Science & Health

Here's how caffeine kills a healthy teenager!

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children belonging to the age group of 12 to 18 should consume less than 100 milligrams of caffeine per day.

May 16, 2017

NASA declares April as the second-warmest in 137 years

While April 2017 was the second-warmest, April 2016 was the hottest as it was 1.06 degrees Celsius warmer than the April mean temperature of 137 years.

May 16, 2017

NASA's Mars Rover explores the origin of fluid-carved Perseverance Valley

This mission marks the beginning of 150th month since Opportunity rover's landing in Mars' Meridiani Planum region in 2004.

May 16, 2017

KalamSat: Indian teen Rifath Sharook builds world's lightest and smallest satellite

Made using reinforced carbon fibre polymer, KalamSat weighs exactly 64 grams, which is lesser than a smartphone's weight.

May 15, 2017

NASA's Hubble discovers a stunning galaxy duo in Hare constellation

The pace of these galaxies is way too swift for them to unite and form a single galaxy, but as the separation between them is small, around 20,000 light-years.

May 15, 2017

Cassini Grand Finale: NASA's spacecraft discovers brightest cloud rings on Saturn's moon Titan

Titan is the only celestial body apart from Earth which is known to harbour liquid water on its surface. Titan also experiences changes in seasons.

May 15, 2017

NASA: Mystery behind oxygen discovered on Comet 67P finally revealed!

Molecular oxygen is present on Earth in abundance, but is hardly found anywhere else in the universe.

May 13, 2017

Massive global cyberattack spreads chaos in nearly 100 countries

Researchers with security software maker Avast said they had observed 57,000 infections in 99 countries, with Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan being the top targets. Britain, however, faced the most disruptive attacks.

May 13, 2017

Hospitals in UK badly affected by cyber attacks that cripple IT

IT failure caused by hacking has left several hospitals in the UK with no access to computers and phone systems.

May 12, 2017

Human civilization on Mars: 5 ways how the Red Planet is fatal for humans!

Spacefarers going to Mars would face these five life-threatening issues, hence they should be cautious to survive on the planet

May 12, 2017

NASA detects signs of water on newly-discovered Neptune-sized alien world

Astronomers have just begun to investigate the atmospheres of these distant planets, and almost right away have found an example that goes against the trend in our solar system.

May 12, 2017

Woman's sincere and heartbreaking description of how 'depression isn't beautiful' goes viral on Facebook

Katelyn Marie Todd, a Facebook user, posted a heartbreaking account of how she is suffering from depression and how she deals with it on a daily basis.

May 12, 2017

International Nurses Day 2017: Theme, quotes, messages, wishes, greetings to be shared

International nurses day is celebrated on May 12 every year.

May 12, 2017

NASA's NuSTAR makes new revelations about supermassive blackholes in merging galaxies

Stars, debris and gas are known to orbit black holes for long time spans till the materials are pushed in because of major disturbances.

May 11, 2017

Scientists capture footage of rare dragon-skin ice on Antarctic expedition

A scientist from the University of Tasmania has captured rare footage of dragon-skin ice on an expedition to the Antarctic. Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researcher Guy Williams drone video shows the rippled edges of the sea ice, which were formed by hurricane force winds. Williams witnessed the icy phenomenon on an expedition to the Ross Sea in western Antarctica.

May 11, 2017