• Another reason to eat chocolate: it may cure your cough

    Not everyone needs a reason to eat chocolate. But it’s always nice to know there are valid health reasons that support this pleasure. Even then, it’s no excuse to understand which type of chocolate has the most health benefits value.A December 2012 UK study with 300

  • Cometary panspermia – Traces of life found inside meteorite

    Researchers claim that a meteorite which disintegrated and fell in Sri Lanka in December last year bears evidence of extra-terrestrial life. A joint research by scientists from UK and Sri Lanka led to discovery of fossilized algae in samples of a large meteorite,

  • Astronomers explore NGC 6872, declare it largest known spiral galaxy

    NGC 6872 is a barred spiral galaxy 212 million light years away from Earth in the southern constellation Pavo. With its exceptionally large spiral arms, it spans more than 522,000 light-years, making it more than five times the size of our Milky Way galaxy. For

  • Active volcanoes in the world: January 9 – January 15, 2013

    New unrest has been noticed around 5 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 9 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from January 9 – January 15, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.New activity/unrest: | Copahue,

  • ESA mulling over an ‘Asteroid deflection mission’, seeks ideas

    The thought of asteroid impact on Earth is intimidating – one that’s connected with catastrophic devastation in past and have always been a hot topic for fictional stories. Though space agencies are continuously watching the sky in search of potential future impact

  • Plastic logic reveals paper-thin flexible tablet computer

    Plastic Logic, Queen’s University and Intel® labs have collaboratively developed a flexible plastic computer tablet. Its called PaperTab, looks and feels just like a sheet of paper. It is fully interactive and flexible with a  high-resolution 10.7” plastic

  • NASA’s Kepler telescope finds four planets in ‘habitable zone’

    In a continuing hunt for Earth-like planets, NASA’s Kepler space telescope recently announced the discovery of four potential new planets in their Sun’s “habitable zone” among 461 planet candidates discovered by the telescope. These four potential new planets are

  • LEON – microchips designed by ESA for future space missions

    In an attempt to become self-reliant, ESA designed LEON series microprocessor chips for their future space missions. Engineered to operate within spacecraft computers, withstand extreme conditions during launch and in space, manufacturing was done Atmel in France

  • Active volcanoes in the world: January 2 – January 8, 2013

    New unrest has been noticed around 8 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 11 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from January 2 – January 8, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.New activity/unrest: | Alaid, Kuril

  • NASA considering an ‘asteroid return mission’

    We have seen wonders of NASA in past; Curiosity rover’s rendezvous for instance, was really a thrilling experience not only for NASA; but for science enthusiasts all over the world. Sources say NASA is now considering a plan for an “Asteroid return mission” to drag a