Science & Health

Trial Finds Ebola Vaccine 100% Effective

The results were described as "remarkable" and "game changing" by global health specialists.

Aug 1, 2015

ISS Astronauts ‘feeling great’ one third of way through year in space

Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are one third of the way through a record breaking year-long mission aboard the International Space Station and in an interview from space on 30 July they said they are feeling good.

Jul 31, 2015

Portland: Activists removed from kayaks trying to block Shell icebreaker

Greenpeace protesters dangling from a bridge in Portland, Oregon, on 31 July failed to prevent an icebreaker from passing through en route to the Arctic.

Jul 31, 2015

Blue Moon 2015: Where to Watch Rare Lunar Event Online [Live Streaming Information]

Next Blue Moon will occur only in 2018.

Jul 31, 2015

UFO Sighting 2015: Strange Bright Objects Caught Quickly Flying Across Skies of Japan's Osaka City [VIDEO]

Claims of UFO (unidentified flying objects) sightings keep surfacing amid debates on existence of aliens. Now, 10 strange bright objects have been caught flying in the skies of Osaka city in Japan.

Jul 30, 2015

Cyclone Komen to Bring Heavy Rains in West Bengal

Heavy rains have also been predicted at isolated places in Bihar, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts of West Bengal.

Jul 30, 2015

Worlds largest radio telescope under construction in China

The worlds largest radio telescope is now under construction in Pingtang, southwest Chinas Guizhou Province.

Jul 29, 2015

Guinness World Records crowns 37-year-old Jia Jia the worlds oldest panda

A female giant panda at a Hong Kong zoo by the name of Jia Jia, who is approaching her 37th birthday, broke the Guinness World Record for the oldest panda ever in captivity and the oldest panda living in captivity on 28 July.

Jul 28, 2015

European Space Agency to Look for Alien Life on Jupiter Moons

The mission will look whether the frozen worlds that surround the two giant gaseous planets could support extra-terrestrial life.

Jul 27, 2015

NASA Spacecraft Gets Close up Images of Pluto Wrapped in Haze, Ice Flows

The latest batch of images includes a backlit view of Pluto with sun, located more than 3 billion miles away, shining around and through the planet's atmosphere.

Jul 25, 2015

India's Medical Equipment Sector Likely to Grow to $7.7 billion by 2016

"India has made considerable strides in developing innovative industries across a number of sectors and maintains strong potential to do the same in medical devices," said Maulik Nanavaty, president for neuromodulation at Boston Scientific

Jul 25, 2015

China's Biggest Solar Plant Coming up in Gobi Desert

The new solar plant will come up in Gobi Desert and will be spread across 26 km.

Jul 24, 2015

Russian sailors film themselves prodding alive giant squid as it tries to eat their catch

Giant squids are rarely seen alive by humans

Jul 24, 2015

Astronomers Discover Earth-like Planet Orbiting Sun-like Star

The planet, which is about 60 percent bigger than Earth, is located 1,400 light years away in the constellation Cygnus.

Jul 24, 2015

Keralites Shine in Delhi AIIMS Union Elections, Win All Posts Except One

Abhijith S, hailing from Kollam, has been elected as the president of MBBS students' union in AIIMS.

Jul 23, 2015