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Did climate change contribute to decline of the Mayan civilisation?
Washington: Climate change contributed to the decline of the Maya people, according to an article in the latest issue of Science magazine based on studies by a team of archaeologists investigating rainfall levels in southern Belize. Researchers were able to compile climate data in the region inhabited by the Mayas, whose #climate change #didyouknow #Environment #Mayan civilization
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How a new planet with Earth-like climate may be habitable
London: An Anglo-German team of astronomers has discovered a new planet orbiting a nearby sun at just the right distance for an Earth-like climate that could support life. The team actually found three new planets orbiting the star 44 light years away, but only one of them is in the so-called #didyouknow #Earth #New planet #science
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Govt to block fraud multi-level marketing websites
New Delhi: The government has decided to crack the whip on fraudulent multi-level marketing companies that have duped hundreds of investors in the country by blocking their websites and tracking their online transactions. Corporate Affairs Ministry, the nodal department in this regard, has decided that its investigative arm - Serious Fraud #multi-level marketing companies #ThisisNext #Websites
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Is global warming causing aquatic animals to shrink?
London: Global warming is causing aquatic animals to shrink 10 times more than land-dwellers in size, scientists say in the largest study of its kind. The study by researchers from Queen Mary College, University of London, and the University of Liverpool shows that the body size of marine and freshwater species #Aquatic animals #didyouknow #Global warming #Wildlife
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2G auction: With Tata Telel exit, there’s no bidder for CDMA
India has been left with no bidders for part of an upcoming cellphone airwaves auction after Tata Teleservices became the second company to drop out of the process. India's sixth-biggest mobile phone carrier by customers pulled out on Monday after smaller rival Videocon Telecommunications dropped its interest earlier in the CDMA-based #2G auction #SpectrumAuctions #Tata Tele #Videocon
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Astronomers find oldest yet supernova
London: Astronomers have discovered two 'super-luminous' massive stars which exploded 12.5 billion years ago, believed to be the oldest supernovae ever detected. The cataclysmic events are known as 'superluminous' supernovae, and are up to 100 times brighter than other types of stellar blasts. They happened only 1.5 billion years after the Big #cataclysmic events #didyouknow #science #Supernova
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Blackhole holds together stars in Sword of Orion, say astrophysicists
Sydney: Astrophysicists have cracked the mystery of the binding force behind a cluster of unruly and rapidly swirling stars located in the famous Sword of Orion. Using sophisticated computer modelling, they found these fast-moving stars, known as the Orion Nebula Cluster, were potentially held together by the gravitational pull of a #Blackhole #didyouknow #Orion Nebula Cluster #Sword of Orion
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Now, use your mobile to light smart bulb
London: Forget the burglar alarm, a light bulb can come to your aid! Researchers have developed a new light bulb that you can switch on and off with your mobile from anywhere in the world to deter burglars. The 'Hue' light-bulb connects to broadband networks and then lets smart-phone users change the #bulb #didyouknow #Philips #smartphone app
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Manned mission to Mars may contaminate the Red planet
London: It could be decades before man steps foot on Mars, but scientists have warned that if he ever does, he'll bring with him trillions of tiny invaders that pose danger of contaminating the Red planet. Scientists say a swarming mass of 100 trillion microbes will travel with every astronaut who #Astronauts #didyouknow #Mars #Nasa #Outer Space Treaty #SpaceX
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Stars kicked to edges of space may cause infrared light “halos”
Washington: Small number of stars that were kicked to the edges of space during violent collisions and mergers of galaxies may be the cause of the infrared light "halos" across the sky, astronomers suggest. Dark matter 'halos' — the huge, invisible cocoons of mass that envelop entire galaxies and account for #didyouknow #infrared halos #science #Space #stars
