Month: August 2019

Burevestnik, Nyonoksa, Rosatom, Rosatomflot, Serebryanka, radiation, nuclear cruise missile, Skyfall, KY30, Murmansk, Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk, nuclear security, The Barents Observer, Barents Sea, ramjet engine, nuclear fuel, radioactive waste, gamma rays, radiation poisoning, iodine, Chernobyl, New START Treaty, nuclear science,

Russia Admits Nuclear Workers Involved in Explosion That Killed 5, Spiked Radiation

Tom Balmforth and Maria Kiselyova 11/08/2019

Data shows radiation levels had risen 20 times above...

Kerala-floods

Kerala Flood Death Toll Rises to 59, 1.65 Lakh Evacuated

Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to tour the...

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Maharashtra Floods: Water Receding in Kolhapur and Sangli, Relief Works Continue

The operation to evacuate the flood-hit areas is going...

Albert Einstein, general theory of relativity, gravitational lensing, Fritz Zwicky, Hubble constant, expansion of the universe, Sjur Refsdal, Orest Chwolson, Arthur Eddington, active galactic nuclei, black hole, Type Ia supernovae, Palomar Transient Factory,

How Astronomers Use Ginormous Natural Lenses to Study Distant Space Explosions

Suhail Dhawan 10/08/2019

Light bends around massive objects in space, so astronomers...

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Kerala: Heavy Rains Claim 42 Lives, Over One Lakh in Relief Camps

Many people are still feared trapped under debris following...

child-pollution

Air Pollution Could Negate Swachh Bharat Benefits for Children

Sahana Ghosh 10/08/2019

When it comes to fetuses and newborns, several aspects...

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OMICS, Publisher of Fake Journals, Makes Cosmetic Changes to Evade Detection

Dinesh C. Sharma 10/08/2019

Following a public outcry over their proliferation, paralleled by...