Science & Technology

BEIJING: Scientists have found what may be the world's smallest land snail - tiny enough to fit almost 10 times...

CANADA: Intelligent people have brains that are wired differently, according to a new Oxford study which suggests ‘smart minds’ are...

MEXICO: On Monday, NASA surprised the world by announcing it had found water on Mars. To the jaded and conspiracy-minded...

LONDON: Last week NASA sent out acryptic press release about solving a "major" mystery on Mars, which it announced Monday...

WASHINGTON: Earth-like planets orbiting close to small stars may have magnetic fields that protect them from stellar radiation and help...

EUROPE: Water reserves found on the Moon are the result of asteroids acting as “delivery vehicles” and not of falling...

NEW YORK: NASA scientists are developing training tools that would help astronauts on a mission to Mars transition back to...

CANADA: A 20-million-year-old flea entombed in amber with tiny bacteria attached to it provides what researchers believe may be the...

HONG KONG: A new research has determined the colour of two ancient species of bat. Scientists studied microscopic spherical and...

EUROPE: A new study has revealed that monkeys and humans see visual illusions in a similar way. According to researchers...

HARROW: NASA has spent months probing ever-sharper images of dwarf planet Ceres sent back from the Dawn spacecraft. Now, the...

HONG KONG: In 2009, a 3.5-million-year-old bacteria strain called Bacillus F was discovered deep in the permafrost of Siberia’s Sakha...

LONDON: Exploring the core of a metallic asteroid or capturing high-resolution images of Venus are two potential missions NASA is...

PARIS: A team of rocketeers launched an out-of-this-world Kickstarter campaign Thursday to raise $1 million for "Moonspike" - an ambitious...

BRENT: Pluto's big moon, Charon, is being revealed in all its rugged glory.NASA released the best color pictures yet of...

CANADA: New research suggests that the asteroid or comet that slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago rocked the...

LONDON: Last week NASA sent out acryptic press release about solving a "major" mystery on Mars, which it announced Monday...

Google and Microsoft have agreed to settle an ongoing patent feud concerning communications and video technology, bringing an end to...

NEW YORK: Google celebrates its 17’th birthday on Sunday, with a nostalgic doodle, which takes its users back to the...

LONDON: Google is almost ready to unveil two long-awaited Nexus smartphones. The company will be revealing the Nexus 5X and...