Science & Health

Delhi's toxic air at Diwali increases risks of heart attack for citizens

Poor air quality days can lead to heart attack for patients with heart diseases.

Nov 11, 2015

Mexico: Colima volcano has another double eruption

Less than a week after a pair of eruptions, Mexicos Colima or Fire volcano pulled of the feat again Tuesday (10 November) morning, as its period of activity continues.

Nov 11, 2015

Want to enhance your happiness quotient? Get off Facebook!

Researchers associated anxiety with Facebook use to envy at other people's lives.

Nov 11, 2015

New York: Man jetpacks around Statue of Liberty

Australian entrepreneur David Mayman was the first person to fly around New Yorks Statue of Liberty in a jetpack, a recent video shows. Maymans JetPack Aviation, which claims to have invented the worlds only true jetpack, released a video on YouTube showing him flying around the New York landmark.

Nov 11, 2015

Mars' moon Phobos might be destroyed in 30-50 million years: NASA

The shallow grooves on Phobos' surface may be early signs of structural failure.

Nov 11, 2015

Arianespace chosen to launch Indian communication satellites in 2016, 2017

The two spacecraft are planned as replacements for currently-operational relay platforms

Nov 11, 2015

EU promises to increase climate finance to help vulnerable countries

EU confirmed its position as the global leader in climate finance.

Nov 11, 2015

Indian telecom satellite GSAT-15 launched

The rocket blasted off with two satellites from the spaceport in French Guiana and completed the mission in around 43 minutes.

Nov 11, 2015

Global warming is good news for Champagne lovers

Climate change is a touchy subject in Champagne, because as France prepares to host world leaders for talks on how to slow it next month, producers of the regions famous sparkling wine have seen only benefits from global warming so far. The 1.2C increase in temperatures in the region over the past 30 years has reduced frost damage. It has also added 1% in the level of alcohol and reduced acidity, making it easier to comply with strict production rules, according to Champagne makers group CIVC.

Nov 10, 2015

India-Eurasia collision occurred 47 million years ago: Scientists

New research finds first oceanic microplate in the Indian Ocean.

Nov 10, 2015

Intuition rules over rationality to power superstitions

Detecting an irrational thought and correcting it are separate processes.

Nov 10, 2015

Drought, spike in food prices to hurt India's rural population next year

Poor transport infrastructure stops falling global prices from reaching rural areas.

Nov 10, 2015

NASA's science team dives into Pluto discoveries

New Horizons geologists combined 3D images of Pluto's surface that indicate two of Pluto's most distinctive ice volcanoes.

Nov 10, 2015

Carbon emissions: Rising sea levels threaten 3 Indian cities

Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Calcutta face threat of submergence.

Nov 10, 2015

San Diego: SeaWorld to replace killer whale show next year

The water park faced criticism and declining admissions since 2013 documentary Blackfish's release.

Nov 10, 2015