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A seriously ill man, who suffered a medical emergency at a remote Antarctic base over two weeks ago, reached an Australian hospital on Friday.

In a statement, the Australian Antarctic Division said that the patient was taken to a hospital in Hobart, Australia's mostly southerly city, following a journey of an icebreaker 4,800 kilometers (3,000 miles) through rough and ice-jammed seas from Australia's Davis Station on the coast of Princess Elizabeth Land.

According to the division's chief medical officer Jeff Ayton, the patient, through ambulance, was transferred from the icebreaker, Aurora Australis, to the Royal Hobart Hospital. He remained there in a serious but stable condition.

Modernization and the age of internet have provided access to boundless amounts of information. But a recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General stated that people using search engines like Google Inc. to search answers tend to live under illusion of being smarter than they actually are.

Researchers from Yale carried out a series of experiments and tested over 1,000 people to uncover how online interaction affects the way one think. They found that having internet access give people an overconfident view of their intelligence.

Researcher during the study divided the participants into two groups, and asked them some questions. One group was given the liberty to use internet to search answers and the other was not.

Researchers in Texas stated that Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming airborne. They said they have even traced their source to Texas cattle ranches.

Researchers of Tech University discovered this after deeply examining particulate matter in the air. They found that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotics in the samples that were collected from a place downwind from cattle ranches.

Health experts expressing their concerns about these bacteria said that bacteria should be easily carried by the wind. They further said that these bacteria can go to populated areas and might pose threats to the treatments for potentially deadly diseases.

Earlier conducted studies showed that too much antibiotics were used in cattle to increase their lives and improve yields.

On Thursday night, the Autism Speaks U at UCLA celebrated World Autism Awareness Day. The Autism Speaks U student group at UCLA lit up Pauley Pavilion with blue lights. Steven Anderson, president of Autism Speaks U at UCLA, said that the student group organized the lighting to make students more aware of autism. The venue and the lighting were sponsored by UCLA Facilities Management.

Anderson further said that there was a reason why they selected Pauley Pavilion this year to celebrate the World Autism Awareness Day. It is situated on the main walk and organizers wanted people to see it.

Engineers from University of Manchester made a graphene light bulb that has lower manufacturing costs and lower emissions compared to LED bulbs. The light bulb is the first ever product which is made out of graphene.

Earlier this week, the product was announced on the website of University of Manchester. The developers, who made the graphene light bulb, said that the bulbs are set to be launched in the United Kingdom market and will be on the shelves in the next few months at an affordable price.

Deputy President and deputy vice-chancellor of University of Manchester professor Colin Bailey said, “This light bulb shows that graphene products are becoming a reality, just a little more than a decade after it was first isolated – a very short time in scientific terms”.

A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology has revealed that tarantulas, a fast-moving spider, moves faster in warmer weather.

The researchers studied eight adult Texas brown tarantulas (Aphonopelma hentzi) and tested their speed in a variety of temperatures. They tested their agility temperatures, 59, 75, 88 and 104 degrees Fahrenheit (15, 24, 31 and 40 degrees Celsius).

Spiders have two joints along each leg. The one closest to the body typically extends first when they're walking or running.

In order to each spider's coordination, researchers painted a white dot on each of the joints on a foreleg and hind leg. They compared the angle of the two joints on each leg and then filmed the spiders scuttling down a runway.