Science

BEIJING: Researchers have created a shape-shifting, liquid metal machine that is capable of powering itself all the while being capable...

Russian cosmonauts used tablet computer in space for 1st time

NEW YORK: Russian cosmonauts have used a tablet computer for the first time in the history of Russian space exploration,...

New study suggests many Earth-like planets could be two suns

SYDNEY: Previously scientists believed that only gas-giants could circle binary star systems but a new study suggests that many Earth-like...

ESA’s Herschel space observe that winds blowing from a huge black hole

CANADA: Astronomers using ESA's Herschel space observatory have found that the winds blowing from a huge black hole are sweeping...

NASA on alert as huge asteroid 2014-YB35 set to ‘skim past Earth’ at 23,000 mph

MEXICO: A large asteroid passed dangerously close to the Earth and scientists say this if it was a bit closer,...

ESA’s Herschel space observe that winds blowing from a huge black hole

CANADA: Astronomers using ESA's Herschel space observatory have found that the winds blowing from a huge black hole are sweeping...

NASA set to test ‘flying saucer-shaped’ Mars Lander

WASHINGTON: NASA has a cool new toy. It looks like a flying saucer and will be used to land heavy...

Antarctica made for warmer temperatures last week on frozen continent than in Garden State

PARIS: A "remarkable heat wave" in Antarctica made for warmer temperatures last week on the frozen continent than in the...

Brown University‘s researchers solve mystery behind dark surface of Mercury

LONDON: A team of researchers with Brown University say that the planet’s inky appearance may be the result of a...

Scientist “utterly inadequate” to protect people most at risk from climate change

LONDON: The official target of limiting global warming to a 2˚C rise has been described by a senior scientist as...

Twice the coral trout in Great Barrier Reef protected zones

MEXICO: The Great Barrier Reef is benefiting from the allocation of protected zones that contribute to the growing number and...

ESA’s Herschel space observe that winds blowing from a huge black hole

CANADA: Astronomers using ESA's Herschel space observatory have found that the winds blowing from a huge black hole are sweeping...

Researchers able to use tampons detect waste water pollution level

CANADA: Up till now it was thought that tampons just serve as a feminine hygiene product that absorbs blood during...

Researchers use satellite measurements of natural radio waves emitted from Earth’s surface

WASHINGTON: An international team of scientists, led by Australians, has used 20 years of satellite data to analyse the total...

NASA mercury probe trying to survive for another month

FRANCE: NASA Mercury probe is not prepared to call the groundbreaking work off at the innermost planet in the solar...

Global warming biggest challenge of present century: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahid

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan on Tuesday said that global warming, which continues to unleash...

Brief moon eclipse coming April 4, visible in Asia

HONG KONG: A brief total eclipse of the Moon may be visible on Apr 4 to skywatchers in western North...

First commercially viable graphene product: a light bulb scientist creates

LONDON: Graphene is arguably the most remarkable material ever discovered, and after years of experiments and research, scientists have finally...

Ants in space grapple well with zero gravity, Astronauts

HONG KONG: The results of an experiment on the ISS to monitor how ants cope with zero-gravity have been published....

Climate change damages marine life