Science & Health

Kerala deluge: UK charity blames climate change for floods, claims it is a 'wake up call'

Studies also show that climate change could lead to a reduction in winter rainfall in India, causing drought in the dry summer months and an increase in the monsoon season, leading to more flooding.

Aug 25, 2018

Can these hybrid 'Super snakes' pose a threat to Florida?

The study showed that most of the snakes were closely related to Burmese pythons but 13 of them had the genetics of the Indian python

Aug 25, 2018

Earthquake of 7.1 magnitude strikes near Peru-Brazil border

The epicentre of the earthquake was 83 miles west of the Peruvian village of Inapari and 140 miles west of the Bolivian city of Cobija.

Aug 24, 2018

Ancient turtle had no shell? Newly-found fossil in China raises question over its need in evolution

This newly discovered ancient turtle species existed about 228 million years ago

Aug 24, 2018

What is donovanosis? UK woman first in country to contract flesh-eating STD

A woman in the UK has become the first to be diagnosed with a rare STD that eats away flesh, starting with on, in or around the genitals. Read to know more.

Aug 24, 2018

Norway's method of recycling plastic bottles benefits everyone

The Scandinavian country now boasts a 97 per cent recycling rate.

Aug 23, 2018

'Potentially hazardous' asteroid headed towards Earth, but there's no reason to panic

There's a massive asteroid headed our way in the coming days and here's everything you need to know about it.

Aug 23, 2018

Harvard professor calls coconut oil 'pure poison'; Ayurveda may differ

The video of a speech by Harvard professor Dr Karin Michels referring coconut oil as poison has gone viral, nearing 800,000 views on YouTube.

Aug 23, 2018

Yellowstone supervolcano poses threat of a 7-magnitude earthquake?

The Yellowstone supervolcano is a potential threat which can strike a magnitude 7 earthquake which will be catastrophic.

Aug 22, 2018

USAF's mysterious drone space plane X-37B has been in orbit for nearly a year now, sans clarity

All that is known about this mission is that it is a drone that flies at the edge of space and stays in orbit for months at a time.

Aug 22, 2018

Earth's magnetic poles prone to flip, experts predict satellite crashes, network outage

Experts predicts sudden crashing down of satellites and network outage as earth's magnetic pole is getting more prone to shift

Aug 22, 2018

What stalagmites can teach us about Earth's magnetic field reversal

A new study's results suggest that Earth's magnetic field reversal can happen in as few as 100 years and not necessarily take thousands of years.

Aug 22, 2018

A brief timescale of the origin and evolution of all life on Earth

Using the 'molecular clock' approach, researchers were able to show that the Last Universal Common Ancestor for all cellular life- 'LUCA', existed about 4.5 billion years ago.

Aug 21, 2018

Last week meteor explosion 40 times brighter than full Moon, says NASA (Video)

The meteor was first seen at an altitude of about 93 km in the sky, travelling at a speed of over 86,421 kph directly over Alabama, it fragmented at an altitude of 29 km in the air.

Aug 21, 2018

NASA's InSight lander completes halfway mark on its journey to Mars; Touchdown likely on Nov 26

At the halfway mark, all on-board instruments were switched on and checked -- they are all working well, says NASA.

Aug 21, 2018