Three batches of polio vaccine have been contaminated with a dangerous type 2 virus, which may shred India’s “polio free” status. Since April 2016, polio type 2 vaccines have been retired around the world and children born after this date are exposed to health risks. The World Health Organization and the health ministry have started […]
A group of researchers has employed machine learning- a type of artificial intelligence able to analyze and sort large amounts of data. The A.I. was able to able to spot patterns of learning difficulties that were not previously observed by researchers. Lead members from the joint study made by the Medical Research Council and the
Since the world is getting warmer, there will be more head waves on the rise all over the world. More frequent and more intense, they can make your life hell during the summer and the hardest to be hit are the developing countries. That’s because they are positioned where heat waves are more extreme rather
A huge dinosaur that used to weigh approximately 13 tons and was able to crouch like a cat does now has just been discovered in the region that now falls under South Africa’s jurisdiction. Apparently, it is a new species, called Ledumahadi mafube in Sesotho – which is one of the 11 languages which are
If you want your kid to grow up with a sharp mind, it means that leaving them in front of gadgets think for too long is a no-no. The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (or more cleverly, the ABCD study) conducted by Canadian researchers had analyzed the data from the U.S. project which lasted ten
The United States’ mortality rate due to CVDs (cardiovascular diseases) declined by 41 percent in the last 15 years, but India is struggling with the CVDs as their rate rose by 34 percent based on a recent study which got published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The contributing factors towards heart
Samsung has been included in a lawsuit recently because a Galaxy Note 9 owned by a New York real estate agent has ignited in her purse. The real estate agent declared in the lawsuit that while using her Note 9 it got so hot she could not hold it, so she placed it in her
The asteroid we are talking about looks like a human skull when looked at from certain light conditions and it will fly by our planet just a bit after Halloween. This asteroid has a more professional name which is Asteroid 2015 TB145, and its nickname is “dead comet” which no longer has all of its
Japan’s space agency, JAXA, released a video on Twitter on Thursday showing how it looks like on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, which is located more than 200 million miles away from our planet. The video was taken by one of the two rovers that are at the moment placed on the asteroid. What
Flowering time is normally conditioned by environmental factors. A new study focused on the factors that induce flowering, as well as those who prevent premature flowering. UV-B is essential The plant used for the research was Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress), and the aim of the study was to understand flowering mechanisms. UV-B, an important component
