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MEXICO: Fighting climate change will bring important public health benefits around the world, says a study in a top medical...

A “leap second” will be added on june 30 at midnight

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NEW YORK: Short on time? Don't worry. This month you'll get an extra second. A "leap second" will be added...

Scientists need to better defend themselves against attacks by politicians

HONG KONG: Astrophysicist and Nobel laureate in physics Brian Schmidt says says scientists need to better defend themselves against attacks...

Astronomers discovered lost generation of earliest stars that introduce light into the universe

CANADA: Astronomers said that they had discovered a lost generation of monster stars that ushered light into the universe after...

NASA tests 45,000 lb MRAP armored vehicle as evacuation carrier for upcoming manned missions

MEXICO: Earlier this month, SpaceX carried out a successful test of the Crew Dragon's Launch Abort System (LAS), which would...

NASA administrator believes exist of alien life

MEXICO: NASA administrator Charles Bolden has stated that he believes alien life exists and that mankind will encounter it soon....

Earth’s sixth mass extinction is here; human could be the 1st victims, study

EUROPE: The sixth mass extinction, formally known as the Holocene extinction, could spell the end of the human race and...

16m years old large walking bat’s fossils discovered in New Zealand

CLIVE: Fossilized remains of a bat species that walked on four limbs and was triple the size of today's screeching...

World’s clocks will add an extra second on 30 June

PARIS: On June 30 at 23:59:59 GM, the world's clocks will add an extra second to the day - bringing...

Most kangaroos are left handed, research

PARIS: A group of Russian scientists have been surprised to discover most kangaroos are left-handed, challenging existing understanding of marsupials....

Titan 30 times slower than Earth due to longer length of Titan’s year

NEW YORK: Saturn’s moon Titan is the only body in the solar system known to have lakes and seas on...

NASA’s New Horizon releases 1st ‘near-true’ color videos of Pluto

LONDON: NASA has released the first “near-true” color videos of Pluto and its largest natural satellite Charon, captured by the...

NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft complete 60,000th Martian orbit sans pit stops

HONG KONG: NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is set to reach a milestone tomorrow when it completes its 60 000th orbit....

Saharan silver ants are able to face temperatures up to 70°C

MEXICO: Few animals can survive the blistering heat of the Saharan Desert, but this specially adapted critter is one of...

Hubble Space Telescope snapped an image of quartet galactic neighbors

HONG KONG: A group of four galaxies — including a galactic cannibal — are glowing brightly in deep space. The...

Four galaxies glowing brightly in deep space

WASHINGTON: A group of four galaxies — including a galactic cannibal — are glowing brightly in deep space. The Hubble...

Sixth mass extinction could be well underway and humans are the likely culprit, study

MEXICO: Sixty-five million years ago, the dinosaurs disappeared in what's known as the Earth's fifth mass extinction. Today, a sixth...

NSA published 1st images of remote dwarf planet Pluto and its largest satellite

NEW YORK: The US National Space Agency has published the first ever images of the remote dwarf planet Pluto and...

Major review of risks of climate change in Murray Darling Basin is likely within next seven years

BRENT: When the Murray Darling Basin Plan came into effect in 2012, it promised to reduce the historic over-allocation of...

Volcanoes may still erupting on the surface of Venus, study