TopNews

On Sunday, Mary Numair discovered how yelling at the top of your raspy voice about yeast infections can disperse a mass of Planned Parenthood protesters. Mary found so in a spontaneous single-woman counter protest in front of the center of the organization in Northeast Portland.

When she repeatedly chanted ‘YEAST IN-FECTIONS’, all parents and children, who were toting signs declaring ‘ABORTION IS MURDER’ rushed away.

The 29-year-old woman, Numair, of Southeast Portland, tweeted about her triumph. Her tweet soon went viral. Her story was picked up by Buzzfeed. Slate called her ‘brave’ and her protest was declared ‘awesome’ by Huffington Post. Even the British media picked up the news.

Using new computer models that can calculate how much ability an ancient hypercarnivore like cave hyena and the saber-toothed cat had to attack on a prey. From the calculations, researchers have come to know that a cave hyena could have killed a 5-year-old mastodon weighing one ton and if present in group then they could easily have taken down a 9-year-old mastodon weighing 2 ton.

Study's lead researcher Blaire Van Valkenburgh, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Los Angeles said that the ancient super-predators used to keep massive herbivores like mammoths, mastodons and giant ground sloths in control.

Global warming could push the sun-baked counties of the Persian Gulf to experience temperatures that are simply very hot for human habitability. Heat and humidity would be at the highest peak and even the healthiest people won't be able to bear it for more than a few hours outdoors.

The journal Nature Climate Change reported that booming counties, such as Abu Dhabi, Doha and Dubai, could cross the verge if temperatures continue to increase at current rates. After these booming counties comes the Saudi holy city of Mecca.

International Space Station (ISS) astronauts, Expedition 45 commander Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren, a flight engineer, are gearing up and evaluating procedures for a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Wednesday outside the space station.

The excursion's key goals include greasing of the snare mechanism on one end of the robot arm of the lab; installation of insulation on a high-energy physics experiment; removal of insulation from a stowed electrical distribution box; and laying power and data cables required by a new docking mechanism that will be installed later for helping new commercial crew ferry craft use.

The tractor beam, which is a staple of science fiction like 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek' that was used to grab spaceships and other things remotely, is going to enter the realm of reality. On Tuesday, researchers said that they have created a tractor beam that takes help from high-amplitude sound waves to levitate, move and rotate tiny objects without coming in touch with them.

The researchers have envisioned medical and other applications for the device. Study's lead author Asier Marzo of Britain's University of Bristol and Spain's Public University of Navarre said that being a mechanical wave, sound can exert large forces on objects. While giving an example, Marzo said that just recall once, the last time you were in a concert and your chest started vibrating with the music.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists and engineers are making Cassini spacecraft ready for a daring run across a plume ejected from the surface of Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn.

During the pass, the spacecraft will reach speed of about 19,000 mph. With the help of this pass, scientists will be able to better understand the dynamics present in the ocean on far away icy world.

Cassini will sample water ejecting up from geysers spraying up from the Saturn's moon on Wednesday, October 28.