Science

WASHINGTON: Deep in the heart of Australia, intersecting the three territories of Queensland, South Australia, and Northern Territory, is the...

Pakistan home to 4 of total 7 species of marine turtles: Illegal fishing nets causing their depletion

KARACHI: Pakistan’s continental shelf was home to four of the total seven reported species of marine turtles while the use...

Scientists find evidence suggesting Australian craters formed during 1 or 2 meteorite smash

SYDNEY: The scientists have several kinds of evidence suggesting the Australian craters were formed during one or two meteorite smash,...

Wine grapes home of soil bacteria, study

PARIS: The fruits, flowers, and leaves on Merlot grapevines harbor bacterial taxa present in the surrounding soil, according to a...

1,817 to 2,381 turtle deaths in 2014: Shrimp fishery, turtles getting incidentally killed in huge numbers

KARACHI: An interview-based survey whose findings were shared during the proceedings of a regional symposium on Tuesday showed a massive...

Federal minister of climate change, Mushahid annoyed over Pak-Environmental Protection Agency’s performance

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Mushahid Ullah Khan, has expressed resentment over the depressing performance of Pakistan Environmental Protection...

Newly discovered layer in Earth’s mantle can affect surface inhabitant too

HONG KONG: Sinking tectonic plates get jammed in a newly discovered layer of the Earth’s mantle – and could be...

Australian scientists put teeny microchips on honey bees to track their movements

PERTH: Researchers have been attaching microchips to bees to track changes in their population in an attempt to help reverse...

Our universe is ending sooner, scientists say

HONG KONG: Our universe has been in existence for nearly 14 billion years and science has led us to believe...

Day length on Saturn gets a bit shorter

BRENT: Researchers are trying to examine exact rotation speed of Saturn through its atmosphere. Up till now, they have discovered...

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...

Supernovas creates dust in early universe

HONG KONG: Cosmic dust consisting of iron, carbon, and oxygen are an important part of solar system formation. Early galaxies...

New data on Saturn, study

NEW YORK: Astronomers have been trying to discover new data on the speed Saturn turns on its axis. This is...

Scientists find massive impact area from huge meteorite that struck Earth millions years ago

AUSTRALIA: A massive impact area from a huge meteorite that struck the Earth millions of years ago has been found...

Hefty robot to face off next month in debut Vecna Robot Sprint Challenge

A hefty robot designed by student teams at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute will face off next month along with more...

Super massive black hole eat its own galaxy’s star-forming gas, Astronomers

FRANCE: The three little pigs were rightly outraged when the wolf blew down their houses, but that's nothing compared to...

Lava tubes on moon have potential to provide shelter for human colony, research

HONG KONG: Lava tubes on the moon large enough to host whole cities could be structurally safe enough for humans...

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...

Astronomers found an aurora glow all the time at Jupiter, seems to be explosive one

NEW YORK: On Earth, we get a fleeting glimpse of aurora such as the Northern Lights.However, on Jupiter, astronomers have...

Short circuit delays relaunch of Large Hadron Collider