Science & Health

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

galaxy Markarian 1018

Mystery behind the flickering Markarian galaxy solved!

Markarian galaxies comprise of nuclei with more amounts of UV emissions in contrast to other galaxies.

Dec 3, 2016

A full-size model of the European ExoMars entry

ESA rejuvenates its Mars mission; NASA captures Schiaparelli impact site

The ambitious Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM) has failed to gain support.

Dec 3, 2016

Myopia

Myopia: UVB exposure associated with reduced risk of short-sightedness

Ultraviolet B (UVB) rays are found to reduce the odds of myopia in majority of adults.

Dec 3, 2016

The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft backs away from the International Space Station shortly after undocking. (NASA TV)

Fragment of the lost Russian cargo spacecraft found in Siberia

Russian cargo spacecraft Progress MS-04 was lost after it was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 1.

Dec 3, 2016

NASA

NASA: Changes in Antarctic skies seen early this year

Electric blue sky has been observed glowing due to the beginning of the noctilucent clouds season earlier than usual this year.

Dec 3, 2016

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