Science & Health

NASA's Armageddon - Space agency's 'preparedness strategy' in case asteroids or comets come at Earth

The US space agency says that efforts related to comet and asteroid impacts are important because they are low probability, but high consequence natural disasters.

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Wild animals are working more at night just to keep away from humans

Researchers have documented what they are calling a powerful and widespread process through which mammals alter their activities near humans. Humans are literally creating an increasingly nocturnal world around themselves.

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Missed planting trees this World Environment Day? You may not regret after reading this

When environment is the topic of discussion, planting trees is the first thing being talked about. But do you know more than enough plants do not do any good but only bad?

4 days ago

Selfie with shark? No, it's for scale and science, defends biologist

According to the marine biologist Giancarlo Thomae, he clicked the picture of the shark, which was found dead in Aptos, California with a colleague lying next to it for measurement.

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Newly discovered ancient sea animal named after Barack Obama

The fossils were discovered from a well-preserved fossil bed in a southern Australia mountain range. According to scientists, the creatures were some of the earliest animals to exist on earth.

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NASA wants astronauts to navigate deep space with instruments pirates used to sail the high seas

A sextant is a tool that was used by sailors and pirates hundreds of years ago to help them navigate through uncharted seas using the position of stars.

4 days ago

Mutant calf with two legs slowly learning to walk like a Kangaroo

At the first glance, the mutant calf just looks like a Kangaroo, and Shiyouhe bought it after one of his friends brought it to his attention

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6 countries, 1 mission: Motorcyclist spreads anti-plastic message

Abhimanyu Chakrovorthy has set off on a biking tour of India and five Southeast Asian countries to spread awareness about plastic pollution. His journey is crowdfunded and supported by NGO's, allowing him to conduct workshops and clean-up drives in various locations.

4 days ago

Condom-shaped UFO beamed energy weapon on woman, MUFON probe on

As the eyewitness zoomed in the condom-shaped UFO, she felt pain on her head which suggests that the aliens might be using an energy weapon

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WHO classifies gaming addiction as a mental health condition, does it deserve to be on the list?

This disorder is defined by a person playing and spending too long with their video games to an extent where gaming overshadows other aspects of life like personal relationships and performance at workplace or school.

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Aliens on Mars or nature's feat? Unfolding mystery behind UFO on Red Planet

The image of the object on Mars was initially snapped by NASA's Mariner spacecraft, and many conspiracy theorists claimed that it was a UFO on the Martian surface

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Want to quit smoking? Vaping could help hardened chain smokers- even if they don't want to

Vaping is less harmful than tobacco, less expensive, and more pleasurable, finds new research.

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Black Death returns in Idaho; All you need to know about the disease

A 14-year-old boy has been diagnosed with Bubonic plague, which is also called the Black Death disease seeing the complications it causes to patients. Here are a few details regarding the Black Death.

5 days ago

Google's AI tool can predict a patient's death with 95% accuracy

A newly developed Artificial Intelligence tool by Google can predict a host of patient outcomes, including how long they might stay in hospitals, their odds of re-admission, and the mortality rates.

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Marriage keeps your heart healthy and it's quite literally

Researchers have conducted a survey on more than two million people and found out that getting hitched actually helps to ward off heart-related troubles

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