Black holes have always been a field of high affinity for science enthusiasts. They are one of those spectacular phenomena wherein even the fastest and strongest of all energy, light cannot escape it. Once trapped inside, even light cannot resist and make its way back out of the dark hole. This very reason of not letting light out makes...
A long time ago, a mysterious object sent a seriously shiny burst of radio waves into space. They travelled across the universe, past galaxies and clouds of gas and who knows what else. The radio source was first detected on the Arecibo radio telescope when astronomers happened to be watching. A team of astronomers announced on Wednesday (04.01.17) at...
The marine world is a package of mystery. Once lost, it is very difficult to find the thing. And, with the missing of a species, it becomes even more tiresome to search this large water body that covers more than 70% of the Earth. Recently, the oldest known killer whale went missing.
The killer whale orca called Granny, is missing from...
According to a new study, transferring two embryos during the process of IVF can lessen the possibility of conceiving by more than a quarter if one of the embryos is not in good health.
A study was done on almost 1,500 embryos that were implanted in females of all age groups. It revealed that placing back an embryo in good...
Man has been exploiting several resources for need and greed. The world's smallest elephants have now succumb to this greed.
The smallest elephants, also known as the pygmy elephants are baby-faced with oversized ears, plump bellies and long cute tails. These gentle-natured elephants have now become the target for the illegal ivory traders.
Borneo, the largest island in Asia is no longer...
The astronomy pioneer, NASA is once again making news, now with its Mars expedition scheduled for 2020. Recent claims by NASA in fixing the best landing location for the Rover to be launched in 2020 is making news among science enthusiasts all over the world. In 2015 when the mission began to send Rover to the Red Planet, NASA...
NASA's Curiosity rover has been creating ripples of curiosity since its launch in 2011. This noted successful mission is facing some technical problems from the start of this month.
Curiosity Mars rover has been taking pictures, analyzing samples, tracking weather and drilling rocks as a part of the mission. Earlier this month, scientists recognized some technical problem with a motor...
Every time we grab our raincoats to shield ourselves from the downpour, we need to thank one person, Charles Macintosh. This day, we celebrate his 250th birth anniversary.
Charles Macintosh, the famous chemist and inventor of modern raincoat was born on 29 December 1766, in Glasgow. Initially while working as a clerk he developed an interest in chemistry. The interest...
UK has recently lost its 90% of Ash trees due to an infection 'Ash Dieback'. This has led to great environmental loss and has posed a threat to the environment of Britain. A similar kind of devastation caused the death of 30 million elms in 1970 due to Dutch Elm disease.
Scientists have isolated the genes of these trees and...
As 2016 comes to its end, its time to look back about scintillating science facts discovered this year. About a score of them went on to become more popular, and here are they:
25 BREATH-TAKING SCIENCE FACTS OF THE YEAR
Fact 1: 1st written record demonstrating the 'Laws of Friction' was found after 500 years from Leonardo da Vinci's "irrelevant scribbles". He...
