Science & Health

U R Rao: A portrait of the architect of India's space programme who stood up to the Russians and brooked no fools

U R Rao's decisiveness catapulted India into the big league of space. Rao was forthright in taking all the key decisions related to space and satellite development in the seventies and eighties.

Feb 7, 2017

Penumbra lunar eclipse: Date, time and place to watch the phenomenon!

Penumbral lunar eclipse, which occurs when the moon passes through Earth's penumbra or partial shadow.

Feb 6, 2017

Dangerous sex! Gonorrhea-causing bacteria turns fatal and antibiotic-resistant!

The CDC has tried spreading awareness among sexually-active people by asking those who have unprotected sex to get checked for this STD, even if they present no symptoms.

Feb 6, 2017

NASA: Gazing at a total solar eclipse with the naked eye is safe, provided THIS happens!

A total solar eclipse is going to take place on August 21. The eclipse will pass over the US and skygazers can enjoy a view of the eclipse with the naked eye

Feb 6, 2017

NASA's Fermi discovers the most powerful blazars so far!

The gamma rays were found to be radiated by blazars, which are very compact regions surrounding supermassive black holes detected so far.

Feb 4, 2017

Does NASA have a captured UFO hidden in California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

The alien hunter, who first saw the silver disc, observed that its position was changing from time to time.

Feb 4, 2017

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to discover Trojan asteroids this month!

A carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group, 101955 Bennu, has a 1-in-2,700 chance of impacting Earth in the late 22nd century.

Feb 4, 2017

WADA to conduct blood test on cricketers ahead of ICC Champions Trophy 2017

The collected blood samples will be preserved for 10 years.

Feb 4, 2017

World Cancer Day 2017: Why is cancer the second most leading cause of death in India?

Around 70 percent of all cancer patients approach the doctor when chances of cure are very less.

Feb 4, 2017

This is what a post-mortem of a porpoise looks like

Investigators Rob Deaville and Matt Perkins walk through how they figure out the cause of death of a porpoise at Zoological Society London.

Feb 3, 2017

NASA's Juno Mission: Phenomenal Jupiter revealed in greater detail, and you too can be part of the mission!

JunoCam, the first interplanetary outreach camera, is now being guided with the assistance from the public -- people can participate by voting for what features on Jupiter should be imaged during each flyby

Feb 3, 2017

NASA, ISS slammed for allegedly covering-up UFO sightings AGAIN! [VIDEOS]

It was a luminous orb, which alien hunters and conspiracy theorists believe was hidden by NASA on purpose. The video feed was resumed after 35 seconds

Feb 3, 2017

Bangladesh: Sahana Khatun is the first female to suffer from rare "tree man" syndrome

Sahana Khatun was diagnosed with the disease eight years ago after her father spotted some rashes on her face.

Feb 2, 2017

ESO reveals one of the most stunning images of the Cat's Paw and Lobster Nebulae!

The Very Large Telescope Survey Telescope captured the latest and one of the largest images released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) so far, which is almost two billion pixels!

Feb 2, 2017

Kerala: Sachin Tendulkar inaugurates sports medicine centres in Kozhikode and Kochi

The centres will offer services ranging from performance enhancement to physical fitness assessments and injury management to prevention.

Feb 2, 2017