Science

LONDON: Scientists have discovered amazing diversity among planktons. Planktons include tiny plants, virus, embryonic fish that are favorite food of...

WASHINGTON: Stone tools that are older than man have been found — suggesting that our ancient ancestors were already skilled...

NEW YORK: A group of scientists have observed a sudden increase of ice loss in a previously stable region of...

LONDON: US space agency NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, which was launched on January 31 for a minimum...

HONG KONG: A Swedish university student has designed a proposed flag for Earth, which he envisions as the symbol for...

COPENHAGEN: The Egtved Girl was unearthed in 1921. All that remained of her was her hair, fingernails, teeth and clothing....

AUROA: Lifeguards and marine researchers tagged seven great white sharks Friday after more than a dozen were seen swimming and...

WASHINGTON: A U.S. Navy device that detects small debris in space and provides data on their trajectory has been granted...

LONDON: As part of their course, introduction to computing students at D&A College have been busy designing, building and programming...

PERTH: A mysterious disease is threatening the survival of a New South Wales turtle species, wiping out most of its...

LONDON: NASA has released the most detailed and clear images of the mysterious lights on the dwarf planet Ceres, but...

NEW YORK: Saturn will be shining more brightly than at any other time of the year, and you can see...

MEXICO: Saturday is the 308th birthday of Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist who took it upon himself to classify all...

LONDON: Residents of Mexico City were treated to an amazing spectacle on Thursday when a halo formed around the sun...

LONDON: Strong warming detected in the upper troposphere has sealed the debate on global warming. The hotspot detected was expected...

CANADA: Scientists believe that they may have finally found the answer as to what causes galaxies to die. In a...

FRANCE: These galaxies are nearly as wide as our Milky Way Galaxy — about 60,000 light-years — yet harbor only...

NEW YORK: The National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine are launching a major initiative to guide...

CANADA: The origin of type Ia supernovae, the standard candles used to reveal the presence of dark energy in the...

NEW YORK: NASA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking ideas from American companies for a spacecraft design that...