Science & Health

World's most powerful magnets could finally make nuclear fusion a reality

Nuclear fusion could be the most efficient, inexpensive, sustainable and eco-friendly way to generate power, but cracking the method is still a major challenge.

Mar 13, 2018

Graphene-alternative 2D material extracted from molten metal looks promising

Gallenene has shown promise as an efficient metal contact in 2D electronic devices.

Mar 13, 2018

Titan: Check out these pictures of Saturn's largest moon

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is almost double the size of Earth's moon and is the only known body to have a dense atmosphere of nitrogen.

Mar 13, 2018

History of time: From Big Bang to present day in 10 minutes

The whole timeline of the universe and its evolution has been put together in this video that shows every major event from star formation to life on Earth.

Mar 13, 2018

Woman who couldn't close her mouth for months gets relief after surgery

The elderly woman from India, who was unable to close her mouth, couldn't even eat and was mostly on a liquid diet for the last few months.

Mar 13, 2018

New exoplanet found 200 light years from Earth could have liquid water

The exoplanet is about 1.6 times the size of Earth and is in its star's Goldilocks zone so this makes it habitable and just the right size to harbor life.

Mar 13, 2018

Volcanic Winter: 74,000-year-old African fossils show humans flourished post super-volcano

Glass tephra, or the rock shards ejected by volcanic explosions, was found in two of the African sites - at the same level as remnants of human activity.

Mar 13, 2018

NOAA explains why geomagnetic storm won't hit Earth on March 18

Geomagnetic storms are a temporary disturbance of Earth's magnetosphere caused by the charged particles of the solar wind.

Mar 13, 2018

Nasa's Hubble discovers 10 billion-year-old 'relic' galaxy near Milky Way

There has been no activity in NGC 1277 for over 10 billion years and it is filled with red, dying stars from the early years of the universe.

Mar 13, 2018

What is the difference between Pi Day and Pie Day?

It turns out that there are two separate days to celebrate pi and pie. And only one of them involves maths and pizzas. Know the difference here.

Mar 12, 2018

Tiangong-1 crash zone: Can out-of-control Chinese space station crash in India?

China's first space station is hurtling down to Earth and India is one of the areas where the out-of-control space module could crash.

Mar 12, 2018

What is Disease X? WHO experts warn of the next pandemic

Disease X is the ninth inclusion in the WHO's newest Blueprint list of diseases with pandemic potential, after Ebola, Lassa fever and Zika.

Mar 12, 2018

Expectant parents can now get 3D-printed model of their unborn child

The 3D model of the unborn child will include minute details like tiny hands, feet, umbilical cord and the facial features.

Mar 12, 2018

What is IPF? Dentists are dying of this rare, incurable lung disease

Dentists are affected by IPF as they are "exposed to infectious agents, chemicals, airborne particulates, ionizing radiation."

Mar 12, 2018

Hawaiian spider species evolved numerous times over 3 million years

Around 3 million years ago, the parasitic spiders from across the Pacific Ocean set sail on the backs of other spiders, reached Hawaii and evolved many times.

Mar 12, 2018