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Tourism operator has investigated the practicality of fishing for large bluefin tuna off the Outer Hebrides. An Isle of Harris fishing skipper and tourism operator, who recently became the star of a US TV show, and Marine Scotland are working to track and trace the species that are commonly found in the Mediterranean Sea, around the west coast of Scotland.

In 2013, Captain Angus Campbell, from Kilda Cruises, caught a 515lb bluefin tuna in the Outer Hebrides waters. It was recently telecasted on the Outdoor Channel’s Trev Gowdy’s Monster Fish programme and got millions of viewers.

China has successfully completed its first 118 days of deep sea manned submersible mining in the India Ocean. It has found large deposits of precious metal and has also found different hydrothermal areas.

China’s mission named as Jiaolong has discovered new hydrothermal deep-sea fissures that emit hot water. It is considered that the findings could pave way for more research in resources of seafloor sulfide deposits that are rich in different metals.

The hydrothermal sulfides are the deposits having copper, zinc, gold and silver. They are formed after the chemical reactions and remain on the seabed. The mission was a matter of concern for India. But China has taken approval for the same in 2012.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have started their three-day visit to the US. They have arrived in Washington DC. During their stay, they will President Barack Obama at the White House.

It is the third joint official visit for the royal couple to America and will be spent majorly in the capital. In the Oval Office, Obama will have informal talks with them. British ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott said that the trip is expected to result into the best of transatlantic relationship.

Stress at work could lead to serious consequences. Several people take the drastic step of committing suicide under immense pressure. Their professional life affects their personal life a lot, which leads to such conditions.

According to a study, 1,719 people in the US committed suicide at work between 2003 and 2010. And 207,500 people committed suicide outside their workplaces during the same period. The study has been published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

It was found that workplace suicide decreased until 2007, but it again started increasing. The statistics have showed that men are affected more than women and are more likely to commit suicide and those between the ages of 65 and 74 are more vulnerable.

Jalene Salinas, a young girl with terminal brain cancer, who became famous for spending a sweet final moment with Taylor Swift, reportedly passed away at the age of 4.

According to local Texas news outlets, the little girl died on Sunday, March 15. The girl had a small meeting with Swift earlier this month as she checked the final items off of her bucket list.

The hashtag #ShakeItOffJaleneJust was posted on Twitter few weeks before untimely death of Salinas. The supporters after the tweet learned that the little girl’s last wish was to dance with Swift on her hit single ‘Shake It Off’.

The social media campaign got the attention of the Grammy winner, who took the time to spend nearly 20 minutes on the phone with the ailing child.

Researchers have identified two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that can provide differential benefit for aspirin use in relation to colorectal cancer risk.

It is well known that aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) can reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. But doctors were reluctant to use NSAIDs for cancer prevention without a better understanding of why the drugs seem to work.

The reason was that for some people the same pills make colorectal cancer more likely. The research was done to know how to separate people who will be benefitted from asprin and those who won't be. The researchers looked at three specific spots in the vast human genome to find this out.