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A camera flash helped in saving the life of a 4-month-old baby boy from Scottsdale, Arizona named Ryder Temarantz.

While speaking to ABC News today, Ryder's mother, Andrea Temarantz, said in December that she had started observing that camera flashes produced a ‘white glow’ in the left eye of her son Ryder.

The 36-year-old mother said, “I just chalked it up to a bad camera phone. But even after I used a new Nikon D3300 DSLR my cousin got me for Christmas, the white glow was still there, so I took Ryder to his doctor”.

Ryder got diagnosed with retinoblastoma in his left eye on January 5. Temarantz said that a white tumor mass in the back of her son’s eye was reflecting light from camera flashes, which produced the ‘glow’ visible in a lot of pictures.

Marijuana, popular drug among youngsters, is banned by many nations, if necessary, a license is issued for its use. One such licensed user is the famous former American football player Jim McMahon, who disclosed that he uses marijuana to get rid of the pain post undergoing 18 surgeries.

There is more than one reason for occurrence of breast cancer, one of the most deadly cancers. This breeds in breast tissues. A study into analyzing the conditions that lead to cancer was performed by a team of researchers from the University College of London, and their findings were published in the Nature Communication journal. They reveal role of DNA in breast tissue in determining the risk of the disease. The results could be a great advantage to those who would study the disease in future and assists in finding preventions against the disease.

On Saturday evening, many spectators throughout the Northeast US saw a fireball, also called a quite bright meteor, flying across the sky at nearly 6:16 pm.

One of the spectators, Alex Salvador was driving in Falls Church, Virginia, when suddenly he noticed the fireball and captured it on his dashcam.

While describing the sighting to ABC News, Salvador said, “Startling. Even unnerving, maybe. It seemed close, big, and definitely on fire with a tail”.

Another witness Adrian Burns captured the fireball video footage when he was driving in Lancaster, Ohio.

A number of people visited the American Meteor Society website for reporting their sightings and observations. They described that the fireball has colorful fragments and was looking like as if it ‘fell apart or exploded’.

Known as ‘The Science Guy’, Bill Nye, the science educator, television presenter, writer and mechanical engineer, has made a superb statement, which explains why the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) must become the National Electric Stock Car Racing (NESCAR).

According to him, car races must be about the coming time and not regarding the past, since the world should become greener, else humans will have to deal with the outcomes of global warming.

SpaceX signed contract with NASA to start commercial spacecraft years ago and is now progressing towards its goal. Recently, NASA released a video showing a parachute system completing a landing test designed by SpaceX in completion of its final tests required by NASA’s commercial crew program (CCP).

Such four large parachutes will help the astronauts in landing in ocean in their way back from the International Space Station. Another video taken in November was released by SpaceX showing eight SuprerDraco Engines run Dragon 2 Crew Vehicle, which showed the possibility of a safe landing on soil.