Science & Health

If nuclear war breaks out, even best case escape scenarios prove futile

There are about 15,000 nuclear bombs in the world of which we know right now, enough to completely destroy the planet and everything it shelters. The most rational number of nuclear weapons for a country to have is zero.

Jun 16, 2018

5 foods you should eat to live longer

If you hate to look into your medicine cabinet then it's time you change the way you stock up your pantry. Are you finding out ways to improve the proverbial fountain of youth? Here's where you can start!

Jun 15, 2018

Potentially habitable moons of giant planets could be better for humans than Earth

Moons of large gas giants could be the perfect place to look for life and so far there are 121 candidates where life could flourish.

Jun 15, 2018

Deja vu 2003: Mars to shine the brightest this July

The Red Planet will appear brighter than usual between July 27 and 31st this year. The distance from the earth will be 35.8 million miles, as opposed to 34.9 million miles which was the closest in the last 60,000 years.

Jun 15, 2018

Fast eroding West Antarctic Ice Sheet spells bigger doom for US than Greenland's

The U.S. would face far more sea level rise from the melting of West Antarctic Ice Sheet than that of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Jun 15, 2018

3 Infant protoplanets discovered in constellation of Sagittarius by ALMA

Unlike previous discovery, these aren't some exoplanet but are protoplanets – they are massive bodies of matter moving around a star which is still cooking to become a planet.

Jun 15, 2018

Does expecting pain make it better or worse? Psychologists examine hype and its effects

The study was conducted on children to see if their expectation of a painful event actually influenced their experience of said pain.

Jun 15, 2018

Afraid of spiders? We have bad news as some of them can fly [Video]

Initially, it was thought that spiders used electrostatic forces to fly, but a study in the journal PLOS Biology suggests its silk that helps these insects to take the flight.

Jun 15, 2018

This baby rhino bonding with its keeper is the most heart-warming thing you'll see today [Photo]

National Geographic has shared a heart-warming picture on Instagram on June 15, which shows a baby black rhino bonding with its keeper.

Jun 15, 2018

Stephen Hawking's voice to be beamed into a black hole 3,500 light years away

Professor Hawking's remains will be laid to rest between the graves of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin after a memorial service on Friday, 15 June at Westminster Abbey.

Jun 15, 2018

NASA might have found evidence of alien life on dwarf planet Ceres but not revealing much, says study

A new study has found that the organic compound in Ceres may be much more than NASA assumed earlier

Jun 15, 2018

First time image: Supermassive black hole shreds entire star which leads to huge eruption

Never before have astronomers been able to directly observe the formation and evolution of a jet from a star being devoured by a black hole

Jun 14, 2018

Antarctica melting twice as fast as last decade, 6-inch rise in sea level likely by 2100

Scientists have laid out ways for how to save a melting Antarctica and if we don't then how grim our future can be is their another speculation

Jun 14, 2018

Scientists stunned to find dust on Earth older than solar system

The dust is made of tiny grains called of glass embedded with metal and sulphides and it is really fine- less than one hundredth the width of human hair.

Jun 14, 2018

Bhopal gas tragedy victims call for immediate steps to check groundwater contamination

Considered to be one of the world's worst industrial disasters, nearly 4,000 people had died because of gas poisoning and thousands have died since due to diseases caused by the gas, residue of which still contaminates the affected area.

Jun 14, 2018