Science & Health

Do black holes die? Life and death of the most powerful forces in the cosmos

Black holes are not the scary space vacuum cleaners that suck up all matter around them - they are dying stars that have immeasurable amounts of gravity and will all eventually die out.

May 25, 2018

Dinosaur-killing asteroid also triggered a global warming that lasted 100,000 years

The impact created a heat wave so intense that it melted rocks and set off wildfires that stretched across continents, with the increased temperatures on Earth lasting for thousands of years.

May 25, 2018

Elon Musk's plan to build world's largest virtual solar power grid in Australia gets nod

Elon Musk built the world's largest battery in South Australia last year, and now, work is set to begin in the construction of the world's largest virtual solar power plant.

May 25, 2018

Ireland: Video clip shows two bright UFOs over St Patrick Cathedral

Dublin is slowly emerging as a UFO hotspot. In the past two decades, there have been 19 recorded UFO sightings in the Irish capital.

May 24, 2018

Pluto, Solar System's dwarf planet could in fact be a giant comet

Dwarf planet Pluto might actually be a giant comet made of billions of comets and other rocks from the Kuiper belt as scientists find the composition of Pluto similar to that of comets.

May 24, 2018

After Loch Ness, another Bigfoot shot dead in Montana? DNA test on to find out

The monster had an overwhelming size and long fur of the creature, which is something unusual for a canine

May 24, 2018

Earth was one large ball of water before land suddenly emerged about 2.4 bn years ago

The entire planet was just a hot ocean till the mantle cooled and allowed the land to come up from within, changing the climate and geography of the planet, also, making way from complex plant life to emerge on land.

May 24, 2018

Worms with head like battle axe invade France: All you need to know about hammerhead flatworms

The hammerhead flatworms pose a serious threat to wildlife as they are known to have a negative impact on many helpful soil critters.

May 24, 2018

Sleeping through weekends could help you avoid an early death, keep you healthy

Getting enough sleep is a life or death situation, so if you are not getting enough sleep in the week, stay in during the weekends and hit the snooze button.

May 24, 2018

SpaceX wants to build underground Boring Company tunnels in Mars for human habitation

Humans might end up being Mars' mole people because the surface of the red planet is not exactly safe. Cosmic radiation, falling meteors, and Sun's rays have no filter on Mars because there is no magnetic field and the atmosphere is too thin.

May 24, 2018

Are aliens secretly implanting humans to control the mind?

Cuba had allegedly used sonic attacks to neutralise US diplomats or agents decades ago during the Cold War but now the latest incident on a US diplomat in China has sent shockwaves across the US which has issued a warning to be alert.

May 24, 2018

NASA's Parker probe to 'touch the Sun' will carry 1.1 million names on its journey

The Parker Solar Probe is the first ever attempt to travel to the outer atmosphere of a star and study solar winds. The spacecraft will also carry a memory card with 1.1 million names on it to the Sun.

May 23, 2018

The EmDrive 'impossible engine' was built and tested- it works because of magnetic waves

EmDrive is a machine that produces thrust without exhaust and is seen as one of the frontline technologies that can finally take humans interstellar. A recent study was able to build an EmDrive and also test it, but it seems like the Earth's gravity plays a big role in its working.

May 23, 2018

All life forms in Loch Ness to be catalogued, putting to rest monster conspiracy theories

Scottish folklore of the Loch Ness monster that goes as far back as a thousand years, has been a fodder for conspiracy theories since 1934. Scientists are going to finally put it to rest by listing out every form of life in Scotland's most famous lake.

May 23, 2018

Nipah virus outbreak contained in Kerala, says Health Minister KK Shailaja

After presiding over the cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the dead.

May 23, 2018