Designed to study the composition of the comet interior of Tempel, NASA's Deep Impact was launched on 2005. Till date Deep Impact has travelled a total of 4.2 billion miles.
One of the oldest evidence of the social behaviour in spiders has been trapped in a fossil that is110 million years old. The fossil of an ancient spider attack was discovered by the researchers from Orgeon State University. This is the only fossil that clearly depicts a spider attack on prey trapped...
Maternal depression is considered as a risk factor for the socioemotional and cognitive development of children. Mothers with depression are less likely to engage positively with their children. Maternal depression has consequences on the child's development.
Interested in learning a new language? It definitely isn't an easy task but has many benefits. According to a new Swedish study, learning new language at a very fast pace makes the brain grow.
Supermassive black holes are known to be present in the centers of all galaxies. In the most massive galaxies in the Universe they grow through violent collisions with other galaxies. And this ignites the formation of new stars and provided food for the black holes to devour.
A large 50 feet dead Finback Whale was found floating near Deer Island in Boston Harbor on Sunday. The officials are still clueless about cause of the death as this is rarity for the area.
Launched in 2010, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission that will observe Sun for over five years. It is part of the Living With a star program. SDO has now moved into its semi-annual eclipse season. During this the Earth blocks the telescope's view of the sun for a period of time each...
Scientists have discovered three new species of acorn worms belonging to the family of Torquaratoridae, ten years later when the first species of the family was found.
A new group of nerve cells acting as gatekeepers and regulate the process of learning and memory, has been detected. These nerve calls carry a receptor for nicotine that explains our ability to remember and sort information.
One of the common medical conditions worldwide is lung disease. Millions of people in the U.S. have lung disease. According to the Medline Plus, if all the types of lung diseases are clubbed together, it is the number three killer in the U.S as most of them go undetected.
First commercial cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station has finally lifted off. This part of NASA's commercial supply services after retiring the space shuttle program.
As one of the leading producers of the palm and palm kernel oil Indonesia accounts for more than 30 percent of the world's vegetable oil use that can also be biodiesel. Major expansion of Indonesia's oil palm plantation is occurring on the island of Borneo, also known as Kalimantan, which occupies a...
