Iceland Sea Worm Video Is Hoax
Submitted by Justin Sorkin on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 10:23As per recent reports, it has been revealed that an amateur cameraman has shot a video of Iceland Sea Worm. The video has been shot by Hjörtur Kjerúlf at the glacier river Jökulsá í Fljótsdal in East Iceland. The video is getting many likes as there is a story attached with the worm.
Underwater Noises Cause Stress in Baleen Whales
Submitted by Aaron Ross on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 10:21It has been found by a team of researchers at New England Aquarium in Boston that whales in Bay of Fundy tend to be stressed because of sounds produced by ships. The stress is risking the whales further to be prone to various diseases.
SRC Calls for Financial Cushion for Access to TAVI Heart Valve Treatment
Submitted by Satish Karat on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 07:33Scots are marching for funds to operationalise the access of a life-saving heart treatment, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (Tavi), for patients suffering from aortic stenosis.
Curiosity to Go to Mars without 3D Lenses
Submitted by Ethan Oliveira on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 15:41NASA decided against plans to give Curiosity Mars rover a pair of 3D cameras since they do not have enough time test everything before Curiosity is set to launch to go to the red planet of Mars later in the year. Right now, Curiosity already has a pair of cameras made by Malin Space Science Systems, who were also working with James Cameron to come up with a suitable 3D lens model.
Big Quakes Trigger Small Regional Quakes, Not Other Large Quakes
Submitted by Mahesh Sharma on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 15:36A research team from the University of Texas and the Royal Geographic Survey examined data on earthquakes that have happened over the last 30 years. In all, they studied 205 big earth quakes with a magnitude of 7 or higher, and 25,222 moderate quakes with a magnitude between 5 and 7.
NASA’s 2010 funding levels adequate for third space shuttle mission this year
Submitted by Justin Sorkin on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 07:33According to a February 14 statement by NASA administrator Charles Bolden, if the US space agency continues to operate at 2010 funding levels as it has been doing, it will have enough money for a third – and, apparently, the last - space shuttle mission this year.
Government workers’ right of privacy restricted by Supreme Court
Submitted by Mahesh Sharma on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 15:29On Wednesday, the Supreme Court supported the use of personal background checks for scientists and many thousands of others who work under government contracts, ruling that questions about personal matters and drug use do not break their privacy rights under the Constitution.
Scientists decode genetic make-up of chocolate tree and woodland strawberry
Submitted by Mahesh Sharma on Mon, 12/27/2010 - 10:22An international team of scientists led by the French organisation CIRAD, have identified plants’ genes that could probably be responsible for flavour, aroma, nutritional value, and response to disease.
Study: People with a busy social life “have bigger amygdale”
Submitted by Davell Wilkins on Mon, 12/27/2010 - 08:34According to a interesting study, led by Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, US, people with bigger amygdala - a small almond-shaped body buried deep within the temporal lobe of the brain – have wider and more complex networks of friends and colleagues.
UK slashing capital spending in science and engineering by 41%
Submitted by Justin Sorkin on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 09:10According to reports, over and above the 10 percent real-terms cut announced by the Chancellor George Osborne during the scientific research spending review in October, the UK science funding bodies may have to absorb an additional 41 percent cut to their capital expenditure.











