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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Scott Kelly has planned to spend about 342 days on the International Space Station (ISS). If Kelly succeeds in his plan, it will be the longest stretch of time any US astronaut has spent in space.

The astronaut lifted off on Friday aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that was launched from Kazakhstan. As per the United States space agency, the Soyuz rocket docked at the space station at about 9:33 pm.

A new study found that fear of spiders could be among the most common phobias that people face. The study also found that the fear of the creatures could even be the oldest. According to the study, arachnophobia, fear of spiders, is in DNA of humans.

Researchers of the study stated that humans have evolved in Africa and during the humans' evolutionary history, some dangerous spiders had been very common. Many species with potent venoms have been discovered in Africa before hominoids and lived alongside with humans for many years. A bite of black widow spider in the ancestral world could leave a victim incapacitated for a long time.

A novel research unveiled that new and expensive breast cancer treatments are associated with an increased chance of survival.

Study's senior author Dr. Cary Gross, director of Yale University's Cancer Outcomes Public Policy and Effectiveness Research Center was of the view, "Our findings indicate that in some instances, newer and costlier approaches may be leading to improved outcomes in breast cancer patients".

Gross said that after knowing the same, they need to tackle the harsh reality, which is what they can afford to pay. There is a need to find out treatments that are effective for patients.

The experts at University College London (UCL) have created a new model for HIV progression. Through this model researchers noted that HIV spreads through the body by two ways, the first is via the bloodstream and the second is directly between cells.

Researchers associated with the study said this method is very similar to that of how computer worms spread through both the Internet and local networks to infect as many computers as possible.

The new HIV progression model for the 'hybrid spreading' accurately predicted patients' progression from HIV to AIDS in a major clinical trial.

Researchers for the study used detailed sample data collected from 17 London-based patients, in order to verify the model.

Miracles do happen and the latest proof is the story of Danielle Josey Davis who was recently married to Matt Davis.

Danielle Josey told it was only seven months to her wedding when her husband Matt met with a horrible motorcycle crash. The crash was so critical that it left Matt on life support, in a coma.

Doctors who treated Matt told her that there are 90% chances that he would never wake up, and she should let him pass, according to WFIN Channel 1330.

Danielle refused to give up and decided to keep Matt on life support. She brought him home, where she and her mother took good care of Matt.

It was one fine day when the miracle happened. Three months after the horrific motorcycle crash, Matt woke up.

Matt woke up and said that he is trying, reported ABC News.

On Sunday, professional surfer and former Kauai mayoral candidate Dustin Barca was arrested by Hawaii Police Department while conducting peaceful demonstrations at the summit of Mauna Kea.

Barca who has also been a vocal opponent of GMO farming practices joined with a group of activists to protest against the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) in the Mauna Kea Conservation District on the Big Island of Hawaii.

He said, "We are not going to beat anyone with force. This is what we've got to do. We've got the solution. This is what we've got to do for aloha aina. This is what we've got to do for our future, our keiki".