Rare link between black hole and gas cloud in Milky Way discovered, scientists say their 'heartbearts' are synced
Researchers are still puzzled over how exactly does the microquasar drive the 'heartbeat' of the gas cloud
Aug 18, 2020
How does warming, acidic ocean affect marine life? Study suggests commercial fish population likely to dwindle
Climate change could destabilize this marine food web by allowing certain species to dominate the oceans while sending others towards depletion
Aug 18, 2020
Los Angeles Unified School District announces Covid-19 tests for 600,000 students and staff to safely reopen
Along with contact tracing, the program will also investigate the impacts and effects of reopening
Aug 18, 2020
Ways to detect nano-plastics in human organs developed as scientists raise health concerns over plastic pollution
Previously, scientists found traces of microplastics in human poop, confirming that they are now entering our bodies
Aug 17, 2020
Mauritius oil spill: More than 1,000 tonnes leak into sea as ship splits into two, fuels environmental crisis
On July 25, a Japanese ship named MV Wakashio ran aground after hitting the coral reef at Pointe d'Esny, off the southeastern coast of Mauritius
Aug 17, 2020
Big pharma spent nearly $250 million lobbying for government's $3 trillion Covid-19 fund package, says study
Congress has approved a package of $3 trillion for Covid-19 relief assistance, making it the largest in US history
Aug 17, 2020
Placing vegetarian food 1 meter ahead of meat can help restaurants boost sale of climate-friendly food: Study
The strategy can help address two issues: climate change and public health crisis, according to researchers from Cambridge University
Aug 15, 2020
Alien-hunting observatory seen in 1997 movie 'Contact' damaged, left with a 100-foot hole in mysterious accident
250 of the observatory's primary reflector dish panels were compromised, along with several support cables underneath the dish
Aug 15, 2020
Fauci's 'Plan D': US to manufacture coronavirus strain to use in human challenge trials to speed up vaccines
Human challenge trials involve injecting a group of healthy and young volunteers with a potential vaccine and then deliberately infecting them with a coronavirus strain
Aug 15, 2020
Amazon records over 10,000 fires in first 10 days of August, the highest it has seen in a decade: Analysis
Experts worry the 2020 fire season could be catastrophic
Aug 14, 2020
Why did red supergiant Betelgeuse dim last year mysteriously? 'Traumatic outburst' could be the reason: NASA
The Hubble space telescope has given scientists a peek into the past, allowing them to reconstruct the events that led up to the dimming
Aug 14, 2020
WHO says Covid-19 does not appear to spread through contaminated food as China and New Zealand investigate it
The statement comes after China found traces of the virus on imported meat products
Aug 14, 2020
How did woolly rhinos go extinct in Ice Age? Study suggests climate change, not overhunting, was likely culprit
The woolly rhinos likely went extinct because they were ill-equipped to tolerate the rapid increase in temperature, say researchers
Aug 13, 2020
Microplastics can carry dangerous pathogens into oceans but unclear if they may cause disease outbreaks: Study
Researchers raise questions on whether microbes carried by microplastics threaten the fish farming industry, which has played an instrumental role in improving global food security
Aug 13, 2020
Masks could be the 'new normal' and you must know these dos and don'ts when using them, says US medical body
A mask is not always comfortable but for the foreseeable future, the benefits outweigh the discomfort, the Association of American Medical Colleges has said
Aug 13, 2020
Young stable galaxy detected by scientists contradicts theories suggesting that early galaxies were chaotic
Theories have suggested that the universe was created from chaos, with gas swirling around and powerful explosions
Aug 12, 2020
California's San Andreas hit by swarm of earthquakes, raising concerns over bigger quakes within seven days
The most likely scenario, according to the US Geological Survey, is that none of the quakes will exceed the magnitude of 5.4
Aug 12, 2020
Covid-19 deaths could take a toll on surviving family members, African-Americans may suffer the most: Study
Some models predict that 190,000 Americans will die from Covid-19 and if the estimate holds, nearly 1.7 million will experience the death of a close relative
Aug 12, 2020
Scientists invent smart electricity-storing bricks from ordinary ones, may offer emergency lighting in future
Helping turn ordinary bricks into energy-storing ones is PEDOT — poly polystyrene sulfonate — a polymer that stores and conducts electricity
Aug 11, 2020
Dwarf planet Ceres in Mars-Jupiter asteroid belt could be hiding saltwater reservoir below surface: NASA study
The discovery was made possible by Dawn spacecraft which scanned the planet by flying 35 kilometers above the surface
Aug 11, 2020