Science & Health

Liberia to Receive Experimental Ebola Vaccine

Nearly 300 vials of the candidate vaccine have already been dispatched to the Ebola-hit West African country via a commercial flight.

Jan 24, 2015

Coffee Can Reduce Risk of Skin Cancer Melanoma

In a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers analysed whether coffee can protect against cutaneous melanoma.

Jan 24, 2015

World 3 Minutes Away from Apocalypse; What is Doomsday Clock, How to Slow it Down?

Thanks to the radically changing climate and nuclear arsenals, the scientists have moved the symbolic minute hand of Doomsday Clock two minutes closer to midnight.

Jan 23, 2015

Gigapixels of Andromeda: NASA's Hubble Captures 1.5 Gigapixel HD Panoramic View of The Galaxy [Images+Video]

NASA clicked the largest photograph till date; a 360 degree panoramic image of the galaxy.

Jan 23, 2015

Australian Boy Gets the World's First Artificial Pancreas

Xavier Hames, from Perth, developed diabetes when he was just 22 months old and had been on daily insulin injections until Wednesday, when a team of doctors at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH) fixed the wearable insulin pump to his body.

Jan 23, 2015

UFO Researchers Accuse NASA of Hiding Evidence of Alien Life [VIDEO]

UFO researchers have accused NASA of trying to prevent people from noticing evidence of UFOs in its live video streams and space imagery.

Jan 23, 2015

Walnuts Boost Memory, Prevent Dementia

In a study reported in Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, eating just 13g walnuts per day helped improve memory, concentration and other important cognitive functions in the participants.

Jan 23, 2015

Hormonal Contraceptives Can Give You Brain Tumour

Women in the study who used hormonal contraceptives for five years increased their risk of getting glioma, a deadly cancer that starts from the brain tissues called glia, which help support the nerve cells.

Jan 23, 2015

Living Fossil: Prehistoric Frilled Shark with 300 Teeth Captured in Australia [PHOTO]

A living fossil, belonging to the species of prehistoric frilled shark, was caught in a fishing trawler off Victorian waters in Australia.

Jan 22, 2015

Jodhpur Man with Ebola-like Symptoms Dies of Internal Bleeding

A 35-year-old man suffering from Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tick-borne viral disease, died of internal bleeding.

Jan 22, 2015

Ebola Virus Mutating Continuously; May make Drugs Less Effective

Researchers have identified 600 genetic mutations called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in EBOV/Mak, the strain involved in the current outbreak.

Jan 22, 2015

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Jan 21, 2015

Man Dies of Swine Flu in Chennai; 23 H1N1 Positive Cases Reported this Year in Tamil Nadu

The victim, a 53-year-old man named P Sreenivasan from Mannady, succumbed to the viral infection Monday night.

Jan 21, 2015

Swine Flu Kills 5 More in Hyderabad

The city has reported 221 cases of swine flu so far, this year, including 50 fresh cases that emerged this week.

Jan 21, 2015

'Ghost Particle' Proves Aliens Exist

In what has been touted as the latest proof of the existence of alien life, a team of researchers have released a "never-before seen" picture of a spectral-like "ghost particle".

Jan 21, 2015