Science & Health

Australia wins WTO approval for plain packaging of cigarettes

In a landmark decision, World Trade Organisation has approved the Australian government's move to allow cigarettes to be sold in plain packages with health warnings, rejecting complaints that it violates international trade policies.

Jun 29, 2018

Project Blue: Mission to photograph Earth-like exoplanets where humans could live

The Kepler-186f, about 550 light years away was the first identified exoplanet that is potentially habitable and it has been found to be a lot more habitable than once believed.

Jun 29, 2018

New friend in sight for Diabetics as AI, radar tech lend a helping hand

Blood sugar levels can now be detected without pricking your finger! Artificial Intelligence and radar devices are being invented to detect blood sugar levels without drawing blood.

Jun 29, 2018

Eco friendly Andhra: South Central Railways installs bottle crushers at stations

South Central Railways installed machines for crushing and recycling plastic bottles at Kachiguda, Secunderabad, Nizamabad and Vijayawada stations with a capacity for 5,000 bottles per day.

Jun 29, 2018

Risk of death by old age reduces as people get older, says new study

Ageing is a topic that has seen much debate through most of human history. A new study has found that human longevity is actually increasing over time.

Jun 29, 2018

Buzz Aldrin embroiled in public feud with kids over 'misuse of finances'

The 88-year-old former astronaut is suing his children and longtime manager over misuse of his finances and slander. The two children, Andrew and Janice say they're merely trying to protect his businesses.

Jun 28, 2018

Humans only visit 25 places regularly, we are creatures of habit

The first of its kind study says that we really are creatures of habit - even though our 25 places often change over time.

Jun 28, 2018

Milky Way galaxy is filled with carbon-rich, toxic 'space grease'

There are nearly 100 greasy carbon atoms for every million hydrogen atoms out there. That makes up for between a quarter and a half of all available carbon. In the Milky Way Galaxy alone, this makes up about 10 billion trillion, trillion tonnes of grease.

Jun 28, 2018

China releases stunningly clear images taken on Moon surface by Chang'e-3 rover

Chang'e-3's objective was to land on the dark side of the Moon and explore that region using a rover, something that has not happened since the Apollo missions.

Jun 28, 2018

Japan gearing up to colonize asteroid? Hayabusa-2 just 20-km away from landing on Ryugu asteroid

Conspiracy theorists claim that the Japanese exploration to the Ryugu space body is the first step toward asteroid colonization

Jun 28, 2018

Ganga River water level goes alarmingly low in Varanasi

Water crisis triggered in parts of Varanasi as the level of water in the Ganga drops dangerously low.

Jun 28, 2018

Boeing is working on a hypersonic jet more than twice as fast as the Concorde

The aircraft, if it gets built in the next 20 to 30 years, will carry people at speeds of over Mach 5, says Boeing.

Jun 28, 2018

Sonar anomaly discovered off North Carolina coast sparks UFO debate over NOAA study

A sonar anomaly discovered off North Carolina has sparked UFO debate among conspiracy theorists and alien enthusiasts

Jun 28, 2018

NASA delays James Webb Space Telescope launch once again

The James Webb Space Telescope is going to be the most complex and advanced imaging hardware that NASA has ever attempted to send to space

Jun 28, 2018

Scientists upbeat as they find proof to alien existence in Saturn's moon Enceladus

Complex molecules that consist of hundreds of atoms are unusual to come across beyond Earth but have seen on Saturn's icy moon

Jun 28, 2018