Science & Health

Flushing down contact lenses will lead to plastic pollution in the oceans, reveals study

For the first time, researchers have now found that people who are disposing off contact lenses in the drain are adding to the pollution in the oceans.

Aug 20, 2018

NASA warns of huge, unexpected methane boost from 'abrupt thawing' of Arctic permafrost

Researchers say that even in a future where humans reduce their global carbon emissions drastically, it is not going to make a difference and large methane releases from abrupt thawing of permafrost are still likely to occur.

Aug 20, 2018

Jupiter moved like a wrecking ball through young solar system and helped create Earth: Study

Jupiter caused planets to collide and break up into smaller rocky planets. It even directed water-rich asteroids towards Earth, allowing life to bloom on the rocky planet.

Aug 20, 2018

North Carolina couple finds prehistoric shark's tooth on beach

The couple suddenly stumbled upon a prehistoric find on the Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina.

Aug 20, 2018

There are more exoplanets outside of our solar system to have water than you can imagine

As per the studies, these exoplanets are capable of containing around 50% water in them.

Aug 20, 2018

NASA's unresponsive Opportunity rover- What we know about plans for its recovery

It is possible that it could take several weeks, maybe moths before Opportunity is back to its science missions, if it survived the storm.

Aug 19, 2018

Lockheed Martin shares first glimpse of its space home for humans

NASA has given the global aerospace company and five other enterprises a total of $65 million for developing a prototype of a home in space for the humans.

Aug 19, 2018

SpaceX's 'load-and-go' launch procedure deemed safe enough for crew launches, says NASA

If the rocket is carrying a human crew, fuel will be loaded after astronauts are strapped in.

Aug 19, 2018

Alabama witnesses special cosmic show; extraordinarily bright fireball meteor in the night sky

These kinds of meteor fireballs enter our home planet's atmosphere almost every day. We can't catch glimpse of them, as they mostly appear over the oceans.

Aug 19, 2018

US Navy creates hagfish inspired, military-grade slime to trap enemy boats in the water

It is intended to be used to stop suspicious enemy boats by expanding inside the moving parts of the boat's propellers.

Aug 19, 2018

Fatty liver can be treated with diabetes drug?

A group of patients was given a drug called empagliflozin along with the standard treatment for 20 weeks, which showed a significant reduction of around four percent in their liver fat.

Aug 19, 2018

Scientists find 99-million-year-old beetle trapped in amber with pilfered pollen from cycad

This latest discovery leads to the point that beetles were pollinating flowers over a hundred million years before butterflies and bees even started it

Aug 18, 2018

Astronomers discover oldest galaxies near our own Milky Way, estimated to be 13 billion years old

As per the experts, all these oldest galaxies are more or less located in the orbits around and near our very own Milky Way

Aug 17, 2018

This planet's atmosphere is so hot that it has vaporised even titanium and iron in the air

The planet "KELT-9b" is believed to have an average temperature of 3,770 degrees Celsius. The star that it revolves around is about twice as hot as the Sun.

Aug 17, 2018

Hubble Space Telescope photographs the evolution of universe, captures 15,000 galaxies in single image

The field of view for these images covers about 15,000 galaxies, of which nearly 12,000 still have new-born stars.

Aug 17, 2018