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Worms with head like battle axe invade France: All you need to know about hammerhead flatworms

The hammerhead flatworms pose a serious threat to wildlife as they are known to have a negative impact on many helpful soil critters.

May 24, 2018

NASA's Parker probe to 'touch the Sun' will carry 1.1 million names on its journey

The Parker Solar Probe is the first ever attempt to travel to the outer atmosphere of a star and study solar winds. The spacecraft will also carry a memory card with 1.1 million names on it to the Sun.

May 23, 2018

Deadpool 2 writer reveals actor behind Juggernaut's mask

In Deadpool 2, several X-Men characters were introduced. This included Marvel character Juggernaut. You'd be stunned to find out the man behind the mask.

May 21, 2018

China agrees to import more from U.S., no sign of $200 billion figure

President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion on Chinese goods to combat what his administration says is Beijing's misappropriation of U.S.intellectual property through joint venture requirements and other policies that force technology transfers.

May 20, 2018

Adolf Hitler was secretly addicted to Crystal Meth, the famous drug featured in TV series 'Breaking Bad', researchers say.

Hitler definitely died in 1945: Study on the Fuhrer's teeth finally debunks conspiracy theories

Hitler did not flee to Argentina in a submarine, he is not in a hidden base in Antarctica or on the dark side of the moon, researchers have said. The Nazi dictator died on April 30 1945 after shooting himself in the head at the Reich Chancellery as the Red army closed in.

May 20, 2018

Excessive human activity found to degrade one third of the world's protected areas

Conservation efforts of several countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa seem to be under immense pressure due to persistent human activity that poses a severe threat to the land.

May 18, 2018

Artist's illustration of Jupiter and Europa (in the foreground) with the Galileo spacecraft

Alien life on Europa? After plate tectonics, water geysers discovery strengthens the argument

In 2017, scientists said that life of Europa is very much possible as the moon is expected to have tectonic plates just like Earth.

May 17, 2018

Former RBI boss Raghuram Rajan says won't apply for top BoE job

Rajan is a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, and warned of financial imbalances in the run-up to the 2007-08 global crisis.

May 17, 2018

With world's worst air, Kanpur struggles to track pollution

Kanpur, home to 3 million people, is followed by 13 other Indian cities in a list of the places with the worst air in the world, according to rankings released this month by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

May 16, 2018

No need for Viagra, scientists upbeat with this new technique to cure erectile dysfunction

Viagra is a popular drug used to treat erectile dysfunction but it can also increase the risk of heart attack, ventricular arrhythmias, and increased intraocular pressure.

May 14, 2018

Lover stabs 21-year-old girl to death in Hyderabad resort

Upon investigating, the police officials found out that Prasad, the suspect, had already planned to kill the girl. He purchased the knife well in advance and managed to convince the girl to come with him to the resort in the outskirts of Hyderabad.

May 12, 2018

Ancient whales were not filter feeders, had ferocious teeth to slice prey

Researchers concluded that the huge gums in the ancient whales slowly turned more complex and eventually transformed into baleens.

May 12, 2018

Asteroid spotted past Neptune and no one knows how it got there

There is an asteroid near Neptune which should not be there. Most space rocks float in a belt between Mars and Jupiter, and this is one of the first asteroids that has actually traveled across three gas giants and settled in the far outer reaches of the Solar System.

May 10, 2018

Why third-hand smoke is dangerous – aerosol toxins easily find their way indoors

Even non-smoking zones in buildings are not necessarily smoke free as aerosols carry particulate matter indoors. The particles hitch a ride on hair, skin and clothes and get dispersed through the HVAC system.