Science & Health

Scientists bounce radio waves off asteroid that just passed Earth

A group of researchers has sent radio signals into space with the purpose of bouncing them off a 500-feet asteroid to learn about its interior.

Dec 31, 2022

Space: From NASA mission to private trips, humankind gets closer to Moon

From a crewed NASA mission to private spacecraft roaring to explore the Moon, the year 2023 promises to be the final lap towards sending humans, including a woman and a person of colour, to the lunar surface in 2024.

Dec 26, 2022

Bharat Biotech's intranasal Covid vaccine for booster to be given from today

Dec 23, 2022

Historic UN biodiversity pact text with 2030 vision released: Highlights, Targets and Goals

With 196 nations, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity has near universal participation among countries. The convention seeks to address all threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Dec 23, 2022

Zebra shark has pups through rare 'Virgin Birth' at US aquarium; no mating with male sharks [details]

A female zebra shark known at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois, had pups through a form of asexual reproduction known as parthenogenesis or 'virgin birth'.

Dec 22, 2022

A medical worker takes a nasal swab sample from a man for COVID-19 testing in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Jan. 13, 2022.

New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 account for 70% of new Covid cases in US

New Omicron subvariant BQ.1.1 was estimated to make up about 38.4% of circulating variants in the week ending December 17, and BQ.1 was estimated to make up 30.7%, according to CDC data

Dec 21, 2022

After Covid Surge in China: Gear up genome sequencing of positive cases, Centre alerts States

Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in the letter, has said that such an exercise will enable timely detection of newer variants, if any, circulating in the country

Dec 20, 2022

This photo of Earth (L) and the moon is taken by a camera onboard South Korean lunar orbiter Danuri on Nov. 28, 2022, and provided by the Ministry of Science and ICT

South Korea's lunar orbiter 'Danuri' starts process to enter moon orbit

South Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri started entering the orbit of the moon on Saturday, 135 days after its launch, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said.

Dec 17, 2022

This Squishy Robot Can Crawl Like a Worm When Temperature Changes; May Help Deliver Drugs to Target Organs In Body [Study]

In a new study, scientists from Johns Hopkins University have described an inchworm-inspired robot, 'gelbot', that is powered exclusively by the change in temperature.

Dec 17, 2022

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Science & Health

Scientists bounce radio waves off asteroid that just passed Earth

Space: From NASA mission to private trips, humankind gets closer to Moon

Bharat Biotech's intranasal Covid vaccine for booster to be given from today

Historic UN biodiversity pact text with 2030 vision released: Highlights, Targets and Goals

Zebra shark has pups through rare 'Virgin Birth' at US aquarium; no mating with male sharks [details]

New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 account for 70% of new Covid cases in US

After Covid Surge in China: Gear up genome sequencing of positive cases, Centre alerts States

South Korea's lunar orbiter 'Danuri' starts process to enter moon orbit

This Squishy Robot Can Crawl Like a Worm When Temperature Changes; May Help Deliver Drugs to Target Organs In Body [Study]

NASA launches 1st-ever mission to observe Earth's water surface

NASA sensors to detect methane produced by landfills globally

Stroke survivors with chronic pain may believe size of their hands has changed: Study

Space: NASA's Orion spacecraft successfully completes Artemis I mission

Japanese billionaire invites 'Baalveer' actor Dev Joshi to join SpaceX moon mission

WHO concerned over increasing antibiotic resistance in human infections

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]