Science

NEW YORK: An international team of paleontologists led by Dr George Poinar of Oregon State University has found a grass...

Mars Curiosity rover starts drilling again, finds signs of ancient acidic water

PARIS: Analysis shows that here are already signs of a surprising amount of jarosite, a sign that Mars was acidic...

Stunning NASA animation reveals dark side of moon

MEXICO: The space agency released the images to give us a look for the very first time at its shrouded...

Hubble telescope clicks extraterrestrial smiley face

FRANCE: The heavens are smiling back at mankind through a star constellation discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope, which captured...

Happiness depends on human’s way of communication: Study

MEXICO: A study recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that throughout history, there...

Global warming could spawn more tornadoes in Southeast: Study

WASHINGTON: New research says the US Southeast in particular will see more tornadoes due to climate change. It seems that...

Chernobyl’s nuclear threat returns: Forest fires in Ukraine cause radioactive particles to be released over Europe

HONG KONG: Recent forest fires in Ukraine have caused increased concern for Europe as radioactive soil particles were scattered over...

Chinese Scientists develop transparent eggshell to watch embryo grow

BEIJING: Chinese scientists have created a see-through eggshell that allows them to watch the growth of an embryo inside it....

Scientists develope strategy for plant breeding to select for enhanced tolerance to waterlogging

LONDON: Researchers have bred a barley variety which is better able to tolerate water logging and flooding. As the global...

Centre of the Earth seems turned on its side: US & China Geophysicists claimed

TOKYO: Geophysicists from the US and China claim that the innermost solid core of the Earth is turned on its...

British scientists seek £50 million funding to study exoplanets

NEW YORK: A group of British scientists are trying to raise £50m to launch a spacecraft from Surrey to monitor some...

UK’s Twinkle space mission to seek out Earth-like and other types of exoplanets

HONG KONG: Twinkle is a planned satellite that will seek out Earth-like and other types of exoplanets, examining their atmospheres...

US Navy creates firefighting robot

OMSK: The Office of Naval Research recently unveiled its robot prototype, called SAFFiR, short for Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot. In...

Neil Armstrong’s secret bag of moon landing souvenirs surface found

HARROW: More than 45 years after Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, his personal bag of souvenirs from the first...

Oceans are at risk due to underwater volcanoes

MEXICO: According to Edward Baker, “We don’t usually think of eruptions as being affected by very small changes-astronomical changes and...

Traces of 16th-century air pollution found deep in Peru’s ice cap

PARIS: Scientists announced Monday that traces of air pollution from 16th-century Spanish silver mines were discovered deep inside an ice...

Humans are well on pace to at least double carbon dioxide concentrations, Earth’s sensitivity to CO2 falls to 1.5 to 4.5 degree range

LONDON: One key concept that climate scientists and policymakers use to forecast future global warming and estimate how much we...

Northwest blamed on Russian volcanic eruptions due to “Mystery ash” in Pacific

WASHING TON: Researchers hard at work at pinpointing exactly where the “mystery ash” currently plaguing the Pacific Northwest originated from,...

NASA remarks on new study about the “dark side of the moon”

LEEDS: Wonder no more as NASA has released an animation of the moon's other side, created by the agency's Scientific...

Mystery ‘dirty’ rain like milky color falls on Washington, Oregon, Idaho