Science

LONDON: After more than three centuries of invention of pendulum clocks, scientists have finally solved the mystery behind pendulums. There...

MEXICO: Researchers have suggested through a new study that globular clusters – spherical collections of up to a million densely...

HONG KONG: The beautiful ‘northern lights’-like aurora is not limited to the solar system – in fact it is not...

MEXICO: A new study has debunked the generally held notion that forests and other vegetation can quickly recover from extreme...

NEW YORK: Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has a history of creating tiny, insect-inspired robots, and its latest...

WASHINGTON: According to estimates put forward by a new study, Earth’s magnetic field is at least four billion years and...

HONG KONG: Taking a cue from butterflies scientists have suggested that these humble insects could hold the key to developing...

FRANCE: Water striders are probably one of the most fascinating insects for their ability to ‘walk’ on water and taking...

NEW YORK: The latest discovery comes only a week after Nasa announced that its Kepler spacecraft had found the "closest...

WASHINGTON: Archaeologists have uncovered human remains of some of the earliest leaders of the English colony that would become America,...

LONDON: Mimicking the v-shaped posture adopted by a butterfly species to heat up its flight muscles before take-off, the amount...

LONDON: Scientists have successfully altered the neural networks of laboratory mice using a wireless controller; allowing them to study the...

CANADA: The Comet 67P/Churyumov¬-Gerasimenko packs some of the key building blocks of life including some that play a key role...

NEW YORK: Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has a history of creating tiny, insect-inspired robots, and its latest...

EUROPE: If you've had a good night's sleep, you are mentally more alert and your memory works more reliably. During...

BRENT: Starvation early in life can alter an organism for generations to come, according to a new study in roundworms....

HONG KONG: The results of laboratory experiments involving Vitamin B3 by a team of NASA researchers support a theory that...

PARIS: “It’s very hard not to call an object with this level of complexity in its geology, and such complex...

LONDON: Many hormones and neurotransmitters work by binding to receptors on a cell's exterior surface. This activates receptors causing them...

MALI: Space travel is a constant exercise in forward planning, with mission control thinking years and sometimes decades in advance....