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MEXICO: An international team of scientists uncovered several specimens of ancient graffiti inside a cave in China that describe harrowing...

Early human were dominant cause of giant mammals extinction

NEW YORK: Early humans - not climate change - were the dominant cause of the extinction of a variety of...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft expose diverse features on Pluto’s surface

NEW YORK: The latest data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reveal diverse features on Pluto's surface and an atmosphere dominated...

Astronomers spotted Jupiter’s methane-shrouded cousin around distant star

PERTH: Astronomers say they’ve spotted a remarkably close analogue to our own planet Jupiter — and even gotten a look...

Rosetta makes closest pass of sun

WASHINGTON: ESA's Rosetta space craft which is orbiting a comet rode with it to its closest approach to the Sun,...

Study reveals that male, female brains operate differently

NEW YORK: A new study of a brain region involved in learning and memory, responses to stress and epilepsy has...

Scientists unlocked genetic secrets of octopus

LONDON: Scientists have taken a close look at the octopus and have found that there is a lot more to...

ISS astronaut pictures of Earth used for light pollution studies

EUROPE: A project dubbed Cities at Night uses photos that were taken by astronauts who work at the International Space...

Global food shortage rises due to climate change

MEXICO: Global food shortages will become three times more likely as a result of climate change according to a report...

Air pollution kills over 1.6m people in china every year

BEIJING: Outdoor air pollution contributes to the deaths of an estimated 1.6 million people in China every year, or about...

World’s most dangerous volcanos erupts back into life

CANADA: Authorities have restricted access to the park that surrounds Cotopaxi and suspended ascents of the peak, which is popular...

Humans responsible for demise of gigantic ancient mammals, research

WASHINGTON: Early humans - not climate change - were the dominant cause of the extinction of a variety of species...

Universe is ending, astronomers alert

CANADA: A Study released on Monday at the International Astronomical Union conference in Hawaii shows that the Universe is producing...

Butterflies may disappear in UK by 2050 due to climate change

NEW YORK: A new study revealed that six species of drought sensitive butterflies in the UK will be locally extinct...

Researchers calculate number of productive biological, around the globe

BRENT: It is only August and humanity has already used a year’s worth of natural resources. According to the Global...

Zebra’s stripes don’t protect them from predators, research

NEW YORK: A zebra's stripes are unlikely to protect it from pursuing predators, contrary to the view of most experts,...

Ancient Egyptian mummies embalmed with unusual recipes

WASHINGTON: Researchers studying two ancient Egyptian mummies, dating back to some 3,500 years, have found that they were embalmed with...

Scientific study suggests that melting Antarctic glaciers create feeding ‘hot spots’

LONDON: A new scientific study suggests that the waters around the forbidding ice continent of Antarctica might, in the future,...

ISS astronaut Scott Kelly watched gravity in space

LONDON: Kelly, an American from New Jersey, and Russian Mikhail Kornienko are in the International Space Station with Russian Gennady...

Astronomers discover giant protogalaxy that is 4 times larger than our Milky Way