Science & Health

SpaceX unveils new design update for BFR and announces trip around Moon

The new design for the BFR includes three symmetric wings, making it look like a more traditional spacecraft.

Sep 14, 2018

ISRO espionage case: SC grants Rs 50 lakh in damages to acquitted scientist Nambi Narayanan

Nambi Narayanan was falsely implicated in an espionage case for selling confidential ISRO data to Maldivian intelligence officers in 1994. There were claims that Narayanan along with another ISRO scientist sold the data for millions.

Sep 14, 2018

Every piece of plastic in the ocean can potentially kill a turtle, finds new study

"Even one little thin, filmy piece of plastic can...result in death," said the researcher.

Sep 14, 2018

FBI evacuates solar observatory; Local police clueless, conspiracy theorists allege alien connection

As FBI closed the Sunspot solar observatory abruptly, conspiracy theorists have started claiming that something strange connected to aliens is going on in the skies

Sep 14, 2018

Isolating CO2 from atmosphere for use won't cause global warming, says expert

We immediately need to devise methods that can negate the excess amount of harmful gases and experts have come up with quite a few

Sep 14, 2018

Mother, son die in UP due to severe malnutrition; govt records their deaths as diarrhoea

Sangeeta and her eight-year-old son Suraj were rushed to the hospital when they started vomiting. When their condition became worse a few hours later, they were rushed to a hospital.

Sep 13, 2018

Prehistoric humans suspected of wiping out largest elephant birds Aepyornis and Mullerornis

Elephant birds were at one time a typical sight on Madagascar. They weighed a large portion of a ton, remained at around 3m tall and laid monster eggs, which were much bigger even than those of the dinosaurs.

Sep 13, 2018

ESO releases beautiful image of distant galaxy in stunning detail

The image shows spiral galaxy NGC 3981 "suspended in the inky blackness of space".

Sep 13, 2018

We wouldn't have become modern humans if our ancestors didn't lose this one gene, says study

The loss of a gene, called CMAH, might have caused the humans to become one of the best long-distance runners in the animal kingdom.

Sep 13, 2018

NASA releases footage of hurricane Florence – possible 'Category 6' storm headed for the US

The storm is one of the biggest in recent history and could be a "category 6" and NASA says that it could cause a storm surge as high as 13 feet.

Sep 13, 2018

NASA shares new pictures of NYC to commemorate 9/11

The American space agency shared a photo of New York City that astronaut Ricky Arnold snapped from the International Space Station.

Sep 12, 2018

US conducted secret experiments on people in Georgia, alleges former security minister

'A whole range of experiments involving Georgians had lethal finales,' said the minister, and documents show 24 people of a group of 30 died on the same day.

Sep 12, 2018

Did water on Earth originally come from cosmic dust that created the planet?

Tiny millimetre-sized dust grains soaked in water could have clumped together and formed the landmass of what is now Earth.

Sep 12, 2018

NASA lists 5 hazards humans will encounter in space - Lack of air isn't one of them

In space no one can hear you scream, it is scary, hostile, and ready to kill you at the first opportunity.

Sep 12, 2018

Pediatric HAL is an expensive life-like robot which cries, bleeds, and turns handy for medical students

Powered by artificial intelligence and robotics, Pediatric HAL makes sure that medical students have a close to real experience while practicing.

Sep 12, 2018