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30,000-year-old giant virus discovered in Siberian Permafrost
BAMAKO: It might have happened anyway. After all, global warming is melting Arctic permafrost just fine without help from microbiologists,...
Russia successfully launched a Proton rocket
PENZA: Russia on Monday successfully launched a Proton rocket, carrying a Russian telecoms satellite, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...
NASA’s Curiosity rover uncovered interesting details about terrain of planet
HONG KONG: NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has uncovered some pretty interesting details about the terrain of the planet. Some of...
High resolution images of Pluto reveal incredible geological diversity: NASA
EALING: New, high-resolution images of the surface of Pluto beamed from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal unparalleled geographical variety —...
Natural resources under threat from human development, climate change
EUROPE: Natural resources are under increasing threat from both human development and climate change, and environmental economists have struggled to...
Whisky that sent to space, returns to Earth with different taste
HONG KONG: It turns out that whisky aged in space really does taste different to samples aged on earth. In...
Scientists found 1m years old fossils of a monkey in underwater cave
BRENT: Scientists have found a fossil of a monkey in an underwater cave - and estimate it may have been...
China plans to land on far side of the moon
BEIJING: China’s trailblazing space program aims to successfully execute the first landing on the far side of the moon. Tentatively...
Researchers hope that shark populations may be creep upward
LONDON: In popular lore they’re the most fearsome killers in the sea, but for decades sharks were playing the role...
Scientists discovered world’s longest chain of continental volcanoes
PERTH: The 2000km-long chain, which started forming 33m years ago, runs along the country’s east from the Whitsundays in Queensland...
Ancient, giant virus discovered in melting Arctic ice
NEW YORK: The ancient, giant virus recently discovered in melting Arctic ice is not going to kill you. But here's...
Global temperature records continue to tumble
FRANCE: Global temperature records continue to tumble, with August easily the hottest in 124 years of data, Japan's Meteorological Agency...
New species of ancient human discovered in South Africa
HONG KONG: Last Thursday, the world said hello to Homo naledi, a new species of ancient human discovered in South...
Elon Musk plans to launch 4,000 satellites into space
WASHINGTON: Entrepreneur and freaky genius, Elon Musk has made a formal request to launch 4,000 satellites into space, to bring...
Image of complex composition of spiral galaxy, release
FRANCE: An amazing view of the well-known galaxy Messier 63 has been produced by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The...
Astronomers successfully peer through ‘amniotic sac’ of star
EUROPE: Astronomers have successfully peered through the 'amniotic sac' of a star that is still forming to observe the innermost...
Archaeologists unearth 10,000 years old stone tools
PARIS: Archaeologists, who were originally assigned on a salmon-restoration mission, were able to unearth stone tools near Seattle that are...
Breathtaking view of Grand Canyon from edge of space captured by GoPro
CANADA: More than two years after a GoPro-fitted weather balloon was sent to the edge of space, the camera that...
New photos of Pluto reveal geological diversity
CANADA: Scientists revealed Saturday the new, high resolution photos of Pluto taken from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. The new images...
Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning image of sunflower galaxy
FRANCE: An amazing view of the well-known galaxy Messier 63 has been produced by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The...
