Science & Health

marine reptile

Gondwana period sea reptile fossil found in Antarctica

Giant reptiles swam the seas when Antarctica was a part of the Gondwana continent and was next to Australia, New Zealand, India, Madagascar, Africa and South America, before continental drift happened.
Dec 22, 2017
By Nirmal Narayanan
Oumuamua

Oumuamua is not a spy but natural icy celestial body

Researchers have discovered that the first official interstellar asteroid discovered in our solar system actually came to visit us from another distant solar system and not a spy as alleged
Dec 22, 2017
By Poulami Nag
Conjoined girl twins

Conjoined girl twins in India hospital die

Ganga and Jamuna, conjoined girl twins of Odisha's Nayagarh district who shared a single heart and liver, died at Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack situated in the eastern part of India.
Dec 22, 2017
By IANS
Antibiotic Bacteria

What are antibiotic resistant bacteria?

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are "sleeper cells" which can survive doses of antibiotics and lie resting in a dormant state, but have the ability to "wake up" and re-infect, research has found.
Dec 22, 2017
By IANS
BLOGS AND FEATURES
Antarctica

Frozen Secret: Thousands of 'Alien-Like' Icefish Nests Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet

By Samhati Bhattacharjya