Science &amp; Technology

VERIA: New evidence suggests that an advanced ancient race on Earth fell victim to a comet 13,000 years ago. Graham...

Big shelves of Antarctic ice melting faster than scientists thought

LONDON: In 2002, two-thirds of the massive Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica disintegrated into the ocean, spawning hundreds to...

NASA challenges public for ideas to make a Mars colony more sustainable

NEW YORK: The space agency NASA has asked public to submit designs for a Mars habitat. NASA, along with the...

How space tourism would have been sold 60 years ago: NASA

CANADA: Perhaps people within SpaceX and NASA are a little sad about the end of "Mad Men," because recently both...

Millions of spider webs blanket Australian landscape after flood

SYDNEY: ‘Some people feel the rain, others just get wet’But the rain showers that this Australian rural town, Goulburn experienced...

Link between provision of financial incentives, give up on smoking, study

LONDON: In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at...

NASA plans to send microscopic organisms to Red planet

NEW YORK: In an attempt to explore if Mars can house conditions suitable of sustaining human life under the Mars...

More Americans will feel high heat as global warming

WASHINGTON: The combination of global warming and shifting population means that by mid-century, there will be a huge increase in...

Child advocacy groups say YouTube Kids app not avoid inappropriate videos

NEW YORK: Child advocacy groups expand a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission last month against Inappropriate videos found on...

FIFA 15 Ultimate Team update for Android users

FIFA 15 Ultimate Team update for Android users TOKYO: EA Sports has made lots of amazing games, among them the...

Trap jaw ants use strong jaws to escape death traps

FRANCE: The trap-jaw ant has earned the reputation of making short work of its prey. With herculean, spring-loaded mandibles, it...

Variable eruption patterns of Hawaii’s Mt. Kilauea explained

MEXICO: Scientists are closely watching a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island for a possible eruption after volatile changes in the...

Russian rocket carrying Mexican satellite crashes over Siberia

NEW YORK: A Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a Mexican satellite malfunctioned and crashed in Siberia soon after launch on Saturday,...

Inmarsat delays launch of Russian global Xpress satellite after third rocket failure

WASHINGTON: Great-britain Uk navigation business organisation Inmarsat Plc (ISA.L) slowed the release of the one in three Universal Xpress satellite...

Antarctic ice shelf a few years from disintegration: NASA

LONDON: The last intact section of one of Antarctica’s mammoth ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate completely...

International Space Station continually pelted by small pieces of space junk

BRENT: The International Space Station is continually pelted by small pieces of space junk, and on occasions needs to shift...

Sea Spray & Ocean microbes can Influence atmosphere and climate change

PARIS: A factor that determines the properties of clouds that help moderate the planet’s temperature may be decided by ocean...

NASA grants Certification to SpaceX to launch its robotic science missions

MEXICO: It's official. NASA has formally certified SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to launch all but the agency's most costly robotic...

NASA’s new technique may help detect traces of alien life on Mars

EUROPE: Humans have always fantasized about "little green men" on Mars, and now scientists have created a new way to...

NASA’s new technique may help detect life on Mars