Science

MEXICO: A space probe designed to detect gravity waves in space-time, predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in his...

New Horizons send first of the best Pluto’s images

EUROPE: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the first in a series of the sharpest views of Pluto it...

Astronomers discovered a nest of monstrous baby galaxies 11.5m light years away

HARROW: Astronomers discovered a nest of monstrous baby galaxies 11.5 billion light-years away using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)....

World’s favorite fruit banana is in trouble

MALI: The world's favorite fruit, the banana, is in trouble as an untreatable fungas disease that has been threatening banana...

13,800-year-old engravings show 1st illustration of social group among our Paleolithic ancestors

HONG KONG: A schist slab discovered in 2013 bore 13,800-year-old carvings depicting campsites of hunter-gatherers. Researchers Marcos García-Diez and Manuel...

HST spotted magnified image of faintest galaxy

BRENT: NASA says its Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, working in cosmos-observing tandem, have spotted the magnified image of the...

Scientists detect magnetic field Just Outside black hole at Milky Way center

WASHINGTON: For the first time ever, scientists were able to detect a magnetic field just outside the event horizon of...

Researchers unveil secrets of Aussie ‘resurrection’ grass

LONDON: A native Australian grass that "plays dead" during droughts and selectively culls its own cells to survive could provide...

Study exposes new details on matters that make up the Universe

HONG KONG: Matter as we know it – or that which composes everything known – is a mere 5 percent...

Almost 17,000 marine species unprotected in natural habitat, scientists

CANADA: An international team of scientists revealed that more than 17,000 species of marine life worldwide are still largely unprotected...

NASA postpones Cygnus cargo spacecraft Launch because of bad weather

LONDON: NASA announced on Thursday that the scheduled resupply mission involving the Cygnus freighter spacecraft has been delayed because of...

Scientists uncovered rare fossil of horned dinosaur

bySana Anwar

LONDON: Scientists have uncovered the rare fossil of a dog-sized horned dinosaur in eastern North America that roamed the Earth...

Researcher creates third type of carbon

LONDON: Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a third type of carbon — one that is harder than...

Scientists create diamond at room temperature

LONDON: A team of scientists from North Carolina State University, however, have developed a revolutionary process to create diamond-like structures...

Researchers disclose secrets of Aussie ‘resurrection’ grass

HONG KONG: A native Australian grass that "plays dead" during droughts and selectively culls its own cells to survive could...

Scientists developed a new technique to gauge the distant universe

WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed a technique to use quasars – powerful sources driven by supermassive black holes at the centre...

Brain activity discloses how detecting violations of social norms varies b/w cultures

WASHINGTON: Social norms are a fundamental characteristic of human behavior, and they vary across cultures in interesting ways. It's even...

Astronomers discovered a nest of monstrous baby galaxies