Science & Health

Human retina grown from scratch in a lab for the first time ever

Human eyes are among the most advanced and well-developed in all of the animals in the world.

Oct 14, 2018

Diabetes linked to deaths from alcohol, accidents and suicide: Study

Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes are highly prevalent global diseases, causing millions of deaths every year.

Oct 14, 2018

Open heart surgery linked to cognitive decline in older people

Researchers from the University of Rochester in the US examined whether surgeries on two types of heart valves -- the mitral or the aortic -- were associated with better or worse outcomes.

Oct 14, 2018

Delhi's air is getting worse - one point away from being classified 'very poor': Report

The AQI on Friday was at 154 and it nearly doubled in a day. This is expected to get even worse in the coming months.

Oct 14, 2018

Zika virus outbreak sets off alarm bells in India; 50 cases detected in Jaipur

The Zika virus is caused by a virus transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which bites during the day time. It causes skin rashes, fever, conjunctivitis, malaise or a headache, muscle and joint pain, which lasts for two to seven days.

Oct 13, 2018

Astronomers in dilemma over naming a moon that exists around another moon

You would imagine that when the best minds of the world come up with a name, it's creative and technical at the same time. Well, the best name candidate, in this case so far, tells a different story

Oct 12, 2018

Brush with death: Astronauts escape failing Soyuz rocket en route to International Space Station

Soon after the Russian Soyuz rocket took off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome, the astronauts onboard reported that there was a problem with the booster of the rocket

Oct 12, 2018

Mount Etna: Active volcano in Italy could collapse any moment into the sea, triggering tsunamis

The south-eastern flank of the volcano is moving both above ground as well as its portion under the water.

Oct 11, 2018

Intelligent alien life should exist within 33,000 light years, says new study

Concluding that there are no aliens in the universe is like drinking a glass of seawater and saying that there are no fish in the ocean, said a SETI specialist.

Oct 10, 2018

Karnataka: 4 die of swine flu, over 400 confirmed cases; health dept not aware of deaths?

Around 46 cases of Swine flu have been reported in Bengaluru in the past one week.

Oct 10, 2018

SpaceX puts up a good show; Falcon 9 booster sticks perfect landing

Before sticking to perfect landing on the soil, the Falcon 9 rocket delivered the latest Earth-observing satellite of Argentina, dubbed SAOCOMM-1A, into space

Oct 10, 2018

A view of a hot spring at the Upper Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park.

NASA wants to contain Yellowstone supervolcano that can end the world in one eruption

A full-scale eruption from the Yellowstone supervolcano has the potential to plunge the entire planet in a nuclear winter-like situation, wiping out humanity.

Oct 10, 2018

China takes lead as the world prepares to install more than 1 trillion watts of clean, renewable energy by 2023

Regardless of renewable energy expanding its global power yield to 30 percent by 2023, increasing coal generation in Asia implies that fossil fuel will remain the most significant source of energy in the world.

Oct 9, 2018

Delhi, Kolkata average temperature spiked by one degree in one century: IPCC Report

As per a recent study published in the Nature Climate Change, the journal reviewed economies of over 200 countries in which it concluded that India would be worst affected by climate change.

Oct 9, 2018

Climate change if not controlled by 2030 will inevitably bring floods, extreme weather and kill coral reefs: IPCC

Coral reefs will be radically affected, with somewhere in the range of 70 and 90 percent anticipated to vanish, which also includes Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Oct 9, 2018

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Science & Health

Human retina grown from scratch in a lab for the first time ever

Diabetes linked to deaths from alcohol, accidents and suicide: Study

Open heart surgery linked to cognitive decline in older people

Delhi's air is getting worse - one point away from being classified 'very poor': Report

Zika virus outbreak sets off alarm bells in India; 50 cases detected in Jaipur

Astronomers in dilemma over naming a moon that exists around another moon

Brush with death: Astronauts escape failing Soyuz rocket en route to International Space Station

Mount Etna: Active volcano in Italy could collapse any moment into the sea, triggering tsunamis

Intelligent alien life should exist within 33,000 light years, says new study

Karnataka: 4 die of swine flu, over 400 confirmed cases; health dept not aware of deaths?

SpaceX puts up a good show; Falcon 9 booster sticks perfect landing

NASA wants to contain Yellowstone supervolcano that can end the world in one eruption

China takes lead as the world prepares to install more than 1 trillion watts of clean, renewable energy by 2023

Delhi, Kolkata average temperature spiked by one degree in one century: IPCC Report

Climate change if not controlled by 2030 will inevitably bring floods, extreme weather and kill coral reefs: IPCC

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]