Science & Health

Supermoon December 2016

Supermoon December 2016: Get ready to watch the last Supermoon, till 2034

The next time you will have the opportunity to admire this astronomical event will be on November 25, 2034.

Dec 6, 2016

SpaceX successfully landed on a drone ship

SpaceX to launch 10-satellite constellation for Iridium Communications on December 16

The 10 satellites-constellation of Iridium Communications will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Dec 6, 2016

Pregnancy

Are Caesareans changing human evolution by producing larger babies?

The number of babies who can't fit in the birth canal rose from 30 in 1,000 in the 1960s to 36 in 1,000 births today.

Dec 6, 2016

Indian Ocean

'Dead zone' discovered in the Indian Ocean

This is the first dead zone discovered in the South-East Asia region.

Dec 6, 2016

Biocon quarterly result

Biocon to maintain margin despite fall in India sales: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Despite a dip in domestic sales after demonetisation, Biocon's export realisations have improved on a depreciating rupee.

Dec 6, 2016

Al Gore calls Donald Trump meeting ‘extremely interesting’

Al Gore calls Donald Trump meeting ‘extremely interesting’

Former US Vice-president Al Gore, a prominent climate activist, met with President-elect Donald Trump on 5 December.Trump has called man-made climate change a hoax while Gore is one of the best known crusaders in the fight against it. During the 2016 US presidential election Gore said Trump’s polices would ‘take us toward a climate catastrophe’. After the meeting, Gore called it ‘extremely interesting’. After the election on 22 November, Trump said that he had an ‘open mind’ on the Paris Agreement on climate change - in stark contrast to what he said on his election campaign.

Dec 6, 2016

climate change

Global Warming Effects: Ice on North Pole likely to disappear within 2 years

The temperatures recorded by the weather stations around the North Pole are warmer this year than they usually are.

Dec 6, 2016

Alzheimer's disease

The health of your bones could tell you if you have Alzheimer's

Less than 5 percent of Alzheimer's cases exist due to genetics, which makes it difficult to detect the disease in its early stages.

Dec 6, 2016

Skies of Antartica captured by NASA's spacecraft

NASA's spacecraft captures earth's highest ice clouds over Antarctica

AIM data said that noctilucent cloud season started on November 17, which is the earliest since the mission was launched in 2007.

Dec 6, 2016

Google Daydream View

This is how virtual reality can help patients recover faster

VR Joy will be introduced before Christmas this season.

Dec 5, 2016

Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) 1 telescope

How is NASA preparing for disastrous asteroid strike and Armageddon [VIDEO]

NASA reports revealed that around 13,500 near-Earth objects (NEOs) have been discovered since 1998.

Dec 5, 2016

Cardiac arrest

Jayalalithaa health: All about cardiac arrest; cure, causes and risk factors

AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday and is on ECMO device for assisted breathing.

Dec 5, 2016

Amma

Jayalalithaa health update: All about life-saving ECMO device

The AIADMK supremo is on ECMO device for assisted breathing after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday.

Dec 5, 2016

whale shark

42-ft-long rare whale found dead on Odisha beach

The 28-ft-wide whale was found on Sunday at the Baidhara Pentha beach in Puri district.

Dec 4, 2016

Novartis

82 percent of leukemia patients in remission after CAR-T: Novartis

About 41 of the 50 patients were disease-free three months after the treatment.

Dec 4, 2016

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