Science & Health

India: Afforestation the key to clearing Delhi's smog

Deep forests surrounding the city complemented by emission control measures provide the complete answer to Delhi's air pollution.

Dec 9, 2017

By IANS

Half of humanity doesn't believe in aliens, are you one of them?

Researchers conducted a survey across 24 countries of the world and found out that around half of the respondents believe that ETs exist in the universe.

Dec 9, 2017

By Poulami Nag

Russian boy injects himself with homemade muscle-building brew and the results will give you nightmares

Kirill Tereshin injected homemade potion to increase his muscle size despite warning from experts.

Dec 9, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Google to Bing, all search engines can take cue from fruit fly to revamp future algorithms

Researchers have recently discovered that a fruit fly's brain performs similarity searches to identify smells and this process can improve the efficiency of computerized search systems

Dec 9, 2017

By Poulami Nag

A man stands on railway platform on a smoggy morning in Delhi

India: New Delhi records one of season's coldest mornings, 8 trains cancelled

It was a cold morning here on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average.

Dec 9, 2017

By IANS

India's apex court seeks 400-year-long protection plan for Taj Mahal

Amid reports of environmental negligence around the ancient monument Taj Mahal, the Supreme Court has directed the state government to prepare not just 50 years but a 400-year plan for its preservation.

Dec 9, 2017

By IANS

Black holes gravitational pull is not strong as imagined: Study

Astronomers found that the gravitational pull of black holes is not strong as thought. The researchers also found that the magnetic field of the black hole is also weaker than thought before.

Dec 9, 2017

By IANS

NASA plans to launch balloon-borne instruments to study particles beyond solar system

NASA plans to send balloon-borne instruments to the space to study the particles which enter the Earth. The instrument would study the cosmic rays, high-energy particles from beyond the solar system that enters the Earth's atmosphere.

Dec 8, 2017

By IANS

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Scientists have developed new DNA editing technique which does not break them

Scientists have created a new version of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology that allows them to activate genes and treat diseases without creating breaks in the DNA.

Dec 8, 2017

By IANS

Humans' ancestors sailed across continents 60,000 years earlier than previously thought

A recent research says that the Homo sapiens, the ancient ancestors of modern-day humans had traveled to other continents 60,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Dec 8, 2017

By Rahul K R

Knife-wielding man kills two in southern China Wal-Mart

Chinese teen 'decapitates mother, posts video' on WeChat

The 13-year-old Chinese boy was arrested in school after a friend showed the clip to his mother.

Dec 8, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Modified CRISPR technique treats diseases without cutting DNA

In what could remove a major hurdle to using gene editing technologies to treat human diseases, scientists have created a new version of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology that allows them to activate genes and treat diseases without creating breaks in the DNA.

Dec 8, 2017

By IANS

Canola oil may be harmful for the brain: Study

Two tablespoons of canola oil daily may worsen memory, learning ability as well as cause weight gain in people with Alzheimer's disease, claims a study.

Dec 8, 2017

By IANS

Sugary drinks during pregnancy linked to mid-childhood asthma

Children between the ages of 7 and 9 may be at greater risk of developing asthma if their mothers had consumed sugar-sweetened beverages during pregnancy, says a new study.

Dec 8, 2017

By Bikash Rai

Most teenagers cope with bad online experience

Are you worried about the consequences of your child encountering online risks, such as sexual soliciting, cyber-bullying and explicit material? Take heart as researchers have found that for most teenagers, the negative effects of such exposure vanish in less than a week.

Dec 8, 2017

By IANS

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NASA plans to launch balloon-borne instruments to study particles beyond solar system

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