An extremely dangerous species of amoeba, Naegleria fowleri has been responsible for two incidents in the recent past, including a case of a 29-year-old man from New Jersey who died after he got infected by this amoeba in Texas. The case of a New Jersey man The first incident took place last month in Texas, […]
A new update to the Google Maps app has added a separate Commute tab. A host of new features will now help commuters to optimize their daily commute as they are now able to create custom routes to work, receive updated traffic reports and other quality-of-life improvements. The app now offers support for mixed-mode commutes,
The first patch for Forza Horizon 4 is now live, addressing a host of issues and performance problems, while also fixing many of the issues reported by players. One of the most pressing problems was a frequent graphics bug where changing MSA from 2x to 4x will lead to LOD render issues, and the only
As Hudson Pinheiro and Luiz Rocha, two ichthyologists with the California Academy of Sciences who just discovered a new species of fish, were diving underwater, they did not see a huge 10-foot shark that was just above their heads. The video showing this event was taken by their safety officer. A new species of fish
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
