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Simple lifestyle changes can improve your eyesight, experts says. (Photo: Pixabay)

Price tag on gene therapy for rare form of blindness: $850K

The injectable treatment from Spark Therapeutics can improve the eyesight of patients with a rare genetic mutation.

4 Jan 2018 8:28 AM IST

Under a full moon, risk of fatal motorcycle crash is high. (Photo: Pixabay)

A rare phenomenon: Witness a Blue Moon' lunar eclipse after 150 years

This rare natural phenomenon is expected to take place on 31st January,2018.

3 Jan 2018 4:06 PM IST

NASAs new tech can boost wheat yield by three times in space

NASA's new tech can boost wheat yield by three times in space

The world's first -"Speed Breeding-" technique can boost the production by three-times in Space.

3 Jan 2018 11:36 AM IST

The passengers onboard the Airbus A330 got to enjoy their New Year twice simply by flying to a different countryacross the date line.

Hawaiian Airlines' HA446 did a time travel from 2018 to 2017

The airplane took off from New Zealand in 2018 and landed in Honolulu in 2017.

2 Jan 2018 3:09 PM IST

a Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket carrying the Meteor M satellite and additional 18 small satellites lifts off from the launch pad at the new Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. (Photo: AP)

Russia says satellite launch failure due to programming error

Russian space agency Roscosmos said that it had lost contact with the newly-launched weather satellite.

1 Jan 2018 8:36 PM IST

Chandrayaan-II would be launched during March-April 2018, by using a Geosynchronous Satellite launch vehicle.

Isro's 2nd Moon mission set for March-April 2018

Chandrayaan-II' would be launched during March-April 2018, by using a Geosynchronous Satellite launch vehicle.

31 Dec 2017 8:07 AM IST

The file photo, shows a starfish clings to a rock near Haystack Rock during low tide in Cannon Beach, Ore. Starfish are making a comeback on the West Coast, four years after a mysterious syndrome killed millions of them. From 2013 to 2014, Sea Star Wasting Syndrome hit sea stars from British Columbia to Mexico. Now the species is rebounding with sea stars being spotted in Southern California tide pools and elsewhere, the Orange County Register reported. (Photo: AP)

Starfish making comeback after syndrome killed millions

From 2013 to 2014, Sea Star Wasting Syndrome hit sea stars from British Columbia to Mexico.

30 Dec 2017 9:57 AM IST

a Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket carrying the Meteor M satellite and additional 18 small satellites lifts off from the launch pad at the new Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. (Photo: AP)

Russian space experts regain control of 1st Angola satellite

The Russian-built satellite successfully entered a designated orbit after launch from the Baikonur pad in Kazakhstan.

30 Dec 2017 9:43 AM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX-launched Iridium satellites functioning normally

Some users also took to social media to suggest that the glow made the rocket look like a UFO', with hashtag #aliens...

28 Dec 2017 8:42 AM IST

Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death globally, killing 17.7 million people in 2015.

Chinese firm clones gene-edited dog

Scientists study dog to find possible cure for Atherosclerosis, a heart condition.

27 Dec 2017 6:57 AM IST

80% of processed foods have sugar in them which is also used as preservative.

Sugar chemicals can fight auto-immune disorders

The present line of drugs which are available work towards reducing the impact or halting it but have their own...

26 Dec 2017 1:41 AM IST

Science Says: Are poinsettias poisonous? Some holiday truths

Science Says: Are poinsettias poisonous? Some holiday truths

Are snowflakes really pure as the driven snow? Here's what science says about some of them.

25 Dec 2017 5:37 PM IST