Science & Health

Once upon a time there was a star.., narrates NASA

A supernova remnant is a sign of an exploded star. In this particular image, red filaments belong to a supernova remnant HBH 3, first detected in 1966.

Aug 3, 2018

As space race heats up, Amazon's Bezos spends more cash than ever to fuel Blue Origin's growth

Jeff Bezos is on a hiring spree, having spent millions to bring on board more engineers and speed up the development of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, as it looks to compete in the increasingly crowded space race, now dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Aug 3, 2018

Canada telescope picks new radio signal from distant planet, scientists puzzled over source

FRBs or signals which come from the deep space from sources such as bursts from magnetars, exploding black holes, and of course, highly advanced alien civilizations if there are any.

Aug 2, 2018

Kolkata on swine flu alert. Here are the symptoms and treatment

The WHO guidelines say that swine flu is now in its post-pandemic stage and should be treated like any seasonal flu.

Aug 2, 2018

Hope Diamond: Blue gem was born hundreds of kilometres below Indian mine

Blue diamonds had to go through hellish heat and pressure, about a thousand km deep below the surface, for hundreds of years before they are spewed to the surface.

Aug 2, 2018

Ancient 5,000-year-old prehistoric mass graves could be the result of tsunamis

Researchers studied coastal mass burial sites at the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu in the Pacific as well as in Orkney and Shetland in the UK.

Aug 2, 2018

All three of humanity's space exploration targets in one image from Earth

The image with the Moon, Mars, and the ISS are seen together was taken near Mount Remarkable National Park, Australia.

Aug 2, 2018

Viagra, anaesthetic found in Ayurvedic potency medicines; know their adverse effects

The containers of two Ayurvedic medicines did not mention the presence of allopathic components – sildenafil citrate, commonly known as Viagra, and lignocaine hydrochloride which is an anaesthetic drug, said the FDA report.

Aug 2, 2018

UV light identified as an important prerequisite for life to evolve on exoplanets

Chemistry required to create the primordial soup which resulted in the development of life on Earth might not have happened without a dosage of UV light.

Aug 1, 2018

China wants to lasso an asteroid and bring down it to Earth, the American Cowboy way

Taking cue from the American Cowboy style, the spacecraft will throw a large bag made of small robots over the asteroid and drag it down to Earth.

Aug 1, 2018

Accidental Design? Great Pyramid of Giza built to concentrate all electromagnetic energy on inner chambers

Researchers say that this property of the pyramids is most likely a happy accident than a design feature.

Aug 1, 2018

Alien shockproof: UFO researcher spots spaceship travelling behind Jupiter

The bizarre object which travelled behind Jupiter has made many people believe that alien life is a reality.

Jul 31, 2018

How a carbon 'leak' warmed Earth for 11,000 years - leading to the rise of human civilisation

Researchers found that increased activity in the Southern Ocean might be responsible for the warming and stabilising climate during the Holocene — time period that stretched over 10,000 years before the Industrial Revolution.

Jul 31, 2018

You can tell exactly how hot it is outside by listening to crickets chirp

Crickets' bodies react to heat by speeding up muscle contractions when the temperature increases and slowing it down when it gets cold.

Jul 31, 2018

Massive sinkhole abruptly appears in Russian field, could have easily swallowed 15-storey building in city

Reports suggest that the hole is about 32 metres wide and over 50 metres deep that could have easily swallowed a 15-storey building in city.

Jul 31, 2018