Science & Health

Expanding as ever, space is huge; Milky Way is just a tiny dot in there

Trying to calculate the size of our home galaxy in any earthly unit of measurement is absolutely meaningless, as the numbers would be too large to comprehend

Jul 8, 2018

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin wants to start setting up a human colony on moon by 2023

However, Blue Origin is not the one and only private firm that is looking to take the humans back to the moon and colonize it; several other players are also speeding up

Jul 7, 2018

Scientists may have actually found alien space rocks from under the ocean

Although the pair of rocks is tiny; they carry some features that connect them with a meteorite, which has managed to survive even after entering the Earth's atmosphere

Jul 7, 2018

How often do you feel isolated? It's all in the genes, suggests a new research

If you are feeling lonely and isolated while your friend is enjoying a party, it is partially due to your genetic coding, says the new research from the University of Cambridge.

Jul 7, 2018

Agriculture in space soon a reality? NASA astronauts might swap canned food for fresh greens

Agriculture in space will be the next big thing by NASA. In collaboration with a third-party, the space administration is studying crops that are expected to grow well in specific space conditions.

Jul 6, 2018

NASA finds superstar system shooting cosmic rays at us from 10,000 light years away

The Eta Carinae star system is about 7,500 light years from Earth and is the brightest star in what makes up the constellation Carina.

Jul 6, 2018

New research finds the Missing Middle - How ancient civilization survived in Chaco Canyon

Researchers have found out that Chaco Canyon has proofs of fully built canals, which were essentially water-diversion channels constructed to help the agriculture

Jul 6, 2018

No forests, no flora, no fauna? This is Southeast Asia's deforestation effect

According to a report, 29.3 million hectares of forest land has been lost from 2000 to 2014. According to the research paper's lead author, one of the main reasons for a majority of this is destruction was to make way for farming land.

Jul 6, 2018

NASA relents, ready to probe Sonic boom mystery as alien invasion fears grip

This is for the first time that NASA is trying to recover the remnants of a fallen meteorite from an ocean, and this has compelled many conspiracy theorists to believe something strange is happening

Jul 6, 2018

Summer heat peaks though Earth is farthest from Sun

Every January, the Earth is at its nearest- perihelion and around July it is far away from the Sun- aphelion. During the summer in the Northern hemisphere, which begins with June Summer Solstice, temperatures soar because of the axial tilt.

Jul 6, 2018

Europe takes space food craze a step further, Russia to make astronaut diet accessible to public

Seeing the increasing demand for space food on the global platform, especially after its popularity online and its rapid sales at an amusement park in Moscow, Russia is all set to make space food more accessible to the public.

Jul 6, 2018

Mystery of spider flight finally solved: Here is how the wingless creatures fly

Electric fields, at strengths found in the atmosphere, can trigger ballooning and provide lift in the absence of any air movement.

Jul 6, 2018

Cape Town's water crisis: Plan to tow in an Antarctic iceberg for freshwater on cards

The capital of South Africa is yet to green-light the project. The decision on whether or not to go ahead with the idea will be taken in August.

Jul 5, 2018

Test tube white rhino babies brighten hope to save species from extinction

Scientists hope lab-grown hybrid embryos can save northern white rhino species from extinction

Jul 5, 2018

Even dense neutron stars fall at the same rate as a feather – Einstein was right after all

The recent research is ten times more precise than the previous best test of gravity. The study shows that Einstein's Strong Equivalence Principle still stands. Alternative theories to General Relativity are not looking too good at this time.

Jul 5, 2018