Science

CANADA: Ancestors of modern snakes may have still had their hind legs up to 110 million years ago - millions...

Plan bee: White House recommends steps to save dwindling pollinators

PARIS: The US government will boost research and preserve 2.8 million hectares of habitat for bees, monarch butterflies and other...

Galaxies are nearly as wide as our Milky Way Galaxy about 60,000 light years

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

Secretive X-37B space plane set for May 20 launch on ULA Atlas V 501

HONG KONG: United Launch Alliance will launch an Atlas V 501 rocket on Wednesday on a special mission for the...

Ash clouds could help to predict where planes can safely fly following volcanic eruptions, researchers

NEW YORK: New discoveries about ash clouds could help predict where planes can safely fly following volcanic eruptions, researchers have...

Farming did make us weak, study proves

LONDON: Science has known for a long time that the bones of modern people are considerably weaker than those of...

Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%

NEW YORK Researchers have obtained the record-breaking efficiency of 22.1 percent efficiency on nanostructured silicon solar cells. An almost 4...

Archeaologists discover 500mn yrs old turtle fossil in Australia

SYDNEY: Archaeologists looking for crocodile fossils have instead found what they described as a "massive bed" of turtle fossils dating...

Spider Rain: why It rained millions of baby spiders in australia

PERTH: IT’S the strange phenomenon everyone’s talking about. The unearthly sight of hundreds of gossamer white threads floating through the...

Amazing 2D Rubens’ Tube Visualizes sound with a plane of fire

NEW YORK: Researchers in Denmark have created this amazing 2D Ruben’s Tube that lets you see sound with a plane...

Global investors worth $24tn launche online platform to fight climate change

LONDON: Global investors who manage $24 trillion (£15.6tn) in assets have launched an online platform to fight climate change. The...

60yrs of Fair Isle records reveals changes in spring migration

NEW YORK: The first results of a major survey of bird migration are revealing dramatic and unexpected changes in the...

US science academies launch major initiative to guide decision making on human gene-editing research

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

Massive Antarctic ice shelf will disappear completely in a few years: NASA

CANADA: The massive Larsen B Ice Shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula will likely completely disappear within a next few years,...

Ocean microbes directly influence climate change, atmosphere

MEXICO: A rather interesting study has unveiled that microbes present in oceans have a major impact on atmosphere and that...

Great white shark ‘Mary lee’ cruises up east coast, takes bite out of twitter

Mary Lee, a great white shark cruising the waters off the East Coast of the United States, has become a...

First snakes were likely forest dwellers, had tiny hind legs and needle-like hooked teeth, research

AFRICA: The first snakes were likely forest dwellers, had tiny hind legs and needle-like hooked teeth, according to the new...

Tim Peake asks for help in space food science experiment

NEW YORK: British astronaut Tim Peake is asking school children to help him in his experiment to send seeds of...

Planet Earth now has a flag for interplanetary relations

LONDON: A Swedish graphic designer has released a flag to represent every single person on the face of the globe...

Why airplane food tastes bad: Loud noise while flying affects the way we perceive flavour, study