Science & Health

What is Lupus? Disease attacks entire body, despite the person looking healthy

The disease is difficult to diagnose since its symptoms are often similar to other common ailments. The most distinctive sign of the disease is a butterfly-shaped facial rash on nose and both cheeks.

May 12, 2018

Ancient whales were not filter feeders, had ferocious teeth to slice prey

Researchers concluded that the huge gums in the ancient whales slowly turned more complex and eventually transformed into baleens.

May 12, 2018

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India reckons ISRO as thunderstorms wreak havoc across northern parts

ISRO plays an important role in forecasting weather, here is how they use satellite images and other cloud data to pinpoint where and how winds, cyclones, and rain move through the country.

May 11, 2018

What is Bangabandhu Satellite-1? Bangladesh's first communications satellite awaits SpaceX launch

Named after Bangladesh's founding father, the satellite will give the country autonomy with telecommunications and broadcasting as well as phone and internet connectivity.

May 11, 2018

Injured soldier gets new ear after doctors grow it in her arm

Army doctors carved a new ear out of a cartilage which was harvested from soldier Shamika Burrage's rib. It was then placed under the skin of the forearm to allow the ear to grow.

May 11, 2018

Australian brewers developing space beer bottle to take the party off-planet

Australian brewers are working on a new stout and a bottle to drink it from, both designed specifically for space. The bottle will keep the liquid contained within and offers the familiar experience of enjoying a cold beer back home, for astronauts in microgravity.

May 11, 2018

Microwaving food in plastic containers can lead to infertility, cancer: Experts

Experts advise shifting to glass containers as they are safe and do not transfer any hazardous chemicals the way plastics do. The BPA we ingest gets into our bloodstream, causing a series of problems like infertility, high blood pressure and cancer.

May 10, 2018

Physicists to look for dark matter in a tunnel 2km underground

Dark matter, at least in theory, makes up 85 percent of everything in the universe. A new experiment deep underground will help scientists detect it, hopefully.

May 10, 2018

Leaning Tower of Pisa survived 500 years of war, earthquakes - here's how

A research conducted by a team from the University of Bristol revealed that the soft soil that gives the tower its signature lean also protects it from the shocks of earthquakes

May 10, 2018

Move over Sonam-Anand wedding, these tigers' 'marriage' is winning hearts

A Bengal tiger and a white tiger are mating at a Delhi zoo. The last time the zoo authorities successful bred two types of tigers was in 1991. They had one white and one Bengal cub.

May 10, 2018

Asteroid spotted past Neptune and no one knows how it got there

There is an asteroid near Neptune which should not be there. Most space rocks float in a belt between Mars and Jupiter, and this is one of the first asteroids that has actually traveled across three gas giants and settled in the far outer reaches of the Solar System.

May 10, 2018

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Alien life could be found by looking at a planet's changing seasons

One of the reason for life to flourish on Earth is the atmosphere, its composition and the way it reacts and changes to seasonal changes. If we were to look for just this in other worlds, it might be possible to detect or even confirm life in those planets.

May 10, 2018