Science &amp; Technology

WASHINGTON DC: A team of researchers has found that an anti-cancer drug may make it easier to learn a language,...

Scientists developed “medicinal” chocolate, which contains only 35% fat

FRANCE: Chocolate so healthy it could be eaten as medicine has allegedly been invented by scientists. Scientists at an American...

Frogs on the brink of mass extinction

CANADA: Frogs face mass extinction with new research showing hundreds of species have been lost over three decades due to...

UK scientists find new way to measure mass of stars

HONG KONG: British scientists have found a clever way to find the mass of certain stars, even if they're alone...

Farming on Mars now possible: NASA

NEW YORK: In The Martian movie, Matt Damon's character faced the possibility of starving to death on Mars because he...

Archaeological discovered 800 years old turtle-shaped tomb in China

BEIJING: Archaeological experts from China were able to unearth an ancient tomb that is shaped like a turtle in Shanxi....

New species of hog-nosed rat discovered in Indonesia

HONG KONG: A new species of mammal dubbed the hog-nosed rat has been discovered in a remote area of Indonesia,...

NASA plans to land humans on Mars, is it possible?

BRENT: NASA's main long-term spaceflight goal is to land human astronauts on Mars. What steps is the space agency taking...

How earthquakes travelled through the ground?

MEXICO: When seismology became a global science, researchers realised that there was something weird about how earthquakes travelled through the...

NASA announces liquid water discovered on Mars

EUROPE: The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has circled the planet since 2006, found "strong evidence" of flowing, salty water streams...

Elon Musk wants to launch 2 huge fusions above Mars

HONG KONG: Elon Musk wants to launch two huge fusion bombs into the sky above Mars, which will explode every...

Researchers unearth 1.2m year old stone tool that sheds light on early human migration

CANADA: Researchers working in Turkey have unearthed a 1.2 million year old stone tool, which they believe is the oldest...

NASA releases ultimate close-up pictures of Saturn’s moon

LONDON: A pockmarked, icy landscape looms beneath NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in new images of Saturn’s moon Dione taken during the...

US plans to combat illegal fishing, other steps to protect oceans

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration announced plans on Monday to step up the fight against illegal fishing, pollution and other crimes...

Scientists find evidence of ancient mega tsunami

HONG KONG: A team of scientists have found evidence off the west coast of Africa that tens of thousands of...

NASA MRO discovers evidence of liquid water on Red planet

FRANCE: Mars may have once had a dense atmosphere with plenty of water and oceans that could have covered as...

Scientists disclose that Massive asteroid hit Earth because of dinosaur’s extinction

BRENT: Many scientists have long held the theory that a massive asteroid hitting Earth caused the extinction of the dinosaurs....

Scientists find fossils of ancient animals that flourish when dinosaurs died out

FRANCE: A new fossil find is giving scientists clues about an ancient group of animals that flourished when dinosaurs died...

Scientists say warming temperatures shape the Earth

MEXICO: No, it isn't love that moves mountains. Climate change does and scientists have evidence that could prove it. Global...

Scientists develop swimsuit for sea turtles