Science

MEXICO: A latest study, published in the journal Nature, has suggested that eruption of water vapor on Enceladus might be...

500 million year old fossil brain helps paleontologists understand origins of arthropods

NEW YORK: Dr Javier Ortega-Hernández of the University of Cambridge, UK, has discovered one of the oldest fossil brains ever...

Thunder captured for the 1st time in amazing images

HONG KONG: Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute have allowed us to see what thunder looks like for the first...

Hundreds flee rumbling Philippines volcano

SORSOGON: Hundreds of people fled their homes on the slopes of a rumbling Philippine volcano on Friday as authorities warned...

Scientists discover brain region responsible for seasonal affective disorder

NEW YORK: U.S. scientists say they're zeroing in on a small area of the brain responsible for seasonal affective disorder...

More than 15,000 dolphins killed for their teeth

NEW YORK: Teeth were used as currency and jewellery, according to a study, with thousands of dolphins slaughtered between 1976...

Scientists found vast halo of cosmic gas surrounding the Andromeda Galaxy

FRANCE: Scientists have found that a vast halo of cosmic gas surrounding the Andromeda Galaxy is much larger than previously...

Scientists are more confident about attributing heat waves, droughts to human influence

PARIS: Early this year, touring a drought-stricken fruit farm in California, Barack Obama cited the state’s three-year dry spell, the...

Scientists expose biology behind gaping mouths of whales

HONG KONG: Researchers have discovered exactly how large ocean mammals like the fin whale can gape their mouths so wide...

Space is full of water & probably teeming with life

NEW YORK: Many asteroids and comets in space are full of water, which means an enormous number of planets in...

Alien signals came from their staff kitchen’s microwave oven, scientists

SYDNEY: Scientists at Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia now know where those alien signals they kept picking up came from...

NASA Issues challenge to Public in hopes of gathering ideas for Mars mission

LONDON: The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has plans to send humans to Mars over the next nearly...

Artificial muscles can be made by covering onions in gold, scientists

LONDON: Scientists from the National Taiwan University have discovered a method of developing artificial muscles from gold-plated onions. These artificial...

How astronauts relieve themselves aboard ISS?

TOKYO: Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti sheds some light on one of the more mysterious aspects of space travel: How...

Messenger data shed light on Mercury’s magnetic field

WASHINGTON: While NASA's Messenger Probe may be gone, having crashed into the surface of Mercury, the data it collected is...

Failed Russian spacecraft falls from orbit, burns up

NEW YORK: An unmanned Russian spaceship loitering in orbit after a failed cargo run to the International Space Station plunged...

Samantha Cristoforetti taste first brewed coffee in space

NEW YORK: The first Italian woman in space is also the first person to sip brewed coffee in space. Samantha...

German researchers disclose process of bloom that turns chocolate dusty white

FRANCE: A group of German researchers have revealed the process of bloom that turns chocolates dusty white. The revelation of...

Scientists discovered a new lizard species near Machu Picchu

LUSAKA: A group of Peruvian and Spanish scientists, supported by rangers of Peru’s National Parks Service, have discovered a new...

Researchers discovered 13billion yrs old planet known as EGS-zs8-1