Science &amp; Technology

NEW YORK: Scientists have the first proof that a "brand new" way of combating cancer, using genetically modified viruses to...

Fossils of unknown species discovered in Ethiopia

WASHINGTON: Australopithecus deyiremeda was a hominid who walked the Earth at the same time as the well-known Australopithecine Lucy. Fossils...

430,000 year old murder victim discovered

LONDON: Archaeologists say wounds on a 430,000-year-old skull found in Spain would have been lethal, making it possibly one of...

Soul sucking Dementor Wasp using unique skill to kill victim, researchers

PARIS: Researchers have revealed that a soul-sucking wasp is one of 139 species recently discovered in south-east Asia. The species,...

Radical lander could finally find out what lies beneath the red planet’s surface

EUROPE: Rovers on Mars have drilled, hammered and dug into the surface of the red planet – but so far,...

NASA chose trove of instruments send to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa

WASHINGTON: NASA, on Tuesday, said it has chosen a trove of instruments to send to Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa, as...

Billionaire Elon Musk’s firm SpaceX cleared for US military launches

FRANCE: Elon Musk's spaceflight company SpaceX can now compete to launch national security missions for the Air Force, and that's...

Humans will become god like cyborgs in next 200 years, experts predict

HOG KONG: Resistance is futile, says Israeli professor Yuval Noah Harari.The long-term trend is away from "natural" lifestyles, away from...

Ozone layer on track to recovery, Scientists say

LONDON: Earth's ozone is in good shape, according to scientists, thanks to the Montreal Protocol, which has helped us avoid...

Abderrahim Ouarghidi: The High Atlas Foundation’s Botanical Superhero

byShahid Imran

Two cellphones. Three numbers. Thirty to forty phone calls a day. A road trip-based work life, which, for seven years,...

2015 can break all records of increasing temperature, experts

HARROW: According to climate change experts, the world is heading in the direction to having its hottest year on record....

Researchers develop very small cockroach like robot to help launch robotic birds

WASHINGTON: Researchers at the University of California Berkeley's Biomimetic Millisystems Lab have developed a very small, cockroach-like robot that can...

First time in 33 years, huge volcano eruption on Pacific island

BRENT: A volcano on Isabela Island in the Pacific Ocean has erupted for the first time in 33 years. Fire...

New horizons’ Pluto pictures reveal surface details

NEW YORK: New photos taken by a spacecraft zooming toward Pluto explain a variety of new data on the dwarf...

3.5 million years old human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia

HARROW: A new human ancestor species which roamed the Afar region of Ethiopia 3.3 to 3.5 million years ago has...

Archaeologists find 430,000-year-old skull in Spain

CANADA: Archaeologists say wounds on a 430,000-year-old skull found in Spain would have been lethal, making it possibly one of...

Soul-sucking wasp is one of 139 species recently discovered in south East Asia

AFRICA: Researchers have revealed that a soul-sucking wasp is one of 139 species recently discovered in south-east Asia. The species,...

US air force gave spacex right to compete for national security launches

CANADA: Elon Musk's spaceflight company SpaceX can now compete to launch national security missions for the Air Force, and that's...

Glacier changes at top of the world over 70% of glacier volume in Everest region can be lost by 2100

HONG KONG: Glaciers in the Everest region could disappear this century if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, a new...

Daimler, Qualcomm to make wireless recharging for electric cars