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Black holes are infamous for gulping stars and tearing apart galaxies, but it's not always a fast process. On Thursday, astronomers reported that they have seen a star being swallowed from starting till end over a time span of several months.

They have reported in the journal Science that for the first time ever they have detected a spurt of plasma at the event horizon.

Sjoert van Velzen at Johns Hopkins University and colleagues wrote that their observations have become the first ones to sample the light curve within a month of the peak. In a statement, van Velzen added, “It's the first time we see everything from the stellar destruction followed by the launch of a conical outflow, also called a jet, and we watched it unfold over several months”.

According to a latest research, dangerous weather has resulted into a staggering 90% of major disasters. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reductions reported that the data has disclosed that 6,457 recorded floods, heat waves, droughts, storms and other weather-related disasters have caused a huge damage to different areas worldwide over the last 20 years.

The United States reported 472 natural disasters and was hit the hardest. It was followed by China, India, the Philippines, and Indonesia. According to the researchers estimations the US spends between $250 billion and $300 billion every year over natural disasters.The first Climate Change Conference was held in 1995 and since then, 606,000 people have lost their lives and 4.1 billion people have been injured.

According to a new study, environmental changes like the riseof carbon dioxide levels in water have resulted into the rapid growth of a microscopic marine alga in North Atlantic. John Hopkins University researchers have discovered that there is a 10 times rise in the number of coccolithophores, single-celled algae and protists that are present in the oceans across the world, from 1965 to 2010.

In the past 50 years, these small calcifying plants that are part of the marine ecosystem foundation have significantly increased from 2% to over 20% in 2010, with spikes noted in the 1990s.

Findings of a new study have shown that people who have higher amounts of fat stored in their body usually face difficulty in losing weight despite numerous efforts. Researchers gave these conclusions after carrying out experiments on lab mice.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and Toho University in Japan found said they found that certain fat cells produce a protein that slow down the process of weight loss.

These fats cell also signal the body to hold the fat and therefore show less response to efforts made for weight loss.

One more breakthrough of combining technology and tattoo is on way, as a team called Chaotic Moon has invented a tech-powered skin emblem that has gone beyond just body expression to a fitness tracker. The tracker known as Tech Tat can reportedly monitor vital biometrics, and it is still in its development stage.

The great minds behind Tech Tat revealed in an interview that the tattoo functions by linking different sensors, battery and transfer components with the help of an electro-conductive paint material. Seeing the success rate of this one-of-its-kind invention, it will be able to check the vital signs such as heart and pulse rates of a person soon.

According to a latest study, children with pet dog at their home have less chances of suffering from anxiety in comparison to their peers. Tech Times wrote that earlier research has shown that adults with canine companions have better mental and physical health, but not much is known about pet dogs’ effects on children.

During the present study, a group of researchers assessed 643 children from the age group 6-7 years, who were registered in a pediatric primary care clinic in upstate New York.