Science & Health

Pandora, Saturn's moon, Saturn, moon,

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures amazing images of Saturn's Pandora moon!

The potato-shaped moon of the ringed planet was beautifully captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on December 18.

Dec 23, 2016

Scientist Peter Whibberley explains why 2016 will be one second longer

Scientist Peter Whibberley explains why 2016 will be one second longer

On 31 December an extra second will be added before midnight, senior research scientist Peter Whibberley explains. Since the 1960s we have used atomic clocks to keep track of time, as they are more accurate than the old method of using the Earth, as the Earth randomly speeds up and slow down. But to make sure that the atomic clock is in line, an extra second is needed every so often to ensure many of modern societies functions like the internet and mobile phones can work.

Dec 22, 2016

China smog, smog, pollution, Beijing, China,

Beijing Smog is being turned into an ornament...learn how China is making its pollution beautiful

Beijing was found to have 17 times higher limits of air pollution than what WHO recommends.

Dec 22, 2016

sun pharma, novartis, cancer drug,

Cancer treatment: Sun Pharma to acquire Novartis' cancer drug Odomzo for $175 million

Odomzo, approved by the US FDA in July 2015, has marketing approval in over 30 countries.

Dec 22, 2016

Cupid female condom,condom,female,

Are female condoms going to be the next big trend in India?

About 74% participants said they will purchase female condoms from a store, while 26% agreed to buy it online, a survey by condom-maker Cupid highlighted.

Dec 22, 2016

Man gets stung by insects with the world's most painful bite! [VIDEO]

Coyote Peterson, an animal expert has got stung by various insects across the planet so far and he has measured the pain intensity of these creepy creatures.

Dec 22, 2016

Sci-Hub founder

Sci-Hub 'pirate' named by Nature as one of the top 10 people who mattered in Science 2016

Sci-Hub's founder, Alexandra Elbakyan has won the support from several researchers.

Dec 21, 2016

Casper the octopod

'Ghost octopod' find stuns ocean scientists, but now threatened by deep sea mining

A ghostly octopod has been captured swimming slowly by a remotely operated vehicle, about 4.3 kilometers deep off the Hawaiian archipelago.

Dec 21, 2016

Shiksha Kuteer

This school has asked parents to plant trees instead of paying fees, and it's growing

The fee was one tree per year, but has now been increased to three trees per year.

Dec 21, 2016

igi airport

Airlines to pay Rs. 50,000 fine for emptying toilets mid-air

The NGT also directed the DGCA to set up a helpline for such complaints.

Dec 21, 2016

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Ramanujan birthday: A few things you need to know about the maths genius

Here are a few things you need to know about Ramanujam that will help you appreciate what a truly great man he was

Dec 21, 2016

Antimatter

The great antimatter mystery solved?: Are scientists closer to discovering the secrets of antimatter?

Creating antimatter in a lab is notoriously hard because it is immediately destroyed when it comes into contact with ordinary matter

Dec 20, 2016

Deadly viral diseases

Chikungunya vaccine: These 5 lethal viruses are still deadly and incurable

You better watch out for the these 5 deadly and incurable viral diseases

Dec 20, 2016

Tsetse fly

Deadly sleeping sickness spreads through skin, study finds

The parasitic disease, which is spread through the bite of an infected tsetse fly, kills thousands in Sub-Saharan Africa, every year

Dec 20, 2016

Aedes aegypti

Chikungunya vaccine: First safe and effective prophylaxis developed

Chikungunya symptoms include fever, severe joint pain in the hands and feet, muscle pain, headache, rash or joint swelling.

Dec 20, 2016

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