NASA probe obtains best views of Saturn`s unique six-sided jet stream
Washington – NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has obtained the highest-resolution movie yet of a unique six-sided jet stream, dubbed as the hexagon, around Saturn’s North Pole. Spanning about 20,000 miles (30,000 kilometers) across, the hexagon is a wavy jet stream of 200-mile-per-hour winds... read more »
Fatherless kids more likely to grow up aggressive
Washington – While it is well known that mothers play an important role in the upbringing of their child, a new study has shown that the absence of a father during critical growth periods, leads to impaired social and behavioral abilities in adults. The study from the Research Institute of... read more »
Soon, diagnostic pill that could help detect stomach cancer
Washington – Researchers have developed a tiny capsule that could carry out a chemical analysis of the contents of one’s stomach and identify presence of so-called “occult” blood at very low levels. Hongying Liu, Panpan Qiao, Xueli Wu, Lan Zhu, Xitian Pi and Xiaolin Zheng of Chongqing... read more »
Scientists unraveling mysteries of Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts
Washington – Researchers are unraveling the longstanding mysteries surrounding the Van Allen radiation belts that circle Earth. The discovery used measurements taken by a University of New Hampshire-led instrument on board NASA’s Van Allen Probes twin spacecraft to reveal that the... read more »
Webber to team up with Eric Bana for Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race
Brisbane – Newly-retired Formula One driver Mark Webber has said that he will share his Porsche with Australian movie star Eric Bana when he will contest his first Bathurst 12 Hour... read more »
CIA recruited Guantanamo Bay suspects to spy on al-Qa’ida leaders post 9/11
London – The CIA turned some terror suspects, who were rounded up and delivered to the Guantanamo Bay military prison Cuba in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, into double agents. The... read more »
Mamata blames huge debt for poor revenue in WB
Had it not been for the huge interest being paid to the Centre on loans taken by the erstwhile Left Front government, large-scale employment would have been possible in West Bengal, Chief... read more »
Maruti recalls 1,492 units of Ertiga, Swift, Dzire, A-Star
The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday said it will recall 1,492 units of Ertiga, Swift, Dzire and A-Star models produced in October this year to rectify a... read more »
What women look for in `ideal partner` revealed!
Melbourne – The things that women look for in an ideal partner have been revealed. Research has revealed that modern women are looking for a “multidimensional man”, who knows and cares... read more »
