Science & Health

Organ donation streamlined: West Bengal first to get organ transplant registry

The arrangement is made to ensure that all donated organs are utilized effectively. Currently, the process of organ retrieval and transplant is disorganized due to the lack of an organ registry.

Jun 8, 2018

World Oceans Day 2018: Quotes, messages to share with loved ones

World Oceans Day is celebrated worldwide on June 8 to honour, protect, and conserve the world's oceans.

Jun 8, 2018

Huge cigar-shaped cloud sparks chemtrail row

Rumors over chemtrails are storming the internet and the cigar-shaped cloud triggered HAARP weather control frenzy among conspiracy theorists.

Jun 8, 2018

Belt that listens to your poop? Detecting irritable-bowel syndrome made easy by Nobel laureate

The belt, which is being developed by Nobel Prize winner Australian physician Barry Marshall and his colleagues, will record the creaks and undulations of the gut and then use a software to analyze it.

Jun 8, 2018

Life on Mars? NASA finds 3 billion-year-old 'ancient organic material' on the red planet

NASA has reportedly found organic compounds just below the surface of a crater which was the bed of an ancient lake. Also, it "breathes" methane regularly. Does that mean there is or was life on Mars at some point in the past?

Jun 8, 2018

Trump's space force? Triangular UFO similar to TR-3B spotted on moon, triggers row

A triangular UFO similar to that of the secretive TR-3B, the alleged anti-gravity vessel developed by the US Air Force, was visible in a video uploaded by Youtube channel on UFOs.

Jun 8, 2018

Alien disclosure soon? Turkey Govt confirms authenticity of UFO sighting in 2009

It happened on May 13, 2009, at around 2.20 AM and the flying object had interestingly two aliens sitting in the UFO.

Jun 8, 2018

Is Sun a stargate? Image shows huge object, 100 times bigger than earth

A huge object coming out of the sun was found. Will it be proof that our sun is a Stargate?

Jun 7, 2018

AP government first to make auto-disable syringes mandatory

In an effort to keep the spread of infections under check, Andhra Pradesh government has made auto-disable syringes mandatory for all clinical purposes.

Jun 7, 2018

NASA releases 20 years of Earth data for public viewing – view the world change over time

The maps all come in an easy to use, interactive format that lets users scroll through time in any part of the world.

Jun 7, 2018

Crocodile kills pastor during mass baptism in Ethiopia

Pastor was conducting baptism for 80 people in a lake when he was attacked. Lack of fish is blamed for the rise in attacks on humans.

Jun 7, 2018

World's oldest footprints are 550 million years old and shows mysterious animals roaming through China

The animal that made these prints is not yet found, but they might be the earliest example of animals with jointed limbs and appendages.

Jun 7, 2018

Lightning kills Chennai man trying to take photo of it; What happens when lightning strikes?

The man who was struck by lightning has been as HM Ramesh and the incident happened when he was visiting a friend's shrimp farm in Sunnampukkulam.

Jun 7, 2018

Meteor crashed in South Africa might be alien spaceship, claims UFO researcher

No objects recovered from the crash site which indicates that it was not a meteorite

Jun 7, 2018

Affordable healthcare for all: Modi hails government programmes

The Prime Minister cited the example of price capping on stents to indicate his government's success in bringing quality healthcare to millions.

Jun 7, 2018