SCIENCE

Excess intake of salt or sodium is extremely harmful to health and can cause stomach cancer, strokes, heart ailments, high blood pressure and gastric ulcers among many other health related problems.

Autistic children have extra synapses in their brain and using a specific drug restores synaptic pruning and in turn might be able to reverses autistic-like-behavior in human beings as reported by the U.S. neuroscientists in the Neuron journal.

Optus, the second-biggest telco in Australia, will launch its Optus 10 satellite on Sept 12. The satellite was initially set for launch in May.

Sonia Kruger, who announced over the weekend that she is 16-weeks pregnant, after conceiving through IVF, said in a recent interview that she is paranoid of losing her baby.

Ebola's experimental drug had raised many hopes.

A space probe is due to land on the Rosetta comet in November and five sites where it could touch down on have been identified by scientists.

A hoax crops on the Internet about how there will be two moons has been revealed.

According to the Open Minds and Mutual UFO Network witness reporting database, a witness said that on Aug 23, he saw a "giant ship" with a glow move overhead in Illinois.

Prolonged obesity and the habit of overeating over a period of time causes structural changes in the brain. A study revealed that this leads to the damage of signaling pathways in the hypothalamus in the brain, the part that regulates metabolism.

A US hotel chain, Starwood, has planned to introduce robot butlers to tend to their guests. The butler is said to be put to work in 100 hotels across the world. The Botlr, which is a short for robotic butler, is 3 feet tall anddressed in a vinyl-collared butler uniform.

The best color map of Neptune's big moon, Triton, was created by a scientist from images that were taken 25 years ago by NASA's spacecraft.

'Pepe The Missionary', a famous giant Galapagos tortoise, died at the age of 60 at the Galapagos National Park's Interpretation Center after living with Franciscan missionaries on the island.

An independent group of researchers in Puerto Rico believe that they made contact with aliens, "beings from elsewhere." On the 37 anniversary of the mysterious "WOW! Signal," this incident they stated, had occurred.

A research conducted by University of Huddersfield scientist Dr Olumayokun Olajide, who specializes in the anti-inflammatory properties of natural products, has found that a compound that is found in pomegranate can slow the development of Alzheimer's disease and its symptoms. Not just Alzheimer's it is seen to reduce the inflammation caused by rheumatoid arthritis and Parkinson's disease.

About 40,000 years ago, the Neanderthals co-existed with modern humans, interacting with them culturally and sexually.

A state of emergency was declared in Northern California the 6.1 magnitude earthquake injured over 120 people.

There was a lot of speculation last week after space-alien theorists and UFO blogs floated the idea that a bone-like object on Mars, photographed by NASA's $2.5-billion Curiosity rover, could be a thigh bone, giving rise to talks that it could be the remains of a Martian.

City spiders are thriving pretty well in harsh conditions.

Amidst several reports of alien life on Mars and alien sightings, a new finding in Antarctic has provided hope that life could exist in extreme environments.

Researchers from Arizona State University discovered the genetic recipe for lizard tail generation.

Jennifer Aniston is not in favor of cosmetic surgery to stay ageless but prefers to age naturally.

An MSc Student from the University of Bristol, Samuel Penny, found a new species of frog in the forests of Madagascar while studying the amphibians of the Sahamalaza Peninsula as a part of his masters degree, reported Bristol 24-7.

The public will get the chance to see the footprints of a 125-million year old dinosaur.

Having a hectic schedule and a busy lifestyle reduces the desire of having sexual intercourse or love making, sex therapists said. Decrease in sexual urge due to busy schedule is a universal problem.

Over consumption of noodles can create higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome in women that consists of high blood pressure, chronic blood sugar, over accumulating abdominal fat and abnormal cholesterol risk.

New study with 'shock-and-kill' was published in Cell journal that can flush out viral reservoirs in infected cells and later killed by boosted immune system leading to the possibility of no remission.

Camel milk with extreme high in iron, vitamin, protein and calcium, might cure diabetes, autism and few types of allergies. It is easily digestible for those who are lactose intolerance.

ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease, motor neuron disease—it comes in various names, but they all spell out one thing: perennial immobility.

A meteor sighting reportedly happened in Vancouver, Canada. The bright object spotted is believed to be a part of the 2014 Perseid meteor shower.