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Galapagos volcano eruption raises fears for islands’ unique species
EALING: A volcano in the Galapagos Islands has erupted for the first time in more than 30 years, raising fears...
Researchers just created an algorithm that lets robots learn like us
MEXICO: Researchers say they have programmed robots to learn mechanical tasks on their own through trial and error, in a...
How Arctic ozone hole was avoided by Montreal Protocol
PARIS: An ozone hole larger than Australia would have opened up over the Arctic if we had continued to use...
Experts predict humans will be like cyborgs in 200 years
CANADA: A professor from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has said that within 200 years, humans may become god-like cyborgs...
Biologists find novel way to improve crops yields, thanks to supercomputer
NEW YORK: Biologists have made a new breakthrough and found a novel way of improving crops yields - thanks to...
Humans turned robots may take over the world soon, warns scientist
WASHINGTON: A top boffin has warned that in the future, chances are that the world will be ruled by humans...
Great Barrier Reef at risk even if it doesn’t make UNESCO’s danger list
HONG KONG: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is this week expected to decide if Australia's Great...
The rarest kind of one of the world’s most common birds found in Melbourne
MEXICO: A pure white sparrow- Albino was spotted at Sanctuary Lakes near Melbourne on Monday. A birdwatching expert and environmentalist,...
SpaceX Emergency Completes Pad Abort Test
HONG KONG: SpaceX, an American rocket company, has made a successful test of its SpaceX emergency abort system, which would...
UAE to set up Dhs100m space research centre in Middle East
ABU DHABI: The UAE will establish the first Space Research Centre in the Middle East. The project costing Dh100 million...
Scientists collect ‘wonderful’ new data on tiny ocean creatures
HARROW: The Tara Oceans project is revealing new data on tiny ocean creatures and the critical roles they play in...
Elon Musk fears Google will build ‘a fleet of robots capable of destroying mankind’
NEW YORK: When SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk recently said that with artificial intelligence we’re “summoning the demon,” he...
Mars rover Curiosity starts journey that could reveal secrets of red planet
LONDON: Unable to reach a comparable geological contact farther south on Red Planet, NASA's Curiosity rover has now approached an...
United Arab Emirates launches national space agency’s strategy
ABU DHABI: The UAE has laid out a strategic framework for a newly created space agency that aims to integrate...
NASA astronaut captured stunning images of plume-shaped aurora lighting up
FRANCE: Once again Mother Nature has outdone herself, as the newest tweets from astronaut Terry W. Virts show. He captured...
Researchers develop robot that can learn by itself through ‘deep structured learning’
MALI: Researchers from the University of Berkeley have built a new type of robot that can behave like a child...
Dead 28-foot juvenile gray whale found at Portuguese Beach
CLIVE: A gray whale that washed up on the Sonoma Coast over the weekend was the eighth large marine mammal...
The Sun’s magnetic field passes through the corona
ELY: In photographs taken in the spectrum of visible light, the Sun’s magnetic field is invisible. But this image wasn’t...
Dogs’ special relationship to humans may go back 27,000 to 40,000 years, study
WASHINGTON: Dogs' special relationship to humans may go back 27,000 to 40,000 years, according to genomic analysis of an ancient...
Volcano in Galapagos Islands erupted for 1st time in more than 30 years
CANADA: A volcano in the Galapagos Islands erupted for the first time in more than 30 years Monday, spilling streams...
