Science

LONDON: Wondered how great archer Arjuna hit the bird's eye with his arrow with such precision. Thanks to an in-built...

Researchers at York find 2500 yrs old human brain preserved by mud

NEW YORK: Oldest human brain in the UK is believed to have preserved for over 2,500 years by mud, archaeologists...

NASA’s Mars curiosity rover will be able to move its arm again

MEXICO: The short circuit that has stalled some of the science work by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity apparently originated in...

Global warming could hit rates unseen in 1,000 Yrs

LONDON: Global warming isn’t going anywhere, according to a new report that says due to the increase in manufacturing and...

Space probe Dawn reaches Ceres, becoming first spacecraft to orbit dwarf planet

NEW YORK: Space probe Dawn has successfully slipped into orbit around Ceres, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a dwarf...

Astronomers saw same star explode four times in four places

LONDON: For the first time, a cosmic magnifying glass has allowed scientists to see the same star explosion four times,...

Study, climate change helped spark Syrian civil war

WASHINGTON: Research provides first deep look at how global warming may already influence armed conflict. A sand tornado passes through...

Lynx effect: Trust hopes wildcats’ return after 1,300-year absence, bring tourists flocking to Scotland

HARROW: Lynx are to be reintroduced into the wild in Britain after a 1,300-year absence, under an ambitious “rewilding” plan...

Chinese government shuts down steel mills as production facilities failed to reduce carbon emissions

BEIJING: Chinese government has shut down steel mills after production facilities failed to adhere to environmental standards set in place...

New QUT research centre wish to develop robot that see like human beings

NEW YORK: Creating robots that see like human beings is the lofty vision of a new research centre opening at...

Near total solar eclipse, 20 March 2015

MEXICO: On Friday 20 March 2015, a total solar eclipse will occur across the far Northern regions of Europe and...

NASA: Mars once had an ocean with more water than Arctic

HONG KONG: Researchers have found that a primitive ocean on Mars may have once held more water than in the...

Jupiter fifth largest planet in our solar system will put on show of its own along with moons

MEXICO: Mars and Venus put on quite a show in the skies above. Determined not to be outdone, Jupiter, the...

Researchers discover 2.8m yrs old jawbone from our genus in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABADA: It looks like mankind's earliest ancestors go back a lot further than first thought. After 13 years digging...

Supermoon solar eclipse: Sky-gazers will be celestial treat before the Spring Equinox

PARIS: Sky-gazers will be in for a celestial treat before the Spring Equinox, as the deepest solar eclipse since 1999...

Astronomers discovered a star that travelled at speed of 2.7 million mph

NEW YORK: Astronomers have recently discovered a star that travelled at the speed of 2.7 million mph, fast enough to...

Star racing out of Milky Way at blistering 2.6 million miles an hour

FRANCE: A star is racing out of the Milky Way at a blistering 2.6 million miles an hour (4.2 million...

2.8m yrs old human jawbone discovered in Ethiopia

FRANCE: The newly discovered lower jawbone is about 2.8 million years old it’s just a single row of teeth, but...

Scientists at NASA expose Mars had vast ocean as big as Arctic

LONDON: In the distant past, Mars had a vast ocean a big as the Arctic, according to a team of...

Solar eclipse set to block out nearly 90% of sunlight across bath on 20th March