Science & Health

Antarctica has whole mountain ranges and valleys buried deep beneath its ice

The land area of the frozen continent has whole mountain ranges and massive valleys that keep the ice sheet stable and prevent ice from East Antarctica from flowing through to West Antarctica and eventually out to the coast, influencing rising sea levels globally.

May 27, 2018

Life on Mars? Iron-rich Martian rocks near lakes could have hosted life 4 billion years back

If life existed on Mars in the past, and there is a strong likelihood of that being true. The best places to look for life would be inside the iron-rich rocks near ancient lakes, according to scientists.

May 27, 2018

Mars rover Curiosity successfully resumes drilling after remote hackathon by NASA engineers

The dead drilling motor on Mars rover Curiosity was successfully replaced with alternate robotic arms remotely by NASA scientists at JPL and the rover is back in sample collection at Gale Crater

May 26, 2018

Dinosaur dandruff: How are the feathered raptor flakes different from that of modern day birds

Experts believe that the dandruff evolved during the Middle Jurassic period when feathered dinosaurs came into existence.

May 26, 2018

Ex Google CEO Eric Schmidt says Elon Musk is 'wrong' on AI

Space X CEO Elon Musk has been a critic of Artificial Intelligence and has asked for strict control of the technology to curb its threat. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, however, says that AI is more good than bad.

May 26, 2018

Obese people are more likely to survive infections in hospitals than others

In three different studies conducted in the United States and Denmark, obese people in hospitals are found to be more likely to survive infections ranging from pneumonia to sepsis, say researchers.

May 25, 2018

Do black holes die? Life and death of the most powerful forces in the cosmos

Black holes are not the scary space vacuum cleaners that suck up all matter around them - they are dying stars that have immeasurable amounts of gravity and will all eventually die out.

May 25, 2018

Dinosaur-killing asteroid also triggered a global warming that lasted 100,000 years

The impact created a heat wave so intense that it melted rocks and set off wildfires that stretched across continents, with the increased temperatures on Earth lasting for thousands of years.

May 25, 2018

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Elon Musk's plan to build world's largest virtual solar power grid in Australia gets nod

Elon Musk built the world's largest battery in South Australia last year, and now, work is set to begin in the construction of the world's largest virtual solar power plant.

May 25, 2018

Ireland: Video clip shows two bright UFOs over St Patrick Cathedral

Dublin is slowly emerging as a UFO hotspot. In the past two decades, there have been 19 recorded UFO sightings in the Irish capital.

May 24, 2018

Pluto, Solar System's dwarf planet could in fact be a giant comet

Dwarf planet Pluto might actually be a giant comet made of billions of comets and other rocks from the Kuiper belt as scientists find the composition of Pluto similar to that of comets.

May 24, 2018

After Loch Ness, another Bigfoot shot dead in Montana? DNA test on to find out

The monster had an overwhelming size and long fur of the creature, which is something unusual for a canine

May 24, 2018

Earth was one large ball of water before land suddenly emerged about 2.4 bn years ago

The entire planet was just a hot ocean till the mantle cooled and allowed the land to come up from within, changing the climate and geography of the planet, also, making way from complex plant life to emerge on land.

May 24, 2018

Worms with head like battle axe invade France: All you need to know about hammerhead flatworms

The hammerhead flatworms pose a serious threat to wildlife as they are known to have a negative impact on many helpful soil critters.

May 24, 2018

Sleeping through weekends could help you avoid an early death, keep you healthy

Getting enough sleep is a life or death situation, so if you are not getting enough sleep in the week, stay in during the weekends and hit the snooze button.

May 24, 2018

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Science & Health

Antarctica has whole mountain ranges and valleys buried deep beneath its ice

Life on Mars? Iron-rich Martian rocks near lakes could have hosted life 4 billion years back

Mars rover Curiosity successfully resumes drilling after remote hackathon by NASA engineers

Dinosaur dandruff: How are the feathered raptor flakes different from that of modern day birds

Ex Google CEO Eric Schmidt says Elon Musk is 'wrong' on AI

Obese people are more likely to survive infections in hospitals than others

Do black holes die? Life and death of the most powerful forces in the cosmos

Dinosaur-killing asteroid also triggered a global warming that lasted 100,000 years

Elon Musk's plan to build world's largest virtual solar power grid in Australia gets nod

Ireland: Video clip shows two bright UFOs over St Patrick Cathedral

Pluto, Solar System's dwarf planet could in fact be a giant comet

After Loch Ness, another Bigfoot shot dead in Montana? DNA test on to find out

Earth was one large ball of water before land suddenly emerged about 2.4 bn years ago

Worms with head like battle axe invade France: All you need to know about hammerhead flatworms

Sleeping through weekends could help you avoid an early death, keep you healthy

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]