Science & Health

Top 5 tips to stay healthy this rainy season

Follow these simple tips and precaution to keep sickness at bay this monsoon.

May 23, 2017

South African team performs successful penis transplant for second time

A team successfully performed a penis transplant on a 40 year old male. He had lost his penis 17 years ago due to complications after a traditional circumcision.

May 23, 2017

TRAPPIST-1: Secrets about the 7th and farthest exoplanet revealed!

NASA aims at studying the seven worlds using James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to be launched in October 2018.

May 23, 2017

Saturn's moon Titan underwent Mars-like evolution

Titan is the only celestial body present in the solar system which has rivers filled with liquid methane.

May 22, 2017

Vaquita: World's most endangered marine mammal may go extinct by 2018

Plans are being finalised to make a last-ditch attempt to save vaquita porpoise as only 30 of these distinctive cetaceans are left in the Gulf of California.

May 22, 2017

New detailed image of Spaghetti Nebula released

The remnant has an apparent diameter of approximately three degrees, an estimated distance of approximately 3,000 light-years, and an age of approximately 40,000 years.

May 22, 2017

Healthy eating: Here are 4 quick and easy ways to include fibre in your daily diet

Often found in vegetables, fruits, grains and legumes, dietary fibres are known to keep the digestive system healthy and also prevents heart diseases, diabetes and weight gain.

May 22, 2017

ISRO and NASA to jointly launch NISAR, the biggest and most expensive earth imaging satellite

The satellite which will cost both the countries a sum of over 1.5 billion dollars, will help the scientists study the changes in our climate and environment.

May 22, 2017

Meet Jedhinda, taxi driver who helped reduced maternal mortality rates by 27% in Tanzania

A first-of-its-kind ambulance taxi service created by the Vodafone Foundation to save the lives of high-risk pregnant women in two Tanzanian districts the size of Belgium, reduced maternal mortality rates by 27% in its first year.

May 22, 2017

NASA pays tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam by naming new species after him

The new bacteria is named Solibacillus kalamii.

May 21, 2017

World Whisky Day 2017: Health benefits of the hard drink

World Whisky Day is celebrated on May 20, encouraging people to enjoy the drink responsibly.

May 20, 2017

Mysterious Tabby's Star dims again

Tabby's Star was discovered in September 2015 by Yale University's Tabetha Boyajian and her colleagues.

May 20, 2017

Pollen allergies, sinus, asthma and other nasal allergies: How to control them naturally

Here are some tips and advices by Dr Jagdish Chaturvedi, based out of Bangalore, to help you deal with issues like pollen allergy, sinus, asthma and other nasal allergies.

May 20, 2017

India trails China, Nepal and Bangladesh in global healthcare index; could it dent medical tourism industry?

India has ranked 154th out of 194 countries, well behind neighbours like Nepal, Bangladesh and even Myanmar, when it comes to access to quality healthcare. Read to know more.

May 20, 2017

Gray Fossil Site: 5 million-year-old fossil of 'winged snake' discovered in Tennessee sinkhole

Kingsnakes as well as rat snakes are believed to be closely related to this new-found species.

May 19, 2017