Scientists have claimed that chunks of a meteorite which fell in Morocco July 2011 were from which planet?

It was the fifth time that such Martian meteorite fall has been reported, an event which has occurred every 50 years. The first was in 1815 in France, second in 1865 in India, followed by Egypt in 1911 and Nigeria in 1962.

Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal Holloway, University of London, said that he stumbled upon the glass slides containing the fossils in an old wooden cabinet that had been shoved in a “gloomy corner” of the massive, draughty British Geological Survey.

Some of the oldest known corn cobs, husks, stalks and tassels, dating from 6,700 to 3,000 years ago have been discovered at two mound sites on Peru’s arid northern coast.

A defective mitochondria, which acts as a cellular battery, could be the trigger for a devastating neurodegenerative disease, showing up in toddlers just as they begin to walk, reveals a study. The research throws new light on the disease and reveals an important common link with other brain diseases, potentially opening the way to new therapeutic approaches for those who suffer from them.

For the record, India reported its last case of polio on January 13, 2011, from Kolkata in West Bengal. Polio endemic states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar too have recorded a constant drop in the polio cases from 2008 onwards with zero case recorded in the year 2011 in these two states

The proposal came in the wake of Bihar's contribution for effectively strengthening the immunisation programme. The Bihar chief minister will thus be the first recipient of the Vaccine Innovation Award, introduced globally by the Foundation having carried a cash reward of $2,50,000.

A recent study by Pew Internet and American Life Project, a research firm, done in US suggests that around 80% of internet users seek medical information online. Keeping this in mind, hospitals and health professionals from Bangalore are now using social networking sites as platforms to reach patients.

Wikipedia, popular community-edited online encyclopedia, decided to shut down its English version for 24 hours to garner support against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The bill was introduced by US Representative Lamar S Smith to expand the ability of US law enforcement to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.

Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have found that the seemingly erratic behaviour of serial killers conforms to the same mathematical pattern obeyed by earthquakes, avalanches, stock market crashes and many other sporadic events.

Internet entrepreneur Kim Schmitz had legally changed his surname to Dotcom at some point over the last decade. Schmitz was arrested over the charges of criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit racketeering. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has also shut down his Hong Kong-based website, which it claims, was used to pirate half a billion dollars worth of entertainment content.