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Toxic algae put sea lions in a serious trouble. A new study published in journal Science has reported that the sea mammal is increasingly exposed to a neurotoxin that is causing brain damage.

The neurotoxin is hurting sea lions’ spatial memory and making them prone to getting confused and forgetting their path, according to the study. It may be the reason why the creature has been seen in huge numbers stranded on the west coast.

Many previous studies have already warned that water levels of oceans is going to rise due to melting glaciers, but a new study claims that melting ice may also make our home planet spin faster than before.

Study researchers said glaciers’ ice is melting rapidly due to global warming and this reaction is making earth while faster. The process could also force the planet to shift its axis, the researchers warned. Sunset times will also be affected due to this rapid ice melting, they added.

Astronomers often record when eclipses occurred to know if the planet is shifting axis or spinning faster. They use the records to calculate earth, the sun and the moon’s position on any particular date. To find accurate figures, they measure speed necessary for earth to face the sun and the moon.

Astronomers have claimed that they have solved the long-standing mystery of hot Jupiter’s water, which has been baffling scientists since the discovery of the extrasolar planets about two decades ago.

The mystery of hot Jupiter could tell astronomers how planets are formed. To find answers, astronomers used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope. They believe the lenses have helped them in solving the long-standing mystery of hot Jupiters’ water. Thick clouds in the atmospheres of hot Jupiters, also called roaster planets, have blocked the water.

The transaction between Daughters of Charity Health System and BlueMountain Capital Management LLC has finally completed, turning over Seton Coastside Medical Center control to the New York-based hedge fund.

The announcement made on Monday has come nearly a couple of years after Daughters of Charity gave an indication that it was planning to sell its six California hospitals, which raised concerns in patients, employees and Coastsiders regarding the Moss Beach facility’ fate.

The closing has indicated that BlueMountain is going to follow the mandates California Attorney General Kamala Harris has established, who gave conditional sanction to the agreement on December 3.

Researchers, through a recent study, suggest a new way that could help people with fear of spiders. The study researchers claim that this method can help to overcome the fear of spiders in just two minutes.

University of Amsterdam scientists, who presented their finding in Biological Psychiatry, said they developed the experiment from the idea of reconsolidation, which means that memories can be strengthened or weakened when activated, reports Treehugger.

Some previously conducted studies have shown that a fearful memory could be successfully forgotten if a drug is administered at the time when that particular memory gets activated, according to a release.

Father of Tim Peak, Britain’s first official astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), said he is more worried about the fact that his son will be driving the M27, than his mission to ISS.

The 43-year-old Tim’s journey to the ISS will start when the 162-ft long Russian rocket will blast off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday. Tim will also be the first 100% British professional astronaut to leave earth for mission aboard space station.

Nigel, Tim’s father, said he is proud of his son. He shared his views after watching the Russian Soyuz FG rocket that will carry his son into space being lifted onto its launchpad.