Science

BEIJING: The humble onion is proving its strength outside the culinary world, enabling scientists to develop artificial muscles by using...

Lost lake vanish as 6ft lava tube opens up beneath water’s surface

HONG KONG: This bizarre image shows the moment a US lake was sucked dry of its water by a two-metre...

NASA releases 4 movies of filament burst arising from Sun

HONG KONG: NASA has released four movies of a filament burst arising from the Sun. The movies were assembled using...

Study shows, space might make astronauts dumber

MEXICO: Spending long stretches in space traveling to distant planets could possibly have not-so-desirable effects for mankind’s ambassadors, according to...

As the river rises: Cahokia’s emergence & decline linked to Mississippi river flooding

According to scientists associated with a new study on ancient civilization in Cahokia, they have discovered that at Cahokia, the...

China makes presence felt in Antarctica power play for 2048, research

HONG KONG: A special report on The New York Times recently stated that China may be jockeying to gain more...

Oregon Coho salmon plan attacked by ecological groups

NEW YORK: Two environmental groups are threatening to sue a federal agency over what they deem its failure to develop...

NASA announces journey to Mars challenge, seeks public input on establishing sustained human presence

LONDON: NASA is embarking on an ambitious journey to Mars and Tuesday announced a challenge inviting the public to write...

Astronomers nail down distance to the earliest galaxy yet

LONDON: A team of astronomers peering deep into the heavens has discovered the earliest, most distant galaxy yet, spotted a...

Scientists discovered oldest known ancestor of modern birds

BRENT: The discovery indicates that modern birds originated roughly six million years before previously thought Scientists said in a paper...

Alien pings were the microwave, Australian scientists discovered

MEXICO: Scientists monitoring an Australian radio telescope have discovered that a series of strange signals which have baffled astrophysicists for...

Mysterious ‘X-Files’ sounds captured 22 miles above Earth’s surface

WASHINGTON: "X-Files"-like sounds recorded far above the Earth's surface are baffling NASA scientists who are yet to pinpoint their origin....

Rorqual whales have stretchy nerves for taking big gulps

HONG KONG: Scientists have stumbled upon one of the secrets behind the big gulps of the world's biggest whales: the...

Birdfeeding favours non-native bird species, study

LONDON: Feeding wild birds on bread and seed encourages high densities of introduced bird species at the expense of native...

SpaceX preps for test of Dragon capsule’s life-saving abort system

NEW YORK: At 9 a.m. ET Wednesday, if weather cooperates and all systems are "go," a prototype Dragon capsule will...

Researchers discovered new bird with a very distinctive song in the midst of China

HARROW: The Sichuan bush warbler had evaded researchers for countless years, but they finally spotted it using its distinctive song....

Geologist predicts, underwater volcano eruption again

MEXICO: An underwater volcano 300 miles off the Oregon Coast appears to have erupted again, just as an Oregon State...

The random Raman laser: A new tool source for microcosmos

PARIS: Lasers are preferred as light sources in modern microscope imaging technique because of their ability to deliver fast a...

Pillars of creation shown in 3d for 1st time

MEXICO: The legendary space clouds known as The Pillars of Creation have revealed a whole lot of previously unseen things...

Radiation exposure on journey to Red Planet may cause brain damage