Science & Health

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NASA plans to protect future spacefarers from cosmic radiation with its new spectrometer

The device is known the Fast Neutron Spectrometer, and is created to protect against neutron energy which is hazardous to humans.

Apr 6, 2017

Here's why everyone should sleep in the nude! No seriously...it's good for you!

Another benefit of sleeping without clothes is that it increases intimacy among couples, leaving them feeling more loving and satisfied.

Apr 6, 2017

Rhino charges elephants and a conservation truck on release in Nepal

A greater one-horned rhinoceros charged a truck and elephants after being released into Nepal’s Shuklaphanta National Park.Video from WWF Nepal shows the Indian rhino attacking a specially built truck used to transport him from Chitwan National Park to its new home in the far west of Nepal. The Nepali government and WWF Nepal plan to relocate five rhinos to the Shuklaphanta reserve to boost its existing population of 10 rhinos. WWF Nepal said in a statement that 250 people and 30 elephants were involved in the relocation.

Apr 6, 2017

Woman gives birth in helicopter after being rescued from Peru floods

A woman gave birth to a baby girl on 4 April as she was rescued from the flooded region of Piura, in northern Peru. Maria Pingo was rescued by troops and gave birth during the flight as she was being taken to the Lambayeque Regional Hospital in Chiclayo. Continuing floods and mudslides have killed more than 100 people and left tens of thousands homeless since the start of the year.

Apr 6, 2017

What's up doc? India's oldest IIT (Kharagpur) to start MBBS course from 2019

IIT Kharagpur is planning to start a medical course from 2019 and the 400-bed hospital plans to provide better health services to the local people.

Apr 6, 2017

NASA spacecraft Cassini prepares for final mission

Scientists gathered on 4 April to help usher in the final chapter of the NASA spacecraft Cassini, as it completes it’s 12-year mission. Cassini will begin its grand finale on April 26, going into a dive around Saturn’s rings gathering data, before crashing into the planet on 15 September.

Apr 5, 2017

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NASA astronomers left baffled by these mysterious cosmic explosions

The astronomers are baffled by these X-ray explosions, the source of which still remains an unsolved mystery.

Apr 4, 2017

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NASA's New Horizons is on its way to explore its next target

Numerous advanced scientific studies of far off KBOs have been made by the New Horizons spacecraft

Apr 4, 2017

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Water wars: Scientists may have found a solution to Earth's clean water issue in Graphene

Most of the water on Earth is salt water, which is unfit for human and animal consumption, or even for agricultural purposes.

Apr 4, 2017

Colombian rescue workers continue search for survivors as death toll rises to 262

Rescue workers in the devastated Colombian town of Mocoa are working tirelessly after a landslide in the early hours of 1 April left at least 262 dead. The death toll may rise further as rescuers searched with dogs and machinery in the mud-choked rubble.

Apr 4, 2017

Watch Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen rap with local artist Dwagie

The president appeared as a featured artist on the song ‘Light Up Taiwan’, singing the worlds ‘Tsai Ing-Wen and Dwagie, we light up Taiwan’ among other phrases. The song pays tribute to the cultural history of Taiwan, and boasts about Taiwanese industry, healthcare and the island’s independence from China.

Apr 4, 2017