Science &amp; Technology

GIRGA: Digital representations may soon be all that is left of historic artifacts being destroyed by the Islamic State of...

Newly discovered fossil: A whale ate another whale

HONG KONG: Scientists have found a carcass of a Basilosaurus whale that appeared to have eaten another smaller whale. The...

NASA starts to upload 4K, 60fps videos to YouTube

LONDON: NASA offers videos of its space explorations and other such activities in 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) resolution on...

ESA discovered Rosetta’s Philae Lander on comet’s surface

MEXICO: The Philae lander may have been spotted on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) by astronomers using cameras aboard...

Global warming forces polar bears to add dolphins to food list

NEW YORK: Global warming could be driving polar bears to eat dolphins, a behavior never before seen in the wild....

NASA to deploy first interplanetary CubeSats for next Mars mission

ISLAMABAD: U.S. space agency NASA said that its next Mars landing mission in 2016 will include two CubeSats, the first...

Polar bears in Arctic start eating dolphins due to global warming

LONDON: Scientists blame global warming for weird behaviour Polar bears in the Arctic have been seen eating dolphins for the...

ESA images suggest suitable landing place of philae lander

NEW YORK: Scientists have been searching for Philae lander ever since the robotic probe lost power after landing on Comet...

Wi Fi signal helps to count people in crowd

NEW YORK: A Wi-Fi signal can be used to count the number of people in a given space, leading to...

We can save ourselves from Earth killing asteroids

LONDON: Earlier this spring, as violence and chaos drove thousands of refugees onto rickety boats off Libya, with some drowning...

Stanford engineers develop a computer that operates on water droplets

FRANCE: A team of Stanford engineers led by assistant professor of bioengineering Manu Prakesh have created a miniature computer which...

All chimpanzees are now considered to be endangered species

MEXICO: All chimpanzees are now protected under the Endangered Species Act.Under the new ruling, chimps will be protected from capture...

Philae comet robot lab makes contact again: Agency

PARIS: Europe's robot lab Philae has made followup contact with Earth more than a day after sending home its first...

Phoebe ring 7, 000 times larger than Saturn, study

EUROPE: A recent study on Saturn and its rings reveals that one of its rings called phobe ring is larger...

‘Lost in Space’ galaxy is 18m light years away in northern constellation of Draco dragon

MEXICO: Most galaxies are clumped together in groups or clusters, with a neighbouring galaxy never far away. But NGC 6503's...

HST image shows ‘Lost in Space’ galaxy in striking detail

LONDON: Most galaxies are clumped together in groups or clusters, with a neighbouring galaxy never far away. But NGC 6503's...

Terry Virts’ photos aren’t the only ones taken by an ISS astronaut

MEXICO: It’s hard to capture amazing photos the kind that inspire awe and wonder, freeze. in a split second, a...

Impact glass on Mars may preserve signs of life from distant past

HONG KONG: In the search for past alien life on Mars, the discovery of impact glass on the surface of...

Scientists captured death of white blood cell for 1st time

MEXICO: Scientists have captured the moment a white blood cell dies - and the results are spectacular. In a world...

IEA says failure of greenhouse gas cuts result in temperature rise of 2.6 degrees Celsius