Science

BRENT: Scientists have unlocked the genetic secrets of one of Earth's underwater wonders - the octopus - whose eight sucker-studded...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan on Wednesday said that forests are a first major line of defence...

MEXICO: Following the path taken by the crew of the starship Enterprise in “Star Trek,” mankind is boldly going where...

CANADA: The Cities at Night project organizers began compiling hundreds of thousands of nighttime photos of metropolises taken from the...

KOLKATA: Tea does have various health attributes but it isn't entirely the magic potion it is thought to be. Drinking...

HONG KONG: Is it time for Tasmanian devils to once again roam mainland Australia, after they went extinct there some...

FRANCE: This is the crackle of neural activity that allows a fruit-fly (Drosophila melanogaster) larva to crawl backwards: a flash...

CANADA: Queensland conservationists are establishing a secret reserve to protect the elusive night parrot, thought to be extinct 100 years...

LONDON: A humpback whale has been officially spotted off the coast of Cornwall. Marine Discovery were on a wildlife trip...

NEW DELHI: Conservationists say at least 41 tigers have died in the first seven months of this year despite awareness...

MIAMI: Astronauts living at the International Space Station took their first bites of space-grown lettuce Monday, in what scientists described...

LONDON: The deep sea can reveal lots of never-before seen animals and other marine life forms from whale-eating scavenger shrimps...

HONG KONG: Dominant species spread across the globe are just as vulnerable during a mass extinction event as more fragile...

HONG KONG: A new technology developed by researchers at a Swiss institute can map the human brain in unprecedented detail...

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

EUROPE: Even space stations need their windows cleaning, but it's a big task when you're floating in space. Two Russian...

WASHINGTON: Comet 67P is getting hot and bothered. Dramatic pictures from outbursts on the increasingly active comet are being returned...

NEW YORK: Engineers at MIT have designed a team of robots capable of working together to pour and deliver beers...

LONDON: A team of scientists has discovered a new way to grow graphene, enabling the material to be used in...

MEXICO: An international team of about 100 scientists has charted the universe’s gradual decline into darkness in the most comprehensive...