SCIENCE & RESEARCH

Scientists decode outcome of unmitigated spread of COVID-19

3:17 pm December 9, 2020

Boston: Scientists have analysed the spread of COVID-19 among people in Manaus, Brazil, where more than 70 per cent of the population was infected within seven months of the novel coronavirus arriving in the city, findings which shed light on what may happen if the disease spreads unmitigated. Brazil has experienced one of the world’s […]

Scientists reverse age-related vision loss, eye damage from glaucoma in mice

2:44 pm December 3, 2020

Boston: Scientists have successfully restored vision in mice by turning back the clock to recapture the youthful function of the genes in their eyes, an advance which may set the stage for the treatment of various age-related diseases in humans. The proof-of-concept research, published in the journal Nature, also successfully reversed age-related vision loss in mice […]

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown

Astronauts head to launch site for SpaceX’s 2nd crew flight

11:57 pm November 8, 2020

Cape Canaveral: Four astronauts headed to Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX’s second crew launch, coming up next weekend. For NASA, it marks the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations at the International Space Station, with private companies providing the lifts. There will be double the number of astronauts as the test flight earlier this year, […]

‘Once in a Blue Moon’ on October 31

5:38 pm October 28, 2020

By Aditya Vikram Singh/New Delhi: THE ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ story will come to be true once again this Saturday when the world will witness the occurrence of the rare celestial wonder Blue Moon on October 31. Although this is a rare and good tiding for the excited and exalted sky-watchers, there is some […]

October to be a Blue Moon month

8:08 pm October 26, 2020

New Delhi: The phrase ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ is aptly suited to the month of October this year, which will witness the rare occurrence of a second full moon, called the ‘Blue Moon’, on Saturday. The usual monthly lunar phenomenon is that every month has one full moon and a new moon. However, there […]