Science & Health

ISRO to Launch Five British Satellites on Friday

the four stage/engine PSLV rocket in XL variant is slated to blast off at 9.58 p.m. on Friday and the 62.5-hour countdown is expected to start at 7.28 a.m. on Wednesday.

Jul 8, 2015

UFO Sighting 2015: Sparking Alien Spaceship Disguised as Clouds? [VIDEO]

In what could spur the interest of UFO enthusiasts, a skywatcher from North Philadelphia has captured a strange white object hovering in the skies. In the video, a shape-changing white object is seen moving much faster than other clouds, sparking off peculations that it's an alien spaceship disguised as clouds.

Jul 7, 2015

Drought leads to mass cutting of trees in Los Angeles

City officials in Los Angeles have said they dont have enough water to irrigate all the trees in the city, so they are cutting down roughly 14,000 of those that are dead or dying from drought.

Jul 7, 2015

Rare Albino Whale Spotted in New Zealand

The mammal was spotted along with another black humpback whale on Sunday

Jul 7, 2015

Pakistan: 'Brain-Eating' Naegleria Parasite Kills 10 in Karachi; Locals Worried

The Naegleria fowleri is a deadly amoeba that enters the brains and destroys tissues.

Jul 6, 2015

Philippines Confirms Second MERS Case

The 36-year-old foreigner showed symptoms of the disease after arriving in Manila on 19 June from Dubai.

Jul 6, 2015

UFO Sightings: Top Secret X-Files Revelation Could Reveal Existence of Aliens

In what could come as a big boast to conspiracy theorists' allegation of aliens' existence, UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) might release the country's top secret on Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sightings in the next few months.

Jul 3, 2015

Solar Impulse 2: Sun energy aircraft breaks world record for the longest non-stop solo flight

Solar Impulse 2, which is attempting to fly between Japan and Hawaii powered only by the suns energy, has broken a world record for the longest non-stop solo flight.

Jul 3, 2015

South Korea: Nurse Infected with MERS Virus

The 24-year-old nurse at the Samsung Medical Centre here became the 184th patient and the toll stands at 33.

Jul 3, 2015

British Food Authority Calls Maggi Noodles Safe

Britain imports only masala flavour of these noodles, the food authority said, adding that the FSA also tested other variants from the Maggi noodles range.

Jul 2, 2015

Sea turtle wearing GoPro camera swims through Great Barrier Reef [video]

Video posted as UN body decides not to put Australias Great Barrier Reef on its world danger list.

Jul 1, 2015

UK hottest day: Is it hot enough to fry an egg outside?

No it is not hot enough to fry an egg outside.

Jul 1, 2015

Japan: Thousands gather to watch leap second in Tokyo

Up to a thousand people gathered in Tokyo on 1 July to watch a leap second added to their day.

Jul 1, 2015

UFO Sighting 2015: Bright Fiery Object Stunned Witnesses; NASA Scientists Rule Fireball as Space Junk [VIDEO]

A mysterious bright fiery object light up the skies of Georgia Monday morning, stunning hundreds of witnesses. Conspiracy theorists had jumped to the conclusion that it was UFO (unidentified flying object) but NASA scientists have confirmed that it was just a space junk and not even a meteor.

Jul 1, 2015

Cuba First Country to Eradicate Mother-to-child HIV Transmission: WHO

Cuba succeeded in lowering the HIV transmission rate to 1.85 percent, below the 2 percent target rate countries in the region

Jul 1, 2015