Every kid dreams of his/her birthday during their childhood. Most consider their birthdays as the most exciting event of the year. What presents will we get? What plans have been made? What flavour will the cake be? But as we get older, we start to dread the very thought of them more and more each
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Los Angeles: Researchers have provided new estimates for how the Earth generates a magnetic field around it based on processes happening within the liquid portion of its mantle, a finding that may lead to a better understanding of the planet’s early history. According to the researchers, including those from the University of California (UC) San
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Washington: Ultrasmall particles of the most commonly used plastics tend to move through the water supply, especially in fresh water, settle out in wastewater treatment plants, or end up as sludge in landfills, according to a study that may lead to new guidelines for water purification. The study, published in the journal Water Research, examined
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Washington, Mar 17: A team led by an Indian-origin scientist has developed a camera that does not require focusing, by using a single lens about one-thousandth of an inch thick. The advance could enable thinner smartphone cameras, improved and smaller cameras for biomedical imaging such as endoscopy, and more compact cameras for automobiles, the researchers
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London: While people worldwide are looking for ways to avoid the rapidly spreading corona outbreak, scientists in London are looking for a few good men and women who are willing to get infected along with a pay of $4,500 which amounts to RS. 3,33,000. As part of a global effort to find a vaccine for
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Washington: Music may decrease delirium, a form of acute brain failure with no effective treatment that especially affects patients on ventilators in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to a study that may lead to new ways of supporting those with the condition. The study, published in the journal American Journal of Critical Care, noted
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London: Hyenas left Africa about the same time when prehistoric humans left the continent for the first time about two million years ago, according to a study that may help better understand how large animals historically moved across the planet. In the study, published in the journal Science Advances, scientists sequenced the complete genomes from
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Baby steps are the cutest. We tumble, we fall but it reminds us that we get up every time we fall. Video of a baby elephant attempting to take his first steps is winning the heart of netizens. Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan shared this heartwarming video with the caption, “The first steps of
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Buenos Aires, Mar 16: Argentine researchers have announced the discovery of fossilized skin on the remains of the wing of a 43-million-year-old penguin on Marambio Island in the Antarctic. The fossil was actually discovered during a research mission in 2014. The fossil was then studied at the La Plata Museum by Argentine paleontologist Carolina Acosta
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With instances from the past predicting corona virus well in advance here is a tweet from 2013 that has left the netizens shocked. The resurfaced tweet predicted the novel coronavirus outbreak seven years ago and was posted by a user with the handle Marco_Acortes. The user posted the tweet on June 3, 2013 and wrote,
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