Brain Teasers

Third-hand Smoke Accumulated On Surfaces Can Trigger Skin Diseases, Study Warns

Cigarette smoke is bad for you, even if it’s someone else’s smoke. Not just first-hand smoke, we all are already aware of the risks of inhaling someone else’s ‘second-hand’ smoke. When someone smokes a cigarette,…

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Scientists Produce Nano-diamonds Out Of Cheap PET Plastics Using Laser Flashes

Diamonds are valued for their rarity. Although formed billions of years ago, very few survive the arduous journey from deep within the Earth’s crust to reach the earth’s surface. But more than a billion miles…

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Lab-Grown Human Heart Could Help Better Understand Cardiovascular Diseases and Potential Treatments

The University of Toronto Engineering researchers have grown a miniature model of the left ventricle of the human heart. Researchers developed it using living heart cells and guess what? It also beats and even pumps…

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Japan is developing “artificial gravity living facilities” for Space

Japan’s Kyoto University researchers are developing gravity-defying habitats to be used on the Moon and Mars. The proposal also includes key technologies for their transportation system. There is no shortage of space habitat ideas. In…

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe ‘Touched’ the Sun and Sent Back Incredible New Footage

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has become the first to “touch the sun.” It is a revolutionary achievement for the solar probe that was launched more than three years back. Solar Probe flew through the star’s upper atmosphere…

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Moon’s Surface Has Enough Oxygen to Sustain 8 Billion Humans for 100,000 Years

Humans need oxygen to survive but the Moon doesn’t have an atmosphere or air for humans to breathe. However, according to a new study, the Moon’s surface actually has plenty of oxygen to keep 8…

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‘Ultrafast’ Camera Can Film 3-D Movies at 100 Billion Frames per Second

In big breakthrough researchers at The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a camera capable of capturing ultrafast video in three dimensions. It can shoot videos at up to 100 billion frames in the…

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Mysterious Space Signal from Space Fires Back Up On Predicted Schedule

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are a highly energetic burst of radio waves that last just a few milliseconds and come from far beyond our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists are not sure about the reason behind…

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‘Interplanetary Cargo Ship’ Will Bring Mars Rocks to Earth

NASA‘s Perseverance rover launched on 30th July has a mission to bring back first-ever rock samples from Mars. Their goal is to search for signs of ancient life on the distant planet. NASA and the…

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Astronauts On Mars Mission Will Use Lasers To Communicate With Earth

NASA is developing the capabilities needed to send humans to the red planet in the 2030s. NASA is building a huge dish in California that will allow Mars astronauts to communicate with Earth by making…

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