Science

SYDNEY: Two bottlenose dolphins have been rescued from a lake in Australia after swimming up a river to chase fish.

NASA signals crisis: “California has about one year of water left”

MEXICO: extended strict controls on water usage Tuesday, a few days after a NASA scientist warned that the state currently...

NASA’s plucky Opportunity Rover or Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

NEW YORK: There’s tough news ahead for fans of NASA’s plucky Opportunity Rover or the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The most...

508m yrs old fossil of lobster like creature found in Marble Canyon

HONG KONG: An international team of paleontologists from the University of Toronto, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and the...

Solar eclipse thrilled thousands of sky gazers on remote Arctic islands

WASHINGTON: A solar eclipse thrilled thousands of sky gazers on remote Arctic islands last Friday but clouds disappointed some viewers...

Supermassive black hole greater 4m times of Sun lies at heart of Milky Way Galaxy

LONDON: The best observations so far of the dusty gas cloud G2 confirm that it made its closest approach to...

Galactic Smash-Up Shows Where Dark Matter Goes

FRANCE: By observing multiple collisions between huge clusters of galaxies, scientists have witnessed dark matter coasting straight through the turmoil....

Astronomers identify best supernovae for measuring cosmic distances

NEW YORK: The bright explosions of dead stars have been used for years to light the far-flung reaches of our...

Next space station crew preps for 1 year-long stay in space

EUROPE: A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, sending a U.S.-Russia crew to...

WWF-Pakistan celebrations Earth hour 2015 at Sindh assembly

KARACHI: WWF-Pakistan will celebrate one of its world’s largest symbolic environmental movements, Earth Hour, today (Saturday), with a candles lighting...

US, Russian astronauts spend 1 year on space station

BAIKONUR: The capsule carrying an American and a Russian who are to spend a year away from Earth docked Saturday...

“Virtual dive” provides 180-degree view of five coral reefs controlled by joystick

CANADA: If you’ve ever wanted to see coral reefs but don’t fancy getting wet then London’s Natural History Museum may...

Natural History Museum exhibition provides info about coral reef but fail to inspire

NEW YORK: New Natural History Museum exhibition provides considerable information about the creation and history of coral reefs, but fails...

Scientists identified almost 1,500 new creatures in world’s oceans last year

WASHINGTON: Scientists identified almost 1,500 new creatures in the world’s oceans last year, including a humpbacked dolphin and a giant...

Do neonicotinoid pesticides kill bumblebees?

LONDON: Do neonicotinoid pesticides kill bumblebees? We still don't know, but the latest research is alarming – and casts doubt...

Total lunar eclipse takes place in Taiwan

TAIPEI: A total lunar eclipse will take place in Taiwan on April 4, producing the most visible "blood moon" since...

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research discovered sound of stars

CANADA: An experimental work by a team of researchers at the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) may have...

Shape-shifting “punk rocker” frog discovered in cloud forest of Ecuador

LONDON: Scientists have discovered an unbelievable, shape-shifting frog species within the western mountain range cloud forest of Ecuador, and it...

Slumbering ice slabs hold information about Earth’s climate past, pointers for future, scientist

LONDON: Imagine you are Sherlock Holmes bent on solving a mystery but the evidence is starting to crumble and eventually...

Early humans live in Africa 2m yrs ago ranged in size just as people do today