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FRANCE: Mysterious Pluto looms large and turns out to be larger than expected as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wraps up...

Depress people spend most of their time on smartphones, study

CANADA: People who are suffering from depression spend three times longer on their smartphones compared to happy individuals. A new...

NASA spacecraft makes closest approach to Pluto

LONDON: An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto, beaming to scientists a message that it survived its historic encounter before...

Scientists discovered a planet similar to Jupiter

HONG KONG: A team of scientists has discovered a planet with a mass very similar to Jupiter, orbiting a Sun-like...

Environmental changes by humans cause of declining nutrient-rich crops

NEW DELHI: Change in environmental conditions around the world due to human activities could negatively impact the health of millions...

Camera trick reveals black leopards´ spots

SYDNEY: A simple camera adjustment has helped scientists illuminate the usually undetectable spots on black leopards -- a trick they...

New pictures from NASA spacecraft New Horizons reveal ‘young’ mountain range

MEXICO: New pictures from the NASA spacecraft New Horizons on its successful flypast of Pluto have revealed a major surprise...

Chimp hands are much similar with human’s hands

MEXICO: Human hands can do so much — paint a picture, change a diaper, play the piano. That would make...

Australia’s iconic birds, which includes kookaburra, willie wagtail are declining

LONDON: These birds are still seen around Australia, but their numbers are already doing down, according to bird watchers. The...

Humans will end if plant vanished from Earth, study

WASHINGTON: The continued destruction of the plant life on Earth has put humans in jeopardy, a study says. According to...

ISRO plans to explore Venus after Mars and moon

LONDON: After reaching on Moon and Mars, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not sitting back idle, in fact the...

Hole in head makes you intelligent

MEXICO: Intelligence in humans can be estimated by the size of the holes in the skull through which the arteries...

Almost 9,500 people die from air pollution in London in 2010

NEW YORK: Air pollution caused the early deaths of almost 9,500 people in London in 2010, according to a study,...

Climate change rises average temperatures may increase death rate

WASHINGTON: We know that climate change promises to increase average temperatures, but we don’t yet understand exactly what kinds of...

Astronomers find a massive gas-giant world

PARIS: You know the trouble with regular exoplanets. They're mostly much too massive and much too close to their suns,...

Solar battery gets 20 percent of its energy from sun, research

NEW YORK: Last October, researchers at Ohio State demonstrated the world's first solar battery—a solar cell and a lithium-oxygen (Li-O2)...

Chimp hands are much similar with human’s hands

MEXICO: Human hands can do so much — paint a picture, change a diaper, play the piano. That would make...

Red planet is far more like Earth than thought

WASHINGTON: Researchers have found evidence of a 'continental crust' on Mars. They say the findings are 'surprisingly similar' to the...

Space probe New Horizons photographed icy face of Pluto

LONDON: Revealed for the first time in all its glory, this is the icy face of Pluto – which was...

Mysterious Pluto looms large and turns out to be larger than expected