An icy comet is all set to zoom past earth on January 17. Comet Catalina, also known as C/2013 US10, will be visible in the dark sky with a pair of binoculars. Astronomers call it a one time opportunity as will speed past our planet on its long journey into deep space.
A new study has shown that healthy labelled foods might be making people fatter rather than helping them lose some weight.
An architect has revealed brilliant plans of making the world’s first ever underwater skyscraper. As per the plans the extraordinary 'oceanscrapers' can hold about 20,000 people, who can live and work inside them.
Jackson, director of nursing and patient services at the Thomson Student Health Center, said that the number of students given vaccination this year was far higher than any other previous year.
Reports showed that in the previous year, the numbers of students who received vaccination were quite low i.e. only 236 of 31,080 students. The vaccination was given at the student health center.
Though the concept was known to all, scientists for the first time have found definitive evidence to conclude that crows, similar to human beings, use tools to gather food and at times even to entertain themselves. The scientists recorded the act in videos through specially invented crow tailcam. In the footage, New Caledonian crows can be seen making tools in the wild.
Scientists since long have been baffled by snails called slipper limpets. These creatures begin their life as male and later in their life they change their sex to females. But findings of a new study suggest that researchers have found an answer to this change.
The deaths from Alzheimer’s have been exploding in the US, so Hillary Clinton is willing to highlight the issue of curing the disease for the women and minority voters, who are disproportionately vulnerable to developing it.
According to study, large animals’ extinction from tropical forests can possibly make climate change worse because such animals are essential in dispersing dense wood trees which are more successful at carbon dioxide capturing and storing from the atmosphere as compared to tinier trees.
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In a statement released on Monday, electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors said that the delays being faced by the company in delivering its new Model X crossovers are a result of the company's own "hubris."
Revealing that the number of...
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German drugmaker Merck said that its experimental cancer medicine evofosfamidehas failed in the last stage of clinical tests due to which it won't seek regulatory approval for its treatment.
On Monday, Darmstadt, Germany-based Merck said...
In a move which underscores Facebook's apparent efforts...
In an announcement made in Beijing, China, Thursday...
During the course of a keynote address at the GPU...
Bigwig US grocer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has revealed in a...
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