dangerous asteroids that might be in collision course

The author revealed that it is practically impossible to track all the near-earth objects that might be in a collision course.

Oct 10, 2019

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to 3 scientists for development of lithium-ion batteries

Scientists John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

Oct 9, 2019

Three Americans awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute announced that the three recipients were recognized for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.

Oct 7, 2019

Roswell edition II: Space experts clueless after bizarre UFO crashed in Chile

The unexplained UFO sighting has made many people believe that alien life is a reality and the government is covering up something sinister.

Oct 7, 2019

ISRO needs to find Vikram's fate on Moon: US space expert

Though ISRO has set up a national committee of experts to find what went wrong with Vikram to lose communication link with it in the last minute, it is yet to confirm its fate on the lunar surface near the South Pole in hostile conditions.

Oct 5, 2019

Andromeda galaxy in a killing spree; will it devour Milky Way?

Before the expected collision with Andromeda Galaxy, Milky Way will collide with Large Magellanic Cloud within 2.5 billion years.

Oct 3, 2019

More than 1,600 die in India's heaviest monsoon season for 25 years

The extended rains have wreaked havoc, with northern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar being the worst hit in the latest spell of intense downpours, killing 144 people since last Friday.

Oct 2, 2019

Extraterrestrial dilemma: Elon Musk says no alien life exists, NASA scientist claims disclosure to be made soon

Even though Elon Musk dismissed the chances of alien life, a top NASA scientist claimed that extraterrestrial discovery will be made in the coming months.

Sep 30, 2019

Bihar rains: Deputy CM Sushil Modi, family rescued by NDRF in Patna

A red alert was sounded for most districts in the state, as the IMD predicted heavy to very heavy rainfalls over the next three days.

Sep 30, 2019

How PM Narendra Modi is appropriating Mahatma Gandhi's legacy to fulfill climate goals

Launched on Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, 2014, the mission sought to clean up urban and rural infrastructure and aimed to achieve "open-defecation free" (OPF) India by 2019.

Sep 28, 2019

NASA releases high resolution lunar site images, says didn't locate Vikram lander

NASA stated that Vikram had a hard landing and the precise location of the spacecraft in the lunar highlands is yet to be determined.

Sep 27, 2019

6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, tremors felt in North India

Tremors were felt around 4.35 pm in various states including Delhi, Kashmir, Chandigarh and also in several areas of Pakistan, including Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtun region.

Sep 24, 2019

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