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FRANCE: A new study has recorded a sudden and rapid thinning of once-stable glaciers along the southern Antarctic Peninsula, demonstrating...

Tow bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres revealed by dawn

CANADA: Several pictures captured by Dawn spacecraft were displayed showing the many bright spots which has puzzled scientists no end....

3,400 years after her death, scientists track a girl’s travels

LUSAKA: In 1921, archaeologists exploring an ancient burial mound near Egtved, a village in Denmark, unearthed the grave of a...

Stunning image of medusa nebula’s “snakes” captured by “snakes” captured by Very Large Telescope

EUROPE: Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured the most detailed image ever...

Here is the list of top 10 species includes spiders, slugs discovered in 2015

MALI: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry has released the list of top 10 new species discovered in 2015.Every...

Software to provide insights into type 1a supernovae

HARROW: Type I a supernovae, one of the most dazzling phenomena in the universe, are produced when small dense stars...

Space cargo capsule returns to Earth from ISS

BRENT: The commercial cargo ship touched down in the Pacific Ocean Sunday with research samples that could help improve astronaut...

Secret is out on the X37 space plane cargo

PARIS: The United States Air Force and NASA team up to control the secret space plane the Boeing X-37. The...

Ancient wolf DNA could solve dog origin mystery

DUBLIVE: Genetic information from a 35,000-year-old wolf bone found below a frozen cliff in Siberia is shedding new light on...

Some octopus species can “see” with their skin, scientists

MEXICO: Scientists reveal that some octopus species can "see" with their skin.This type of sensory perception does not work exactly...

LHC busts energy-level benchmark

CANADA: The world's largest particle smasher broke the record for energy levels late Wednesday in a test run after a...

Discovery of 3.3 million years old stone confirms theory of early humans

VERIA: For years, conventional thought has held that humans were the first to start using stone tools. In Stanley Kubrick’s...

New ESO Image of the “medusa nebula”

BRENT: The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has a new image of the Medusa Nebula, showing the celestial object in exquisite...

Astronomer uncovered new data pertaining to origins of Type Ia supernova

CANADA: According to a study published in the journal Nature, a team of Caltech astronomers has uncovered new data pertaining...

Researchers find 3.3m year old stone tools that made before 1st humans evolved

FRANCE: Researchers have discovered a collection of stone tools older than the evolution of first humans. The discovery made in...

Solar sail spacecraft launches to test revolutionary technology in Earth orbit

NEW YORK: A small spacecraft designed to test solar sail technology in Earth orbit has taken flight in a successful...

Scientists discover plankton’s secrets

CANADA: A world of diversity has been discovered in plankton, the tiny plants, viruses and embryonic fish that are a...

425m year old parasite found attached to host

MEXICO: Researchers have revealed the 425-million-year-old remains of a newly discovered species of parasite - still clamped to the host...

Researchers spot giant crater they say could be ‘Red Planet’s Yellowstone’

WASHINGTON: Scientists have spotted what they believe could be the remains of a vast supervolcano on the Martian surface. The...

Semi-arid zones play crucial role in controlling carbon levels