Science &amp; Technology

LONDON: And this year mankind could be totally obliterated by a giant asteroid. It’ll probably rain too. Conspiracy theorists are...

Climate change impacts on marine environment

FRANCE: The thing about climate change is that we usually only see one side of it: the changing weather pattern...

Scientists finds new early warning system for destructive solar storms

NEW YORK: A recent detection system offers hopes of tempering the havoc caused by disruptive solar storms as it claims...

Saturn’s Outermost ring is far larger than earlier thought, researchers

MEXICO: Researchers have claimed that the size of Saturn's outermost ring is much bigger than originally thought. Astrophysicist Douglas Hamilton...

High speed, extragalactic jet of high velocity plasma grow brighter over last 20 years

LONDON: A high-speed, extragalactic jet of high velocity plasma has grown brighter over the last 20 years, and now scientists...

Solar powered plane begins six day flight over Pacific Ocean

NEW YORK: A revolutionary zero-fuel solar plane has taken off for a six-day flight over the Pacific Ocean, from China...

Venus & Jupiter will come together for a spectacular close encounter at the end of June

MEXICO: One of the year’s stunning celestial displays will occur at the end of June and beginning of July when...

NASA’s spacecraft Dawn sent closest images of dwarf planet Ceres

CANADA: NASA's spacecraft Dawn has sent back the closest images ever taken of the dwarf planet Ceres. The closest pictures...

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...

US give approval to protect 38,000 mile coral habitat from North Carolina to New York

LONDON: A fisheries council in the U.S. has given its approval to ban certain fishing methods to protect the coral...

Engineers build tiny flying robots by observe moths ‘method of flying

HONG KONG: Hawkmoths are able see in the dark, and now, researchers know how they do it. This ability allows...

NASA reveals new image of Pluto captured by LORRI

FRANCE: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released new photographs of Pluto that were captured using the Long...

Apple to introduce rebranded “Apple Music”

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is planning to introduce music service on Monday that builds on the iPhone maker's strengths in a...

Comparison between old Gmail and new Inbox email service

NEW YORK: Google has introduced not one, but two email services for its users, but while Gmail has been around...

Pakistan is on top in world for Lumia 535 market share

NEW YORK: Windows Phone is now officially the second smartphone ecosystem by volumes sales. The activations in Pakistan were more...

IDC reveals Xiaomi Mi band priced at Rs 999 becomes second most shipped wearable device

BEJING: IDC reveals that the Xiaomi Mi band priced at Rs 999 is now the second most shipped wearable device...

Research says children do not know history of telephone

NEW DELHI: Yes, it is true that most of the children in the world do not know the history of...

Lumia 640 XL offers 5.7-inch HD display, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage

NEW DELHI: The Lumia 640 XL looks like the white color variant is available for purchase at this stage, with...

Android OS LG’s G Flex 2 vs Samsung’s upcoming Note 5 Edge which one is better?

SEOUL: It would be a good idea to compare two devices running the Android OS LG's G Flex 2 and...

Digital Spy highlights Google email software, age-guessing app from Microsoft, MixRadio on iOS