A genetic disorder, in layman’s terms, is a serious medical condition triggered by irregularities in the genome (gene) which can either be hereditary (inherited from parents) or caused by new alterations to the DNA. They can be divided into...
Leonardo da Vinci may have had an eye disorder called intermittent exotropia. It occurs irregularly and somewhat controllable. This may have given Leonardo an unprecedented ability to capture things on the flat canvas. Many famous artists have...
The density, or more precisely the volumetric mass density, of a substance is its mass per unit volume (denoted in kg/m3). In space, the densest object observed till date is a neutron star — the collapsed core of a massive star with a mass...
The Chinese space administration (CNSA) is neither the oldest nor the biggest space agency in the world but it’s about to achieve a feat that has been accomplished only by few in the past; establishing a fully functional global navigation...
A new theoretical model explains how did water come to Earth. Water on Earth may not have solely came from asteroid matter. Nearly 2% of Earth’s water originated from the solar nebula. The origin of water is a longstanding enigma...
New study links paternal age to birth risks. The risk is directly proportional to the age of the father: the older he is, the higher the risk. Babies born to fathers older than 35 are at a greater risk of adverse birth outcomes like seizures and...
Researchers found a new family of fish that resided in the ocean at the same time as the dinosaurs. They had sharp and pointed teeth like piranhas, which they used to chew off flesh from other fishes. Paleontologists continuously seek for...
In the next three decades, the air conditioning units will increase by almost 400% worldwide. This will contribute to hundreds of billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. By 2100, the use of air conditioners alone will increase the...
Between 1991 and 2016, Earth’s ocean absorbed 150 times more heat energy than the energy produced by humans as electricity annually. Oceans took up nearly 13 zettajoules of heat energy every year. Earth has more than 332,519,000 cubic miles...
In 2017 alone, Bitcoin emitted 69 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. If Bitcoin continues to grow at the same rate as other technologies, it could produce enough carbon dioxide emissions to push global warming above 2°C within 30 years. In...