The module, called Tianhe (Harmony of the Heavens), launched on April 28, atop a Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch site, is now encircling the Earth. The National Natural Science Foundation revealed a four-year program is in place to try and work out if they could[Read More…]

A new report suggests consuming coffee may reduce the risk of heart disease, strokes, and early death. The study was featured at the annual European Society of Cardiology meeting last week. “To our knowledge, this is the largest study to systematically assess the cardiovascular effects of regular coffee consumption in[Read More…]

This year alone, 17 children have been the tragic victims of hot car deaths, having been trapped inside the car for too long with no a/c. Since 1990, more than a thousand children have lost their lives. But a new technology on the market is aiming to prevent these tragedies.[Read More…]

China’s Zhurong Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for frozen water that could provide clues as to whether it once supported life. China’s National Space Administration said on its website Friday that Zhurong completed its 90-day program on Aug. 15[Read More…]

Uzbek scientists have developed an edible vaccine against COVID-19 using raw tomatoes, which contain antibodies of coronavirus, the local TV channel Sevimli reported. “We introduced coronavirus into the plant cell by cloning. After the patient eats a “vaccinated tomato,” it enters the human body, and antibodies are released from the[Read More…]

Supportive social interactions in adulthood are important for your ability to stave off cognitive decline, a new study finds. In the study publishing August 16 in JAMA Network Open, researchers observed that simply having someone available most or all of the time whom you can count on to listen to you[Read More…]

Heavy duty N95 and KN95 masks are best at warding of COVID-19. Cloth face coverings filter only about 10 percent of exhaled aerosols, according to a new study. “The results show that a standard surgical and three-ply cloth mask … filter at apparent efficiencies of only 12.4% and 9.8%, respectively,” according[Read More…]

Eating a nutritious plant-based diet could slash the risk of heart disease by more than half, according to a pair of new studies. Researchers with the American Heart Association found that such diets significantly cut the risk of heart problems in both young adults and postmenopausal women. A 30-year study[Read More…]

Space agency NASA said that an asteroid named Bennu, which is as large as Empire State Building in New York could hit earth. However, this event is unlikely to happen till the 2100s. But, the probability of Bennu hitting earth between now and 2300 is one in 1750, while the[Read More…]

Coronavirus levels in people with the Delta variant may be similar regardless of whether or not they’ve been vaccinated – and it could have implications for infectiousness, early analysis suggests. Public Health England’s (PHE) said initial findings suggested “levels of virus in those who become infected with Delta having already[Read More…]