August 2014 is going to be a delightful month for sky gazers. There are some spectacular celestial events to witness. .
Jaskiran Kaur
Aug 07, 2014
Woman Experiences Spontaneous Multiple Orgasms : Parkinson's Drug is the Trigger.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 07, 2014
Spacecraft Rosetta Makes Historic Meeting with Comet 67P/CG After Decade Long Chase.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 07, 2014
Passengers aboard the regular 11 am cruise were treated to a spectacular water animal battle on Tuesday, Aug 5, when notorious 5.5-metre Australian crocodile Brutus battled it out with a bull shark at the Adelaide River.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 07, 2014
Consuming five servings of fruits and vegetables can lower death risks, says a new study conducted by researchers from China and USA. The results, published in the British Medical Journal aimed to find out the “dose response” or how much we need to eat in connection with cancer, heart illnesses and death.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 06, 2014
When it rains, it definitely does pour, at least for Hawaii which is advising its residents to brace for two storms next week. On the other end of the world, Japan is likewise being eyed by a monster typhoon.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 06, 2014
Stress filled jobs, such as service industry and blue collar jobs can increase the risk of heart attack and other heart ailments, said U.S. health officials and researchers at Harvard.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 06, 2014
Experts have claimed that astronomers could find evidence of alien life in the next 20 years. In the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, US planetary scientist Dr Sara Seager from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said, "We can say with certainty that, for the first time in human history, we are finally on the verge of being able to search for signs of life beyond our Solar System around the nearest hundreds of stars."
Sarah Thomas
Aug 06, 2014
New Ebola Drug Made From Tobacco Plants Saves Lives of Two US Aid Workers.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 06, 2014
Four people were rushed to a hospital in Toronto after they were struck by lightning while taking refuge from the rain under a tree.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 05, 2014
An Australian man, who abandoned his newborn surrogate child Gammy in Thailand after discovering that the baby had Down Syndrome, was earlier convicted of child sex offences in Australia.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 05, 2014
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, will be unable to comply with a deadline of clearing out radioactive water around the facility.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 05, 2014
NASA's Curiosity Rover approaches its first close up of the layered mountain in the middle of Mars's Gale Crater a part of Mount Sharp.The mission that was launched a year ago is nearing its second anniversary of the landing on Mars. Curiosity found important evidence of ancient lakes and river environments. In its second year it has been driving towards the lower slopes of Mount Sharp as a long term science destination, an area 2 miles southwest of its current location. But the outcro...
Sarah Thomas
Aug 05, 2014
A breast cancer-survivor died while riding a horse in the beach in South Wales.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Aug 05, 2014
Abigail Allwood is the first Australian woman who will lead a National Aeronautics and Space Administration team that will be searching for life on Mars.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Aug 05, 2014
Ice creams are a world favourite, the different lip smacking flavours are irresistible. Spanish physicists have added a little more magic into ice creams as they have developed a new ice cream that magically changes colour after every lick. This new form of ice cream is called Xamaleon.
Sarah Thomas
Aug 05, 2014
Pregnant women who experience morning sickness are likely to have healthy, and intelligent babies, with a lower chance of miscarriage, says a study conducted by researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Canada. The findings were published in the journal Reproductive Toxicology.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 05, 2014
As the reality of climate change is felt across the globe with warmer weather, rising sea levels, and stronger weather disturbances, many communities in the U.S. are working together to create a "green community."
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 05, 2014
With many products nearing patent expiration, prescription drug sales are expected to surpass the $1 trillion mark by 2020, EvaluatePharma reported in its 7th edition World Preview report.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 05, 2014
Thirty-three-year-old Tani Jex Blake, mother of five, from Alberta, Canada, has written an open letter on Facebook, intended for the two men and a woman who mocked her for the stretch marks on her belly. The letter has gone viral, and has also made it to the headlines of all leading newspapers in Canada, and around the world.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 04, 2014
National Aeronautics and Space Administration has produced something(fuel) out of nothing(empty space), paving a way to the stars in the process.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Aug 04, 2014
An Australian couple abandoned their new born baby boy (Gammy) with his surrogate Thai mother when they discovered that the child has Down Syndrome. However, they took home his twin sister, who was born healthy.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 04, 2014
42-year-old Claudine Michelle Herewini, from Raetihi, was jailed for four years and eleven months after her son Antony Christensen was killed with a lethal dose of methadone that she had given him to cure his sore stomach.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 04, 2014
A recent study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz published in the journal Nature explained how the moon got its shape. The researchers examined the early effects of the earthly tidal forces on the satellite. According to the lead author Ian Garrick-Bethell, assistant professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz, the study provided insights into the early history of the moon, the evolution of its orbit, and its current orientation in the sky.
Sarah Thomas
Aug 04, 2014
Over 381 people have died after a fatally strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck in south-west China at 08:30:13.50 UTC on Sunday.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 04, 2014
Celebrities Who Switched to E-Cigarettes to Reduce Smoking: A Great Decision as Latest Study Confirms E-Cigarettes are Safer Than Conventional Ones. It can be your turn too.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 04, 2014
Over-consumption of alcohol in middle age can lead to memory loss and dementia in later life, said researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School in England. The study was published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 04, 2014
The instruments of Mars 2020 mission will be announced live on July 31 at the National Aeronautical and Space Administration's(NASA) television studio at the agency's headquarters at 300 E Street SW in Washington and on the organization's website.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Aug 01, 2014
Early Earth was most likely hit by giant asteroids, suggests a research through a computer simulation model based on a moon crater by an international team of researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Aug 01, 2014
The changes in global vegetation will be tracked with two new instruments, whose proposals have been selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It will be done from the International Space Station.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Aug 01, 2014