Science & Health

NASA's Opportunity rover to finally receive sunlight as massive dust storm on Mars wanes

While NASA is hopeful that the rover will attempt to call home, the team is also prepared for an extended period of silence.

Aug 31, 2018

ISS suffers oxygen leak after hit by an asteroid; Astronauts use duct tape to seal it for now

Overnight and in the morning there was an abnormal situation - a pressure drop, an oxygen leak at the ISS, though crew are safe and unharmed by the breach to the exterior shell.

Aug 31, 2018

Crops lost to ravenous insects will be more damaging than standalone effects of climate change

On average, the impacts from insects add up to about a 2.5 percent reduction in crop yield for every degree Celsius increase in temperature.

Aug 31, 2018

NASA's New Horizons finds next target 100-million miles away, to flyby it soon

Ultima appears only as a bump on the side of a background star that's roughly 17 times brighter but Ultima will be getting brighter and easier to see as the spacecraft gets closer

Aug 31, 2018

First time in 50 years, astronaut trainee quits NASA midway, reason unknown

NASA had chosen this astronaut-in-training out of the 18,300 applicants and he became one of the students at the space agency's class of 2017

Aug 31, 2018

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