TEHRAN  – The largest asteroid ever recorded has passed Earth at a distance of 145 million miles, giving scientists the opportunity to learn more about its physical characteristics. The 2.7-mile wide astral body, called Florence, will not approach the planet this close again until 2500. It is classified as a “potentially hazardous” asteroid by the […]

TEHRAN — With the number of undernourished children decreased by half over the past two decades, overweight and obesity have doubled among the Iranian children, said an official with the Ministry of Health. Some 20 years ago children were mainly suffering from malnutrition, but currently the situation is reversed. Now, overweight and obesity are posing […]

TEHRAN — Good nutrition and healthy food is our first defense against disease and our source of energy to live and be active. Nutritional problems caused by an inadequate diet can be of many sorts, and when they affect a generation of youngsters, they can lower their learning capacities, thus compromising their futures, perpetuating a […]

TEHRAN  – The closing ceremony of the second round of Mustafa Prize’s Noor Competition for students was held in Tehran. During the ceremony on Friday, the winners of the international contest were honored and awarded, according to a report by the official website of the competition. Organized by officials of the Mustafa Prize, it was […]

TEHRAN – An American author and the technology editor at Executive Intelligence Review in Washington, DC, described the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers as a “strategic policy commitment”, noting that walking out of the deal would have “many strategic consequences”. “I think that unlike the Paris climate accord, there are people who […]

TEHRAN – Experts published a research that suggests the human propensity for contagious yawning is triggered automatically by primitive reflexes in the primary motor cortex – an area of the brain responsible for motor function. Feeling tired? Even if we aren’t tired, why do we yawn if someone else does? Experts at the University of […]

TEHRAN — Iran is taking initiatives to classify internet censorship under ‘age’ and ‘occupation’ within the next two to three months. Currently, all users ranging from students to university professors, and journalists to doctors, are subjected to the same internet access restrictions, IRIB quoted Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi as saying. It […]

TEHRAN  – An unexpected source for the brain’s development has been discovered by researchers, a finding that offers new insights into the building of the nervous system. The research, which appears in the journal Science, discovered that glia, a collection of non-neuronal cells that had long been regarded as passive support cells, in fact are […]