Science & Health

What is Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak? Runny nose can be leaking brain fluid

Kendra Jackson has a runny nose for years after she hit her head in an accident. She later finds out that it was not mucus that was coming out from her nostrils but brain fluid.

May 8, 2018

Baby fractures skull after falling off bed, grieving mother's advice to parents

Paige Ferguson shared the horrific incident and pictures of her son's injury so that other parents never take head bumps lightly.

May 7, 2018

Massive asteroid really going to fly by Earth hours before royal wedding?

How true are reports of asteroid JPL 8 about to pass by Earth just hours before the royal wedding? If so, is it dangerous? Will it crash into Earth?

May 7, 2018

Norovirus: Oysters accumulate pathogens when they filter poop-laced water, say experts

Norovirus is highly contagious and one can contract the virus by coming into close contact with patients or by consuming food, especially oysters and other shellfishes. According to CDC, each year 19 to 21 million people are contaminated by the virus.

May 7, 2018

First private-funding mission to the moon to be carried out in 2019

Lunar meteorite suggests an abundance of water beneath Moon's surface

There might be enough water on the Moon to not only set up a base there, but also aid in deep space travel. Humans might not have to carry all the water they need to get to Mars and live there, it can be mined from the Moon.

May 7, 2018

King Tutankhamen's ancient tomb has no secret chambers with lost treasures inside

After three years of study and detailed radar-based scanning, researchers have finally concluded that there are no other rooms, tombs, passages and tunnels hidden in King Tut's burial place.

May 7, 2018

Brain-dead boy comes back to life after parents sign organ donation papers

Trenton McKinley, a 13-year-old boy from Mobile, Alabama, came back to life just a day before the doctors were going to remove the life support system. He even started breathing on his own.

May 7, 2018

Do you give single space after full stop or double space?

In the days of typewriters, double spacing after punctuation marks was common, however, digital word processing has rendered this practice moot. Scientists now have found that double spacing still makes text easier to read.

May 6, 2018

NASA advisory body says SpaceX rocket technology so powerful it could risk human lives

NASA is so severely risk-averse that it is being overly conservative in the way it handles astronaut safety because advisers have deemed SpaceX's methods too risky for human spaceflight.

May 6, 2018

Carbon dioxide reached the highest level in recorded history

The planet is getting warmer and one of the reasons for this is the release of greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide that trap heat in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is the most prevalent among all greenhouse gases and it has just reached its highest recorded level.

May 6, 2018