Australian Musk duck mimics human speech, caught on record saying, 'you bloody fool'
A recording of an Australian muck duck saying, "you body fool!" has resurfaced adding it to the list of known animal species that mimics human speech.
Sep 09, 2021, 08:19 AM IST
66 million year old Triceratops skeleton to be auctioned
Big John the Triceratops skeleton is set to be auctioned at the Drouot auction house in Paris at the end of October. Discovered in 2015 in South Dakota, it is estimated to be more than 66 millions years old and is the largest Triceratops discovered to this date.
Sep 02, 2021, 20:42 PM IST
OMG! Alien life on 'Hycean' exoplanets? THIS is what study claims - In Pics
Aug 26, 2021, 14:26 PM IST
Gigantic asteroid '2008 GO20' nears Earth, likely to pass on July 25
"This asteroid has visited earth at a much closer distance of 19 lakh km and 29 lakh km in 1935 and 1977 respectively. At that time, it flew away and never came towards the earth," said Dr Pattnaik.
Jul 24, 2021, 09:40 AM IST
Asteroid the size of stadium hurtling towards Earth, likely to zoom past on THIS date: NASA
NASA has confirmed that an asteroid the size of a stadium is heading towards Earth's orbit next Saturday, July 24 at1:05 am Wednesday as per Indian Standard Time.
Jul 21, 2021, 07:48 AM IST
NASA tweeted Pratima Roy’s picture and revealed the complicated science-religion relationship
Does a person’s faith interfere in their ability to perform at the highest stage involving science?
Jul 13, 2021, 11:59 AM IST
Strawberry Moon 2021: Date, Significance and other details about season's last full moon
After a month of the year 2021's first total Lunar Eclipse which was also a Supermoon and a Bloodmoon there is another celestial event that is set to occur — the Strawberry Moon.
Jun 24, 2021, 15:32 PM IST
Special Report: Now tears will speak about your health!
We are going to tell you about such unique success of science and technology in which a smart contact lens fitted in the eyes will be able to monitor many of your diseases.
Feb 13, 2021, 20:32 PM IST
Novel injection to treat skin cancer
The results, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicates that an injection-based therapy would also mean that patients could have multiple tumours treated in a single visit. According to the researchers, for the treatment, tumours are injected with polymer-based nanoparticles carrying a chemotherapy agent.
Feb 08, 2021, 17:30 PM IST
Eating grapes may protect against sunburn, UV damage to skin
"Grapes may act as an edible sunscreen, offering an additional layer of protection in addition to topical sunscreen products," said lead researcher Craig Elmets from University of Alabama, Birmingham in the US. Analysis of skin biopsies showed that the grape diet was associated with decreased DNA damage, fewer deaths of skin cells, and a reduction in inflammatory markers that if left unchecked, together can impair skin function and can potentially lead to skin cancer.
Feb 08, 2021, 16:54 PM IST
ISRO working on green fuels like hydrogen peroxide for rockets
The Indian space rockets are set to go green as ISRO is working to replace its existing hazardous fuel with non-hazardous and environment- friendly fuels for its rockets and satellites, the ISRO Chairman said.
Dec 31, 2020, 14:36 PM IST
European Space Agency releases first Solar Orbiter data to scientific community, wider public
Solar Orbiter was launched on February 10, 2020, and carries six remote-sensing instruments.
Oct 01, 2020, 00:03 AM IST
How intense and dangerous is cosmic radiation on the Moon?
Since the Moon has neither a protective magnetic field nor an atmosphere, the radiation field on the Moon`s surface is similar to that in interplanetary space.
Sep 26, 2020, 15:44 PM IST
Video : Cracks in Earth's protective shell
NASA scientists expressed concern, cracks in Earth's protective shell increased
Aug 19, 2020, 08:14 AM IST
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope displays two stars going haywire; see pics
"These new multi-wavelength Hubble observations provide the most comprehensive view to date of both of these spectacular nebulas. As I was downloading the resulting images, I felt like a kid in a candy store," said Joel Kastner of Rochester Institute of Technology.
Jun 22, 2020, 17:44 PM IST
New structures deep beneath Earth’s surface discovered using seismic data
Researchers recently discovered giant structures located deep beneath the Pacific Ocean between the Earth’s core and mantle.
Jun 13, 2020, 12:57 PM IST
Saturn’s Moon Titan drifting away faster than previously predicted: NASA research
Scientists at NASA and the Italian Space Agency, in a new research found that Saturn's giant moon Titan is moving away from planet Saturn but at a speed much faster than earlier predicted.
Jun 12, 2020, 10:17 AM IST
Foot and mouth disease virus to help treat pancreatic cancer
The dreaded pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rates among all types of cancers. However, a group of scientists are using the foot and mouth disease virus to find a cure for this often lethal condition.
Feb 16, 2020, 22:40 PM IST
Deadly gene mutation leading to blood cancer identified by researchers
The deadly chain of events begins with RNA splicing, a process that converts messages from DNA into instructions for making proteins in a cell.
Feb 02, 2020, 14:27 PM IST
Never-before-seen images of Sun's turbulent surface released
Astronomers on Wednesday (local time) released what they said were the most detailed images ever taken of the surface of our Sun. It was seen through the brand new Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, CNN reported. The Sun looking like a boiling pot of popcorn, belies the notion of a bland yellow orb.
Jan 30, 2020, 08:56 AM IST
