Archive for the ‘Science’ Category

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded that the top weather department official in Goa be booked for murder for not issuing timely warnings to fishermen, 68 of whom lost their lives due to Cyclone Phyan. They demanded the immediate removal of Goa station in-charge of the Indian Meteorological Observatory (IMO) K.V. Singh for putting the lives of thousands of fishermen at risk due to the ... Full story

Congressman Priya Krishna wins the Govindrajnagar by-poll elections defeating his rival from the BJP, Murzai Minister V Somanna. Krishna won by a huge margin of 5,239 votes. The 25 year old Krishna, a debutant in politics has drubbed his rival, the 59 year old, ... Full story

India’s first moon mission Chandrayan-I, has lost a major sensor and may meet a premature end, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) sources said on Friday. ISRO launched its formidable mission of Chandrayan in October 2008 from the Satish Dhavan Space Center in Shriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Chandrayan was predicted to have a two-year life span. According to ISRO Chief G. Madhavan Nair, the mission lost a vital sensor ... Full story

Snoring due sleep apnea may impair brain function in a much worse way than previously thought, according to a new study. Sufferers of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) experience similar changes in brain biochemistry as people who have had a severe stroke or who are dying, the research shows. OSA is caused by obstruction of the airway, a disorder characterised by pauses in breathing during sleep. A study by ... Full story

As per the old saying, “ Old water should flow away and the new should replace it”. In the same way, the cable network has been challenged very strongly and with great efficiency by DTH or direct to home service. As far as the cultural invasion is concerned, we are not only affected by the European culture and life-style, but also by their technical developments. ... Full story

London, Jan 8 (IANS) A giant wind farm turbine in Britain was “wrecked” by a mystery aircraft - probably an alien spacecraft, a tabloid reported Thursday.The Sun said the turbine at Conisholme in eastern England lost a 66-feet blade and had another badly damaged at 4 a.m. Sunday - after locals spotted strange lights streaking towards the 290-foot-high generator. Local UFO groups said they had many ... Full story

Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) As if global warming was not alarming in itself, add one more sinister threat to the list — mercury pollution.It has already spurred public health officials to advise eating less fish, but it could become a more pressing concern in a warmer world. Sue Natali, postdoctoral associate in botany at the University of Florida in a paper she co-authored compared mercury levels ... Full story

Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) Scientists taking a leaf out of the social sciences are trying to read signs from nature to know whether they presage potential collapse of ecosystems. The idea of using leading indicators in science is not new. Geologists use seismic indicators to try to predict earthquakes and physicians use measures of such things as cholesterol and blood pressure to try to predict ... Full story

Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) Big volcanic eruptions cooled the tropics over the past 450 years, an effect masked by rising global temperatures, says a new study.Scientists already agree that large eruptions have lowered temperatures at higher latitudes in recent centuries, because volcanic particles reflect sunlight back into space. For instance, 1816, the year following the massive Tambora eruption in Indonesia, became known as “The Year Without ... Full story

Washington, Jan 3 (DPA) When the Spirit rover landed on Mars five years ago, no one expected it or its sister rover Opportunity to make it to their first birthdays, let alone their fifth.The rovers had predicted life spans of just 90 days, but instead US space agency NASA this month marks the fifth anniversary of the mission that is still going strong. Spirit landed Jan ... Full story