Science & Health

Delhi rolls out emergency pollution plan as the city gears up for winter

Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) goes into effect today and will be in place till March 15, 2019, right through Delhi's winter months.

Oct 15, 2018

Being less affectionate can make your child anti-social, reveals study

The findings suggest that less parental warmth and more harshness in the home environment affect how aggressive children become and whether they lack empathy and a moral compass -- a set of characteristics known as callous-unemotional (CU) traits.

Oct 15, 2018

Another of NASA's Great Observatories — Chandra put on Safe Mode after malfunction

NASA is yet to fully describe what really happened to the telescope that they had to go through with this step.

Oct 14, 2018

Swine flu in Karnataka: H1N1 virus claims another life; death toll goes up to 6

56-year-old Shivananjegouda, the most recent victim, hailed from Arakalagadu region.

Oct 14, 2018

Human retina grown from scratch in a lab for the first time ever

Human eyes are among the most advanced and well-developed in all of the animals in the world.

Oct 14, 2018

Diabetes linked to deaths from alcohol, accidents and suicide: Study

Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes are highly prevalent global diseases, causing millions of deaths every year.

Oct 14, 2018

Open heart surgery linked to cognitive decline in older people

Researchers from the University of Rochester in the US examined whether surgeries on two types of heart valves -- the mitral or the aortic -- were associated with better or worse outcomes.

Oct 14, 2018

Delhi's air is getting worse - one point away from being classified 'very poor': Report

The AQI on Friday was at 154 and it nearly doubled in a day. This is expected to get even worse in the coming months.

Oct 14, 2018

Zika virus outbreak sets off alarm bells in India; 50 cases detected in Jaipur

The Zika virus is caused by a virus transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which bites during the day time. It causes skin rashes, fever, conjunctivitis, malaise or a headache, muscle and joint pain, which lasts for two to seven days.

Oct 13, 2018

Astronomers in dilemma over naming a moon that exists around another moon

You would imagine that when the best minds of the world come up with a name, it's creative and technical at the same time. Well, the best name candidate, in this case so far, tells a different story

Oct 12, 2018

Brush with death: Astronauts escape failing Soyuz rocket en route to International Space Station

Soon after the Russian Soyuz rocket took off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome, the astronauts onboard reported that there was a problem with the booster of the rocket

Oct 12, 2018

Mount Etna: Active volcano in Italy could collapse any moment into the sea, triggering tsunamis

The south-eastern flank of the volcano is moving both above ground as well as its portion under the water.

Oct 11, 2018

Intelligent alien life should exist within 33,000 light years, says new study

Concluding that there are no aliens in the universe is like drinking a glass of seawater and saying that there are no fish in the ocean, said a SETI specialist.

Oct 10, 2018

Karnataka: 4 die of swine flu, over 400 confirmed cases; health dept not aware of deaths?

Around 46 cases of Swine flu have been reported in Bengaluru in the past one week.

Oct 10, 2018

SpaceX puts up a good show; Falcon 9 booster sticks perfect landing

Before sticking to perfect landing on the soil, the Falcon 9 rocket delivered the latest Earth-observing satellite of Argentina, dubbed SAOCOMM-1A, into space

Oct 10, 2018