Science

LONDON: The European Space Agency has successfully tested its IXV space plane, gathering valuable data for the construction of a...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft targets Pluto & its moons from 126m miles away

CANADA: After travelling for more than 9 years, all the way through the solar system, New Horizons spacecraft of NASA...

Mars One: 6 Canadians shortlisted for 1-way trip to Mars

TOKYO: Six Canadians are among only 100 people from around the world who have made the short list for a...

WWF-Pakistan eco-guard saves dolphin at Sandspit beach, releases it back into sea

ISLAMABAD: A WWF-Pakistan eco-guard working at Kakapir village rescued a dolphin at the Sandspit beach on Monday. Abdullah Panjwani was...

New man-made gases destroying ozone layer

TORONTO: In humanity's ongoing experiment with the Earth's atmosphere, scientists Monday warned of a growing threat from new man-made gases...

Actively transmitting messages into outer space a silly, expensive, inefficient idea: Frank Drake

FRANCE: Frank Drake, creator of the eponymous equation formulated to predict the probability of finding communicative extraterrestrial life in our...

Health alert issued for port Macquarie-Hastings area due to algae blooms

HONG KONG: A health alert has been issued for the Port Macquarie-Hastings area due to a spate of algal blooms.Water...

NASA predicts western US to face megadroughts never seen in 1,000 years

NEW YORK: There is no precedent in contemporary weather records for the kinds of droughts the country's West will face,...

Amazing Images of ‘Milky Way’ captured by Lloyd WA Cosway

EALING: An amateur photographer Lloyd W.A. Cosway has captured stunning images of our galaxy the Milky Way in all its...

Reasons behind wanting one-way ticket to Red Planet

EALING: What about the idea of giving up your life on earth and to explore the Red Planet. Ryan MacDonald...

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar’s depiction of wormholes, singularities, cosmic phenomena wowing scientists

LONDON: Christopher Nolan's Interstellar may not have brought home the box office its producers would have liked, but the film's...

World’s coral reefs face major bleaching on global scale for 3rd time in history

LONDON: 2015 could see coral bleaching on a global scale for the third time in history – and the first...

Potential candidates for Mars One expedition narrowed down to 100

LONDON: Private foundation Mars One has chosen 100 candidates for its mission to send the first humans to establish a...

As century unfolds, risk of megadroughts increase

NEW YORK: The study found that as the century unfolds, the risk of droughts will increase dramatically. Their frequency will...

Scientists find new way to measure ocean acidification

MEXICO: According to research scientists have a new way to measure ocean acidification … from space! Just as it did...

New ozone-destroying gases on the rise at 20-30kms above earth’s crust

WASHINGTON: When we almost thought that our Ozone layer was protected and guarded by the never ending efforts of our...

Nicotine, caffeine can protect bees against parasites

BRENT: According to new research, these natural plant toxins may also help bees to fend off parasites as well as...

Spacesuit woes haunt NASA ahead of crucial spacewalks

NEW YORK: With three complicated spacewalks planned in the coming days, NASA is rushing to resolve a spacesuit problem linked...

189-million-year-old fossil stored in Doncaster museum for 30 years is new species of ichthyosaur

BRENT: A fossil stored in a Doncaster museum for 30 years and thought to be a plaster copy has turned...

Scientists say dingoes may save wildlife from extinction