Science & Health

Even low exposure to toxic chemicals increases health risks, reveals study

Exposure to chemicals like lead, copper, arsenic, and cadmium cause very serious health risks, especially to the heart.

Aug 31, 2018

Greenhouse gas emissions could be considerably lower by 2030, reveals study

The report says that by 2030, global greenhouse gas emissions could be 1.5 to 2.2 GtCO2e/year lower if individual commitments from nearly 6,000 cities, states and regions and over 2,000 companies are fully implemented.

Aug 31, 2018

Australia: As dry weather persists, east coast drought set to intensify

Australia's east coast will experience dry weather for at least the next three months, the country's meteorological bureau said on Thursday, intensifying a drought that has wilted crops and left farmers struggling to stay in business.

Aug 31, 2018

Higgs Boson is finally decaying, upholding the predictions of physicists

The Higgs Boson is being observed as it decays into base quarks, bringing to light what physicists thought of it in 2012.

Aug 30, 2018

Ahead of oil drill move, coral reef measuring 85 miles discovered off South Carolina

NOAA, USGS scientists on board research vessel Atlantis downed submersible Alvin of Navy that confirmed the existence of the coral reef, estimated to be at least 85 miles long.

Aug 30, 2018

Wasps terrorised flies millions of years ago by laying eggs in live pupae

Scientists have, for the first time ever, have found evidence of this behaviour from millions of years ago, offering a view into the grizzly practice and how it has evolved over time.

Aug 29, 2018

ESO releases stunning images of Milky Way nebula in infrared 7,500 light years from Earth

Carina Nebula is about 7,500 light years away in the Carina constellation. Here, stars are born and die almost constantly and as a result, Carina Nebula is an interesting, dynamic and ever-evolving region in the night sky.

Aug 29, 2018

Where will the first Mars explorers live? SpaceX reveals and explains

They are likely to stay and live on board the BFR while they build the first Mars city.

Aug 29, 2018

Windows to the soul? Scientists explain how people judge character based on facial features

Such impressions are reliable, but also often highly inaccurate and have real-world consequences that stretch from voting to dating.

Aug 28, 2018

Breathing high levels of toxic air is equivalent to losing a year of education, say researchers

The longer people exposed their lungs to dirty air, the more damage they took to their intelligence. Language abilities were affected more than mathematical abilities and men were found to be more in harm than women.

Aug 28, 2018

Organic Arctic pollutants show remarkable decline, new study finds out why

Strict regulations have once again proven to be effective at curtailing chemical pollution, first it was the recovering ozone and now the POP levels in the Arctic

Aug 28, 2018

Spitzer Space Telescope's 15-year sojourn in space is filled with numerous discoveries

Five of the Spitzer Space Telescope's long list of greatest discoveries.

Aug 27, 2018

NASA shows how 'beautiful' wildfires can look from space by tracing aerosols in the atmosphere

The image the GEOS FP model's result for aerosol concentrations around the world as of 23 August 2018. During this time, huge plumes of smoke from fires drifted all over North America and spread out up to Africa.

Aug 27, 2018

Forehead wrinkles could be a sign of early death

The wrinkles could be a link to the cardiovascular health of the person

Aug 26, 2018

Scrub typhus claims 6 lives in Kota; city health department on high alert

Tsutsugamushi bacteria, which is generally found in the saliva of mosquitoes causes scrub typhus. The symptoms of the disease aren't easily visible.

Aug 26, 2018

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Science & Health

Even low exposure to toxic chemicals increases health risks, reveals study

Greenhouse gas emissions could be considerably lower by 2030, reveals study

Australia: As dry weather persists, east coast drought set to intensify

Higgs Boson is finally decaying, upholding the predictions of physicists

Ahead of oil drill move, coral reef measuring 85 miles discovered off South Carolina

Wasps terrorised flies millions of years ago by laying eggs in live pupae

ESO releases stunning images of Milky Way nebula in infrared 7,500 light years from Earth

Where will the first Mars explorers live? SpaceX reveals and explains

Windows to the soul? Scientists explain how people judge character based on facial features

Breathing high levels of toxic air is equivalent to losing a year of education, say researchers

Organic Arctic pollutants show remarkable decline, new study finds out why

Spitzer Space Telescope's 15-year sojourn in space is filled with numerous discoveries

NASA shows how 'beautiful' wildfires can look from space by tracing aerosols in the atmosphere

Forehead wrinkles could be a sign of early death

Scrub typhus claims 6 lives in Kota; city health department on high alert

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]