Government officials have warned that the time has come to ensure the protection of right whales which might just be entering the endangered species list. Unless vital steps are taken to safeguard...
Mono Lake in California is three times saltier than the ocean. Not only does the lake is super salty, it contains toxic chemicals like sodium carbonate and borax. That makes it impossible for any...
A cap-like device that generates electric field appears to extend the life of patients with deadly brain tumor. While chemotherapy has proven to be an effective method to treat many types of...
Sepsis causes organ failure and eventually death in patients. So many people die in hospitals due to sepsis each year. A treatment for this deadly disease would thus be a boon for mankind.The only...
Venom from the funnel web spider can be employed to prevent brain damage due to strokes. When scientists were processing the DNA of this spider’s venom, they saw that it contained a compound that...
A group of superbugs known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) may have penetrated regions which were previously thought to be free of them.The study regarding this superbug was...
Paint cans swung into your face and bricks fell on top of your head and there was even a self-destroying commode in the mix. The booby traps laid by Macauley Culkin in the movie Home Alone were...
Climate change is to blame for a deadly glacier collapse this year in the once stable region of the Tibetan Plateau, says a study.On July 17, more than 70 million tonnes of ice broke off from the Aru...
Age old rashes that have scarred the faces of Egyptian mummies have been shown to be proof of the fact that small pox killed off a large segment of the population even earlier than 3000 years ago.An...
Those smokers who just light an occasional cigarette per day face risks way more than those who don’t go near the cancer stick. Cigarettes have been called coffin nails for a reason.They are deadly...