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A new study in mice has suggested that Western diet’s reliance on sugar increases the risk for breast cancer tumors and metastasis to the lungs. Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found that fructose encouraged the growth of breast tumor, and helped it in spreading.

Fructose is present in table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, and is used in high percentage in lot of food items.

As per the Dana-Farber Cancer Center, earlier research has linked dietary sugar to many kinds of cancer, and other studies have displayed an association between sugar and inflammation that can result into cancer development.

In what would be the first celestial event to be seen in the New Year, the annual Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to peak in the pre-dawn hours on January 4. Scientists have suggested sky-watchers to observe this meteor shower from midnight and on through to sunrise on Monday morning so as to have the best view.

The Quadrantids’ performances in the past suggest that the meteor shower would exhibit 50-75 meteoroids per hour, a count that may go up to 100 provided the sky is exceptionally clear and dark. This would rank the Quadrantids up there with the Perseid and Geminid meteor showers, though Quadrantids are not as famous as the other two.

The Montana Audubon Center in Billings has recently got its new director, Jonathan Lutz, and his favorite outdoor activity is bird-watching. Lutz, 36, started working at the center on December 1, 2015.

Lutz so far has made good use of his binoculars and has enjoyed a long list of bird-viewing. One of his first fun Billings outings was to participate in the December 19 Christmas Bird Count along with several members of the Yellowstone valley Audubon Society.

His team during the bird count counted 37 out of the 67 species recorded for the day. Lutz said the score is pretty good for the team and is good for a northern climate. Last year, the bird watchers recorded 51 species.

SpaceX’s unmanned rocket Falcon 9 successfully landed upright at Florida's Cape Canaveral at about 7:40 p.m. central time after a 10-minute of flight. The falcon 9 landed upright after sending 11 satellites into the orbit.

The Post even published articles about the historic landing of the Falcon 9 rocket for two consecutive days. SpaceX’s rival company Blue Origin, a space start-up founded by Amazon.com chief executive Jeff Bezos, was successful in making a similar return rocket landing test last month.

The private space company headed by Tesla owner since long has been trying to build a reusable rocket so that it can help to reduce the cost involved in making space travels.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) has issued a Spare the Air Alert for the entire Bay Area on Saturday. It is the first Spare the Air Day declaration of the season by the BAAQMD.

The declaration made by officials means people will not be allowed to burn wood inside or outdoors for at least 24 hours, starting from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday.

The first offenders caught using their fireplace, wood or pellet stove, outdoor fire pit or other wood-burning device will have to pay a fine of $100 or they will have to take a wood-smoke-awareness class.

If a person is a second time offender then he or she will be fined with $500 and further repetition of the violation will result in more tough actions.

The sun on December 28 emitted a big burst of gas and magnetic field called a coronal mass ejection. And scientists predicted that the stellar bump after hitting earth will result in the Aurora borealis commonly known as the Northern Lights.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also issued warning that a strong geomagnetic storm of a level G3 will hit earth, due to a strong coronal mass ejection on the sun on Monday.

According to SpaceWeatherLive.com, “A coronal mass ejection, a giant cloud of solar plasma drenched with magnetic field lines that are blown away from the sun during strong, long-duration solar flares and filament eruptions”.