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According to scientists, the Sun can generate monstrous eruptions or 'superflares', capable of breaking down not just radio communication and power supplies, but can also have a bad impact on the ability of our planet to support life.

Solar eruptions often hit Earth. The eruptions are packed with energetic particles that are thrown out by the Sun into space. However, in the times when Sun hurls out massive amounts of hot plasma at the time of huge solar eruptions, it could have serious consequences.

Like early creatures that walked out of the sea, a blind cavefish can climb rocks and waterfalls. Researchers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology discovered that the fish in Thailand has a unique feature that allows it to crawl in a way not seen in other fish species.

The researchers believe the rare fish, Cryptotora thamicola, may reveal how critters made the switch from living and swimming in water to walk on terrain. The finding has offered clues showing that the species may have evolved millions of years ago, as per the researchers.

A new study conducted on a small scale claimed that less intake of food sources that contain healthy fat could reduce risk of developing diabetes. Study researchers suggest that food items like meat and cheese should be replaced by vegetable oils and nuts. Some people could get benefit from such type of diet as regard to diabetes and they should consult a dietician to get their current diet checked.

A clinical trial conducted at the North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh tested a much faster wound-healing biotechnology that uses maggots to cure an infected area. The scientists used the laboratory-engineered fly larvae that didn’t just heal the wound but also hastened healing. The study on trial was published in the journal BMC Biotechnology.

The scientists spread the green bottle fly larvae, scientifically known as Lucilia sericata, on an open wound caused mostly by diabetic foot ulcers. The enhanced maggots cured the wound by removing dead tissue while decontaminating the wound. The process was quicker to offer recovery. The newly devised biotherapy is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is named maggot debridement therapy (MDT).

This flu season has taken one life in Texas’ Dallas County, announced Dallas County Health and Human Services. According to the agency, a 2-month-old baby became the first victim of the influenza in Texas this season.

Officials at the Dallas County Health and Human Services reported the death on Thursday, but didn’t reveal any detail due to privacy reasons. The baby wasn’t able to get the annual flu vaccine because only an individual over six months can receive it, as per public health officials.

So far, across the United States, 20 pediatric influenza deaths have been reported in the 2015-16 flu season.

A maintenance drug, Cinqair, can be used with other asthma medicines to treat adults with severe asthma, announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new drug will be used for the maintenance treatment of people with a history of severe asthma attacks, the federal agency said.

Asthma is a chronic medical condition that makes breathing difficult by narrowing the air passage. It causes symptoms such as wheezing, coughing and chest tightness. A sufferer of severe asthma attacks may visit hospital’s emergency room because the condition is serious and deadly.