NASA shares one last selfie from Insight Mars lander
Washington, May 26 (IANS) NASA has shared one last selfie taken by InSight Mars lander that is about to retire soon as it is losing power due to dusty solar panels.
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National DEEP DIVE 12:31 PMElon Musk's net worth drops below $200 bn
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Science/Technol Technology 11:30 AMMusk drops Tesla loans from $44 bn Twitter takeover
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Time to cut costs as funding winter can last up to 18 months: Unacademy CEO
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) As edtech platforms start bleeding in India, Unacademy, which recently laid off over 600 employees, has predicted a funding winter that can last as long as 18 months, saying it will cut costs wherever required to weather the dry spell and become profitable.
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Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter's board
San Francisco, May 26 (IANS) Jack Dorsey has stepped down from the Twitter board of directors, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk fights with the micro-blogging platform to reveal the actual number of fake/spam accounts.
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Twitter to pay $150 mn for using people's phone numbers to target ads
Washington, May 26 (IANS) Twitter has agreed to pay $150 million to settle a privacy lawsuit with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for deceptively using at least 140 million users' email addresses and phone numbers for targetted advertising.
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Lung blood clot risk double in Covid survivors: US CDC
New York, May 25 (IANS) Covid-19 survivors have twice the risk for developing blood clots in lungs or respiratory conditions, according to a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Is waning smallpox vax protection behind Monkeypox outbreak?
London, May 25 (IANS) Scientists are speculating whether the waning smallpox vaccine protection could be behind the recent Monkeypox outbreak that has seen more than 200 confirmed or suspected cases in over a dozen countries.
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Some antivirals may be effective against Monkeypox virus: Lancet
London, May 25 (IANS) A team of researchers have found that some antiviral medications might have the potential to shorten symptoms and reduce the amount of time a patient is contagious with Monkeypox virus.
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Global economic instability will affect tech sector: Sundar Pichai
San Francisco, May 25 (IANS) Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the current global macroeconomic conditions will severely affect the tech sector.
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NASA's Artemis mission will fly a Japanese astronaut to Moon: Biden
Washington, May 25 (IANS) NASA's impending Artemis programme will include a Japanese astronaut, US President Joe Biden has said.
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Monkeypox doesn't spread easily by air like Covid: US CDC
Washington, May 25 (IANS) Amid the recent scare of monkeypox spreading rapidly to over a dozen countries, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has dispelled fears saying that the virus doesn' spread via air as Covid-19.
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Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain ageing, cognitive decline
New York, May 25 (IANS) Scientists have demonstrated that normal brain ageing is accelerated by approximately 26 per cent in people with progressive Type 2 diabetes compared with individuals without the disease, according to a study.
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Tesla sexual harassment suit to proceed in court, rules US judge
San Francisco, May 25 (IANS) A US judge has denied Tesla's motion for arbitration in a sexual harassment case, directing that the lawsuit accusing Elon Musk-run electric car company fostering a workplace with "rampant" sexual harassment will continue.
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Report says Gates 'poured' millions into attacking Musk, Tesla CEO fires back
San Francisco, May 25 (IANS) Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday slammed billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates after a report claimed that the Microsoft co-founder poured millions into attacking Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
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1 in 8 suffers heart inflammation after hospitalisation with Covid: Study
London, May 24 (IANS) One in eight people who were hospitalised with Covid-19 between May 2020 and March 2021 were later diagnosed with myocarditis, or heart inflammation, according to major new research into Covid's clinical long-term effects.
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New study using Google app to explore smartphones' effect on mental health
San Francisco, May 24 (IANS) A team of researchers at the University of Oregon in the US have partnered with Google to launch a research on how smartphone use impacts mental wellbeing.
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Breakthrough Covid more likely in cancer, Alzheimer's patients
New York, May 24 (IANS) Breakthrough Covid-19 cases resulting in infections, hospitalisations and deaths are significantly more likely in cancer and Alzheimer's patients, according to two new studies.
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SpaceX President defends Elon Musk over sexual harassment charges
San Francisco, May 24 (IANS) SpaceX has defended allegations of sexual assault against its CEO Elon Musk, saying the aerospace company has 'zero tolerance' policy for harassment.
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DC Attorney General sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Washington, May 24 (IANS) District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine has sued Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the Cambridge Analytica scandal that exposed data of nearly 87 million Facebook users globally, including about 70 million in the US alone.
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Covid-19 pandemic 'far from over': WHO chief
Geneva, May 24 (IANS) The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has reiterated here that the Covid-19 pandemic "is far from over".
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US scientists start trial on vax for preventing pancreatic cancer
Washington, May 23 (IANS) In a breakthrough, US scientists have started a trial on a vaccine that will protect people from developing pancreatic cancer.
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Simple saliva test may help spot breast cancer risk
London, May 23 (IANS) Now detecting the risk of breast cancer may be simple - a saliva test, according to UK scientists.
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Booster dose over 80% effective against Omicron in kids under 5: Pfizer
New York, May 23 (IANS) Pfizer on Monday announced that its third 'booster' dose was 80.3 per cent effective in preventing illness during the Omicron wave in children aged between 6 months to under 5 years of age.
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Europe's red alert for monkeypox as nations told to prepare vaccination strategies
London, May 23 (IANS) European countries will be told to prepare a vaccination plan to tackle the spiralling monkeypox outbreak, as Denmark became the latest country to be struck down.
