Science & Health

Arianespace will soon decide on launching Indian GSAT-15

As of now the Ariane 5 rocket is scheduled to lift off on November 10 from the space port at Kourou in French Guiana

Nov 3, 2015

Mexico: Fire Volcano has five morning eruptions

Mexicos Colima or Fire volcano erupted once again on Sunday (1 November), as its period of activity rolls on. There were five explosions from between 8.00am and 11.48am local time. Ash emanating from the volcano reached as high as 1,500 metres into the sky.

Nov 2, 2015

Battery-free pacemaker powered by the heart itself in the offing

It will depend upon a piezoelectric system that converts vibrational energy into electricity.

Nov 2, 2015

BAE, Reaction Engines team up to enable passengers to fly anywhere in 4 hours

The collaborative venture can develop engines five times faster than the speed of sound.

Nov 2, 2015

TV ads with toys as premium entice kids to fast food restaurants, says study

A study found 37% of parents frequently visiting fast food outlets with child-directed TV ads.

Nov 1, 2015

Skull-faced dead comet flies past Earth on Halloween

Asteroid 2015 TB145 safely flew by Earth at a distance of about 486,000 km.

Nov 1, 2015

Scientists develop advanced super sensitive magnetic sensor

It is over 200 times sensitive than commercially available sensors.

Nov 1, 2015

China's satellites to enter uncharted territory; probe dark matter

The dark matter particle explorer will be launched from Jiuquan at the end of this year.

Nov 1, 2015

NASA's Cassini captures Saturn moon Enceladus up close

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has begun transmitting its latest images.

Oct 31, 2015

300 million-year-old giant shark fossils found in US

The researchers estimated that the fossils belonged to a time called the Carboniferous, dating back some 300 million years.

Oct 31, 2015

Fossil unearthed in Spain sheds light on evolutionary history of ape

The fossil is of a gibbon-like creature that lived 11.6 million years ago.

Oct 30, 2015

Mexico: Popocatepetl volcano erupts spewing ash and smoke

Mexicos Popocatepetl volcano erupted on Thursday (29 October), belching ash and smoke across blue skies, authorities reported. A spectacular column of ash erupted from the volcano at 8.57am local time. The volcano is located 50 miles southeast of the capital, Mexico City.

Oct 30, 2015

Uttar Pradesh: Villagers desperate for water as wells, pumps run dry

People living in drought-hit districts of Pratapgarh and Chitrakoot often walk miles to get water every day.

Oct 30, 2015

Chile: Atacama Desert blooms into spectacular carpet of flowers

Chiles Atacama Desert has turned into a mauve-coloured carpet of flowers following a downpour of rain from the countrys north that has seen the normally arid region turn to a psychedelic wonderland of shades of purple. This phenomenon takes place every five to seven years but this is the most spectacular blossoming the region has seen in the past 18 years.

Oct 29, 2015

IBM to buy the Weather Company in deal worth more than $2 billion

The deal highlights IBM's focus on high-growth areas such as cloud computing and analytics.

Oct 29, 2015