In the latest discovery, scientists have located the microbes thriving thousands of feet beneath the seafloor. The findings have been published in a recent issue of "Nature". Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) describe how micro-organisms survive in rocks nestled in the lower oceanic crust.

The critter has been given a scientific name Ikaria Wariootia. Researchers led by geologists at the University of California (UC) Riverside have identified the critter as the first known bilaterian, an organism with a front and back, symmetrical sides and front and back openings with a gut in between.

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, claimed that the people may get infected with the coronavirus (Covid 19) via air and touching contaminated objects. The scientists found that the virus was detected in air for upto 3 hours. While it stuck to copper for four hours and up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.

A new study by the US researchers has clarified the speculations which claimed that the novel coronavirus was created in a laboratory and got leaked from a bio-warfare facility. They claimed that Covid-19 has natural origins.

The novel coronavirus that has killed more than 8000 people and has infected over 2 lakh people across the world can stay in air up to several hours and on the surface up to a couple of days, claimed a study.

There was a time when the Earth used to rotate faster than it does these days, resulting in 372 rotations per year, compared to the current 365. This means that the day used to last for only 23 and a half hour.

A London man has become the second patient who has been cured of HIV using stem cell transplant treatment, said doctors.

The study published in the Journal of Lipid Research has claimed that equivalent to two and a half glasses of orange juice a day can reverse obesity and also keeps the heart diseases away.

The observational studies have linked usage of marijuana to several cardiovascular risks, including stroke, arrhythmia and diseases that make it hard for the heart muscle to pump properly, said the researchers.

The time has come when parties and holidays will combine to give you enough reasons to grab a drink and have a great evening with your close ones. While some call themselves a casual drinker and some drink a little too much from the prescribed limit, blaming several other things for their act; here is a scientific explanation on why casual drinkers turn into a heavy drinkers.