Science &amp; Technology

LONDON: Game of Thrones will be the highest budget game in the history of Warner Brothers just looking at the...

17m years old beaked whale back to its origins in East Africa

HONG KONG: Scientists left the fossil untouched for a good forty years — it was originally found in Kenya in...

Free upgrade to Windows 10: Microsoft offers to all windows users

WELLINGTON: Microsoft has reportedly announced that it will offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 to everyone when the operating...

First fine-scale genetic map of the British Isles

LONDON: Britain may be famous for preserving its royal DNA, but a genetic analysis of the nation is providing new...

UK Solar eclipse just a day away

ELY: The solar eclipse is just a day away as millions of people wait to witness an astronomical spectacle that...

Southern lights paint New Zealand sky

PARIS: The Southern Lights lit the New Zealand skies early Wednesday morning in spectacular pink and green. Also known as...

Ceres shows very strong signs of water, which means possibility of life

NEW YORK: Back when the NASA probe Dawn was approaching the asteroid promoted to dwarf planet, Ceres, it captured some...

PTCL expands telecom services, broadband internet, SmartTV, EVO Wireless Broadband in NesPak housing society

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited has signed an agreement with National Engineering Services Pakistan (Nespak). Under the terms of the...

Stranded dolphin rescued by two fishermen in Karachi

KARACHI: A dolphin that beached in the Sonmiani area of Balochistan was rescued and helped swim back to the sea...

600,000sqm less than historic levels: Winter ice nears all-time record low in Arctic

LONDON: As folks across much of the central and eastern US shivered and shoveled through a cold, snowy winter, the...

Million years of evolution: Gene language still remain same

WASHINGTON: The language used in the switches that turn genes on and off has remained the same across millions of...

Scientists discovered evidence of underground Ocean on Ganymede by using HST

NEW YORK: By using Hubble Space Telescope scientists have discovered evidence for a subsurface ocean on Ganymede—largest moon of Jupiter....

4,000-5,000 years old Stonehenge could have been used by worshippers to perform religious ceremonies

LONDON: Almost a million people a year flock to Stonehenge to marvel at the mysterious prehistoric monument, reported Huffington Post....

One Plus Two to launch on April 17, an Android 4.4 KitKat, 16MP camera, 4GB RAM smartphone in $538.19

LONDON: One Plus has announced to launch next generation smartphone of One Plus One in the shape of One Plus...

Verizon expands cloud services with secure, enterprise-grade cloud capabilities to Asia Pacific region, including Australia

SYDNEY: Verizon is bringing a suite of enhanced cloud services to its customers in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia....

St Patrick Day: BioWare gives away free multiplayer gifts in Dragon Age: Inquisition

LONDON: BioWare has given away free multiplayer gifts in Dragon Age: Inquisition BioWare is currently busy creating the first DLC...

Cortana will be appearing on iOS, Android

LONDON: Cortana, Microsoft's well-received rival to Google Now and Siri, will be appearing on iOS and Android. Microsoft's nifty Cortana...

Study uncovered, early ancestors of shrimp were quite large but peaceful creatures

CANADA: A recently conducted study revealed that early ancestors of today’s shrimp were quite large, but were known to be...

Google VPN connects with Android 5.1: Experimented on Nexus 6 through its “Google Connectivity Services” via Android 5.1 Lollipop version

SYDNEY: As the privacy and personal security of users are gaining more popularity on the technological arena nowadays, it’s quite...

Vietnam increases tax on fuel, VND3, 000 per liter on gasoline, VND1,500 per liter for diesel