Science & Health

China wants to lasso an asteroid and bring down it to Earth, the American Cowboy way

Taking cue from the American Cowboy style, the spacecraft will throw a large bag made of small robots over the asteroid and drag it down to Earth.

Aug 1, 2018

Accidental Design? Great Pyramid of Giza built to concentrate all electromagnetic energy on inner chambers

Researchers say that this property of the pyramids is most likely a happy accident than a design feature.

Aug 1, 2018

Alien shockproof: UFO researcher spots spaceship travelling behind Jupiter

The bizarre object which travelled behind Jupiter has made many people believe that alien life is a reality.

Jul 31, 2018

How a carbon 'leak' warmed Earth for 11,000 years - leading to the rise of human civilisation

Researchers found that increased activity in the Southern Ocean might be responsible for the warming and stabilising climate during the Holocene — time period that stretched over 10,000 years before the Industrial Revolution.

Jul 31, 2018

You can tell exactly how hot it is outside by listening to crickets chirp

Crickets' bodies react to heat by speeding up muscle contractions when the temperature increases and slowing it down when it gets cold.

Jul 31, 2018

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Massive sinkhole abruptly appears in Russian field, could have easily swallowed 15-storey building in city

Reports suggest that the hole is about 32 metres wide and over 50 metres deep that could have easily swallowed a 15-storey building in city.

Jul 31, 2018

Cure Parkinson's by transplanting nerve cells into brain? Japan approves clinical trial

In the treatment method, the nerve cells are created using cells from people whose immunity makes them less prone to transplant rejections. The treatment is backed by the government and will be conducted at Kyoto University Hospital.

Jul 31, 2018

Elon Musk's dream of nuking Mars terrible, just won't help to reverse weather, says new study

Elon Musk had once famously said that he hopes to nuke the planet in order to make it habitable; however, a new study has concluded that even nuking the Red Planet will not get the job done

Jul 31, 2018

NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite crosses our galaxy, begins big search beyond

TESS is one of the most advanced and latest satellites that NASA has sent up there for searching the planets outside of our galaxy Milky Way

Jul 31, 2018

Strange Dolphin-Whale hybrid species spotted near Hawaii, confirmed 'Steno bredanesis' in IUCN Redlist

This is the first-ever hybrid creature between a rough-toothed dolphin and a melon-headed whale, researchers have named this species "Steno bredanensis".

Jul 30, 2018

Black holes are growing 'fuzzballs' and might not have a ring of fire, say researchers

Black holes can be likened to giant balls of string, researchers have said. These balls of string gather additional material as new objects like stars and planets get sucked in.

Jul 30, 2018

Mars is a thousand times drier than driest place on Earth – might be too arid to host life

In the Atacama desert, microbes only exist in a dormant state, barely surviving.

Jul 30, 2018

Edge of space just got 19 km closer to the Earth, say researchers; Will US agree?

The Karman Line, which separates Earth from space is right now set at 100 km.

Jul 29, 2018

Modi urges citizens to go eco-friendly for Ganesh Utsav

In his radio broadcast Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to use eco-friendly materials to celebrate this year's Ganesh Utsav, scheduled for September 12.

Jul 29, 2018