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Researchers at the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) in New York affirmed that probiotics that are claimed to be gluten-free may not be completely free from gluten.

Probiotics contain traces of gluten that could cause some serious health complications to celiac disease patients. The research team, led by Dr. Samantha Nazareth, assessed 22 probiotic supplements available in the form of tablets.

These were labeled as gluten-free. When they were assessed, more than half or around 55% of the products were tested positive for traces of gluten. Out of all, four were having gluten more than 20 parts per million limits.

The Hubble Space Telescope sent back its first photo of outer space 25 years ago. Since then, Hubble has provided the most detailed images of our solar system, our galaxy, and the universe.

From time to time, Hubble has provided some amazing photos of nebulas, distant galaxies, supernovas and interstellar clouds. These photos have amazed all of us and it is expected that it will continue to do so till the end of the decade.

On April 24, 1990, things changed when the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from Kennedy Space Centre. Before the telescope was launched, ancient stargazers and astronomers such as Galileo and Copernicus had to make observations through blurred view through earth’s atmosphere.

A new Guinness World Record for planting trees has been set by Ecuador over the weekend. Tens of thousands of citizens paid attention to the government’s call to plant more than 640,000 trees in a single day in almost 2,000 hectares across the country.

In 2008, Ecuador became the first country in the world to guarantee the rights of nature in the constitution. Efforts Socio Bosque conservation program and the National Reforestation Plan have been put into action though legislation.

The 2008 constitution recognizes the right of the population to live in ecologically balanced and healthy environments.

One provides incentives for citizens to not cut down trees while the other seeks to reforest 1 million hectares over a 20-year period.

A novel research has unveiled that ocean microbes have a major impact on atmosphere. The finding could bring changes in how climate models are developed and interpreted, bringing changes in entire concept of climate change.

The novel study has also unveiled that cool mist also plays an important role in the environment. Not only the cool, but warm mist also alters how sunlight is reflected and bounces off from water surface, an important part of cloud formation.

Researchers from the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE) said that when microorganisms decay, bacteria break them and in this process, chemicals and proteins are released with sugar and lipids.

The International Space Station (ISS) is moving around its orbit at 17,000 mph. It has to care for a lot of factors to avoid any collision as space debris can cause it a lot of damage, leading to major consequences.

The ISS often has to change its course in order to ensure that it does not encounter space debris left from previous missions. As per NASA, there is around 3,000 tons of space debris in low-earth orbit. Then, there is another belt of space debris above earth in geo-synchronous orbit.

A group of Japanese researchers have come up with a solution to deal with the menace. The researchers have recommended the use of laser to blast the debris before it causes any sort of damage to the ISS.

People who were living in the Basin will not be able to easily forget May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted. On that day, the eruption took place around 8.30 am in which more than 200 square miles of land was devastated.

The eruption is considered to be the deadliest and most devastating volcanic eruption in the history of America. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this eruption that took place 35 years back will never be erased from their memory.

In the eruption, many people lost their lives and total cost estimates were more than $1 billion. There are a number of books, television shows, movie, newspaper articles, research papers and magazine articles on this event.