Science & Health

Astronaut Peggy Whitson's bitter truth about space station toilet: They pack poop with hands

Peggy Whitson revealed the horrific side of the space toilet. Whitson is the only female NASA astronaut who has spent 665 days in the International Space Station.

May 30, 2018

Settling on Mars will be drab, unsexy and filled with questionable ethical decisions

Getting pregnant on Mars presents challenges that are environmental, physical, and ethical unless humans are willing to create a whole new species that can survive there.

May 30, 2018

It is possible to travel through time but building time machine remains elusive as ever

Every single person is travelling through time constantly, one second at a time, so moving forward would only require that we move faster.

May 30, 2018

Giza to Gale Crater: Space journalist spots giant Sphinx statue on Mars

Photographed over a number of years by the Curiosity Rover, this Martian sphinx statue could be over 200 feet, almost the same size as the Egyptian Sphinx at Giza, that measures 240 ft.

May 30, 2018

Learning physics makes your brain sharp, says new study based on fMRI

An experiment showed that the brain's activity can be modified by different forms of instruction, which are successfully measured using fMRI or functional magnetic resonance imaging.

May 29, 2018

Great Barrier Reef survived 5 'death events' over 30,000 years, it might not last this one

The Great Barrier Reef survived death events five times in the past, but it might go extinct this time because the changes in the ocean are not natural.

May 29, 2018

Saturn ring transmitting alien messages? Strange sounds recorded by NASA's Cassini suggest so

Waring believes that the ESA is intentionally covering up the alien proof found on P67 comet, which looks like an alien face on a round head, with neck and shoulders

May 29, 2018

Rare Earth element could redefine time with a new way to measure seconds

Time's base unit – seconds might get a new definition – one that is more accurate and stable, even useable in most conditions.

May 29, 2018

US government asks science questions to test public knowledge: Here's how India did

The US government conducts a survey every two years to try and understand how much the general public knows about science and technology. Here are the most recent results of the survey.

May 28, 2018

Ghost or UFO? Video triggers controversy, MUFON probe is on

A video showing an alleged spirit on the ground that suddenly shoots up to the sky in the most mysterious manner is generating a heated debate on spirits to aliens.

May 27, 2018

Remembering 12 astronauts who stepped on Moon

Twelve people have walked on the Moon till now, here is a quick list to remember them by.

May 27, 2018

Antarctica has whole mountain ranges and valleys buried deep beneath its ice

The land area of the frozen continent has whole mountain ranges and massive valleys that keep the ice sheet stable and prevent ice from East Antarctica from flowing through to West Antarctica and eventually out to the coast, influencing rising sea levels globally.

May 27, 2018

Life on Mars? Iron-rich Martian rocks near lakes could have hosted life 4 billion years back

If life existed on Mars in the past, and there is a strong likelihood of that being true. The best places to look for life would be inside the iron-rich rocks near ancient lakes, according to scientists.

May 27, 2018

Mars rover Curiosity successfully resumes drilling after remote hackathon by NASA engineers

The dead drilling motor on Mars rover Curiosity was successfully replaced with alternate robotic arms remotely by NASA scientists at JPL and the rover is back in sample collection at Gale Crater

May 26, 2018

Dinosaur dandruff: How are the feathered raptor flakes different from that of modern day birds

Experts believe that the dandruff evolved during the Middle Jurassic period when feathered dinosaurs came into existence.

May 26, 2018