Science & Health

Powerful Earthquake Measuring 7.6 Jolts Costa Rica; 2 Dead, Houses Damaged

A strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hit the west coast of Costa Rica on Wednesday, forcing the people to run to the streets out of panic. The earthquake caused the deaths of at least two people, damaging buildings, and briefly triggering a tsunami warning

Sep 6, 2012

NASA's Cassini Captures Stunning Photos of Saturn and its Massive Moon Titan [PHOTOS]

NASA displayed a bouquet of surreal images of planet Saturn and its largest Moon Titan. The ethereal series of images was captured and put together by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Sep 2, 2012

Blue Moon 2012: Stunning Photos of Rare Astronomical Events [PHOTOS]

"Once in Blue Moon" is not just a phrase but it is a rare phenomenon which occurs every 2.7 years. Friday's night was the night when we were treated with second full moon in August at around 19:28 PM IST. The first full moon occurred on Aug. 1 in US and on Aug. 2 in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Sep 1, 2012

Giant Burmese Python at 17 Ft Carrying 87 Eggs Found in Florida [PHOTOS & VIDEO]

A 17-feet and 7-inch long female Burmese python carrying a record 87 eggs was found in Florida Everglades, making it the largest snake ever found in the state.

Aug 14, 2012

Curiosity Rover Makes Touchdown on Mars; NASA Reveals First Images

NASA led a successful mission to Mars with the robotic explorer Curiosity landing on the red planet at approximately 1.30 a.m. EDT on Monday.

Aug 6, 2012

Sunita Williams' Multiple Tasks in Space Besides Expedition 32

World famous Indian-American woman astronaut Sunita Williams will be occupied with several other tasks besides working on her space project "Expedition 32".

Jul 15, 2012

CERN Found God Particle? What Is The Higgs Boson?

Scientists at the CERN research centre near Geneva, Switzerland, unveiled their latest findings on Wednesday in their search for the Higgs boson, also known as God particle, a subatomic particle believed to be key to the formation of stars, planets and eventually life after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.

Jul 4, 2012

NASA to Launch SUMI Rocket for Studying Sun's Magnetic Fields

NASA will launch a sounding rocket mission called the Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation (SUMI) on July 5, to study the solar magnetic fields that are present in a "hard-to-observe" region called the chromosphere.

Jul 3, 2012

Nasa's Cassini Detects Sign of Ocean on Saturn's Giant Moon Titan

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has revealed that Saturn's giant Moon Titan might have an ocean beneath its ice shell.

Jul 1, 2012

Scientists Discover Ancient Human Ancestors Ate Tree Bark and Leaves

Scientists have found evidence that suggest ancient chewed on bark, leaves and forest fruits, as revealed in a report based on a fossil study.

Jun 28, 2012

Heart Surgeon Mukesh Hariawala Recounts Bollywood Icon R D Burman's Surgery on 73rd Anniversary

Indian-American heart surgeon Mukesh Hariawala, who performed "Bypass Surgery" with British surgeon Dr John Wright on RD Burman in the early 1990's, recollects some emotionally touchy episodes at the Princess Grace Hospital in London, UK.

Jun 27, 2012

IMA Doctors Call For Day-Long Nationwide Strike, Medical Services to be Affected

The members of the Indian Medical Association will hold a nationwide day-long strike to protest against government's amendments to the Clinical Establishment Act, 2010 and other policies including the National Council for Human Resources in Health Bill-2011 and the new three-year Bachelor of Rural Health and Care programme.

Jun 25, 2012

China's Shenzhou 9 Spacecraft: Astronauts Successfully Complete First-Ever Manual Docking

Chinese astronauts successfully completed the first-ever manual docking of the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft with an orbiting lab module.

Jun 24, 2012

Nasa Astronaut Sunita Williams to Head Back to ISS

Indian-American space scientist, Sunita Williams, will return in July to the International Space Station where she worked as a flight engineer for six months back in 2006.

Jun 24, 2012

Conjoined Twins Aradhana and Stuti Successfully Separated After Surgery

The 11-month-old conjoined sisters, who were born joined at the chest, have been successfully separated after a 12-hour-long operation at Padhar Hospital in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Jun 21, 2012