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Mar 05, 2014 08:03 AM EST

NASA’s Hubble Spots Spiral Galaxy Being Ripped Apart [VIDEO]

A dramatic cosmic image captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals spiral galaxy ESO 137-001, in the southern constellation of Triangulum Australe, undergoing real violent changes as it is being ripped apart by.

Mar 05, 2014 06:57 AM EST

Study Decodes Mystery on 'Lost Years' of Newly Hatched Baby Sea Turtles

Researchers using satellite transmitters, mounted on the shell of young loggerhead sea turtles, for the first time have successfully tracked the mysterious journey of the newly hatched baby sea turtles.

Mar 05, 2014 05:35 AM EST

Huge Asteroid To Whizz Between Earth and Moon This Week

A huge 98-foot newly discovered asteroid is expected to fly by the blue planet on Wednesday, slightly closer than the moon's orbit. However this fly by does not pose any threat, the scientists say.

Mar 04, 2014 08:37 AM EST

USDA School Meal Standards Significantly Increased Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables

The USDA school meal standards has a impact on low income students as their consumption of fruits and vegetables increased, says a new finding discarding the criticism that new standards cause an increasing wastage of food.

Mar 04, 2014 08:19 AM EST

Low- Cost Clean Methanol from Carbon Dioxide Gets a Step Closer

An international research team have created a new catalyst that can be effectively used to produce low-cost, clean methanol from hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

Mar 04, 2014 07:58 AM EST

Injuries Related to Texting and Walking on a Rise, Study

It is known that texting while walking induces a safety risk, but distracted walking leads to more injuries per mile than distracted driving.

Mar 04, 2014 06:48 AM EST

Giant Active 30,000-Year-Old Virus Resurrected from Siberian Permafrost

A mysterious oval shaped giant virus trapped inside the Siberian permafrost for nearly 30,000 years, has finally been resurrected, according to a latest finding. The virus is found to be active.

Mar 03, 2014 07:45 AM EST

Pay $5 and Name a Mars Crater after Yourself

Uwingu, a start-up company, offers earthlings a brilliant opportunity to connect with space explorations by asking the internet users to name craters of Mars.

Mar 03, 2014 05:35 AM EST

Oscar 2014: 'Gravity' Receives Appreciation From NASA [VIDEO]

It was a spacey night at the 86th Academy Award as 'Gravity' scooped seven awards. NASA congratulates the cast and crew for dominating the night.

Mar 03, 2014 05:13 AM EST

Study on Jaw Mechanism OfferssClues on Feeding Habits of Early Tetrapod

A latest analysis conducted on the jaws of one of the earliest known limbed vertebrates, tetrapods, reveal that the species that evolved from fish fed under water and not on land.

Mar 03, 2014 04:53 AM EST

Stethoscopes are More Contaminated than the Physicians’ Hand

It is not just the human hands that harbour greater number of bacteria species as a latest study reveals that stethoscopes hold large bacteria colonies than the doctors' hand.

Mar 01, 2014 03:30 AM EST

A New Drug Promises to Improve Health and Longevity

Researchers of an experiment conducted on mice model discovered that activating a particular protein called Sirtuin (SIRT1) helps in improving health and longevity.