90% Decline in Starfish Population Due to Wasting Disease in Oregon
Submitted by Kunal Garg on Wed, 05/11/2016 - 12:16Oregon has recorded death of up to 90% of starfish due to wasting disease from June to August 2014. Since then, it has been two years and the starfish population is constantly under danger in Oregon. However, amidst it all there is a ray of optimism as Oregon and Northern California researchers have found abundance of droves of young starfishes coming to shores.
Flight times across Atlantic to be impacted by alterations to jet stream caused by climate change, research suggests
Submitted by Jitendra Tiwari on Thu, 02/11/2016 - 09:47
Published on Wednesday, a latest study suggested that flight times throughout the Atlantic are going to be impacted by changes in the jet stream, caused due to climate change.
Generating Up-scaled Reactions, Hunt Denied Return by UCL for his ‘Sexist’ Comments
Submitted by Sumit Yayavar on Sat, 06/27/2015 - 05:08
Barely would have Tim Hunt imagined that his casual comment on women's place in a laboratory will leash such far-fetched reactions. The Nobel Prize-winners comments which have been tagged as 'sexist', have now invited action from the University College London (UCL) which has blocked Hunt's return.
Space X makes a Third Attempt to Land Falcon 9 Rocket on Drone Ship
Submitted by Sumit Yayavar on Sat, 06/27/2015 - 05:07
SpaceX is again ready with its Falcon 9 Rocket, in its third attempt to return and land the rocket on a barge-like boat in the Atlantic Ocean. The previous two attempts to land the rocket on water have been unsuccessful.
Research Links Glacial Earthquakes to Movements of Massive Icebergs
Submitted by Sumit Yayavar on Sat, 06/27/2015 - 01:38
The seismic activity on the Greenland ice sheet stands unveiled, as the researchers have attributed this glacial quake to breaking of massive mass of ice which can be as huge as 4 kilometers in length.
New Research claims that Kangaroos Are Lefties
Submitted by Sumit Yayavar on Sat, 06/20/2015 - 06:38Kangaroos and other marsupials are predominantly lefties, that is, they are partial with their left limbs, as compared to right ones. This has been proved in a study published on Thursday in the journal Current Biology.
Extending beyond human beings, handedness now exits even in primates. The study particularly studies the motor behaviour of kangaroos and other marsupials. Marsupials are animals that carry their underdeveloped young ones in pouches in their bodies.
