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Technological advancements in tracking devices have for the very first time enabled scientists to thoroughly study the foraging patterns of beluga whales. The new tagging technology has enabled the researchers to find out more information about how the whales forage for food and migrate. Otherwise, these whales have been extremely difficult to follow due to the tough conditions they live in.

A mysterious death due to a blast at a college in Indian state of Tamil Nadu’s Vellore town later turned out to be meteorite crash, a development that was confirmed at a leading state-run laboratory. While this particular incident was confirmed, many more like this in smaller places and inhabited areas may pass off unnoticed or as mysteries due to lack of awareness.

In order to make people aware about the dangers of an asteroid strike on Earth, an international band of experts in the field last year decided to observe June 30 as the International Asteroid Day. The scientists, as part of preparations for the second annual Asteroid Day, recently gathered to debate the future of asteroid research and how to avoid these.

Tens of thousands blacktip sharks have been captured in a stunning video while roaming off Florida coast. According to experts, the species of requiem shark must have reached off Palm Beach in search of food or warmer water in winter.

They were so huge in numbers that if someone threw a stone from the shoreline, it would definitely hit a shark, said Dr. Stephen Kajiura from Florida Atlantic University’s shark lab. The sharks’ presence was providing a rare and stuffing view to beachgoers, but it wasn’t pleasing since blacktip sharks are famous for their aggressive behavior. But no casualty or fatal attack has been reported this seasonal migration so far.

Earth is the only known planet in the universe that supports life, and it makes the blue planet different from other planets and cosmic objects. In fact, this uniqueness of earth has been linked to some rare minerals.

A study on earth’s minerals discovered that the only habitable planet has more than 2,500 rare minerals that differentiate it from other cosmic objects. For the study, a team of two research scientists, Robert Hazen and Jesse Ausubel, categorizes most singular minerals of earth, like the Sardinian ichnusaite and amosite.

In the US, one woman loses life because of heart problem every 80 seconds even as 75% of these cases can be avoided. Meanwhile, a big chuck of women does not even take into consideration that heart issues are such a great danger to their lives. At present, the figures reveal that around 44 million women in the US face some kind of heart issues, but not even one-third of them are aware of the symptoms associated with heart attack.

As per a new study, for middle aged people, excessive time on the couch watching television instead of working out and staying active may shrink their brains.

The Boston University School of Medicine researchers discovered that less fit middle-aged adults faced loss of brain volume after two decades. The findings appeared in the journal Neurology.

Study author Nicole Spartano of Boston University School of Medicine, said, “We found a direct correlation in our study between poor fitness and brain volume decades later, which indicates accelerated brain aging”.