Religion and astronomy may not overlap often, but a new NASA X-ray image captures a celestial object that resembles the “Hand of God.” The hand was produced when a star exploded and ejected an enormous cloud of material, which NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, glimpsed in high-energy X-rays, shown in blue in the photo. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory had imaged the green and red parts previously, using lower-energy […]
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The hot summer in the UK provided a much-needed boost for wildlife with butterflies, moths and grasshoppers all thriving, the National Trust says. The warm weather also led to an explosion of berries, nuts and seeds. The trust’s Matthew Oates said 2013 was “one of the most remarkable wildlife years in living memory”. But it said a cold, late spring meant badgers and hedgehogs did not have their usual quantity […]
This High-Tech Squad Car Has Just as Much Brains as It Does Brawn To the untrained eye, it looks like almost any other New York Police Department cruiser combing the city’s streets—but this squad car has just as much brains as it does brawn. It is the department’s prototype “smart car,” outfitted with the latest gadgets in public safety. It has two infrared monitors mounted on the trunk that record […]
Suste Bonnen was given access to Copenhagen University Hospital Respected Danish photographer captures moment baby is given to mother Ms Bonnen followed 22 caesarean operations on the maternity ward ‘Bloody and gory’ images are ‘testimony to the magical wonder of life’ Warning: Graphic content A photographer has captured the wondrous, miraculous moment of birth – in all its raw and unglamourised glory. Taken before a mother has seen her baby […]
Reindeer are featured on Christmas cards and in movies worldwide this time of year, galloping across the sky with Santa’s sleigh in tow. But on Europe’s northern fringe, the migratory mammals are part of everyday life all year round as they roam the fells of Lapland – the Arctic homeland of the indigenous Sami people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and northwest Russia. Here are some interesting things you may […]
DNA analysis of early human remains from a Siberian cave has revealed the existence of a mystery human species. A team of researchers speculates that this could have been Homo erectus, which lived in Europe and Asia a million years ago or more. Meanwhile, the researchers report that they have also obtained the most complete DNA sequence ever from a Neanderthal. Details of the work appear in Nature journal. Finds […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS European Space Agency’s Gaia has been tasked with making a 3D map of the Milky Way Telescope so sensitive that makers say it could measure a human thumbnail from Moon One of Gaia’s objectives is to help in hunt for exoplanets Mission applauded for building up most accurate charts of the cosmos What do you need to map a billion stars? A billion-pixel camera certainly helps. Scientists hope […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Man cut off hand at work and searched for a surgeon for 7 hours The surgeon attached it to his calf where there was a good blood supply There have been about 20 such successful operations in all of China A worker operating a machine in a family workshop in China accidentally cut off his hand — which doctors were able to save by grafting it onto his […]
Ayurveda emphasizes preventative and healing therapies along with various methods of purification and rejuvenation. Ayurveda is more than a mere healing system, it is a science and art of appropriate living which helps to achieve longevity. It can also guide every individual in the prevention of disease and long term maintenance of health. To achieve this balanced state of body, mind and consciousness,Ayurveda prescribes Panchakarma Therapy for the cleansing of body […]
