Science

NIGERIA: They may have a reputation for committing suicide, but it appears that lemmings actually have a powerful survival mechanism....

Hubble captures rare triple moon shadow transit across Jupiter

LONDON: Hubble Space Telescope has captured three of Jupiter's moons marching across the huge planet's disc, a stunning sight that...

Florida wildlife officials want you to volunteer to hunt Burmese pythons

FRANCE: Florida wildlife officials are faced with the task of removing the population of invasive Burmese pythons, which have overwhelmingly...

First stars in Universe formed 100m yrs later than thought, Planck telescope indicates

NEW YORK: The first stars twinkled into life some 100m years later than was previously thought, research suggests. Data from...

US Defence develops new technology for military, able to launch satellite from belly of jet fighter

TOKYO: The US Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which develops new technologies for military use, has...

Cornell university‘s researchers discover bits of Bubonic Plague on NY Subway

NEW YORK: It is universally acknowledged that the New York subway is grubby. What may come as a shock is...

Chimpanzees adopt vocal accent just like humans: Report

LONDON: People may notice that their accents have changed albeit subtly when they spend sufficient time in a different country....

Golden mussel threatens Amazon River, Brazil scientists fear

07/02/2015

NEW YORK: The world's mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes a tiny mussel...

2013 records as hottest year in Australia history, man-made emissions causes big climate changes: Report

07/02/2015

PERTH: Australia's hottest year on record would not have happened without climate change, according to a new report. The independently-funded...

“God’s Hand” space globule photographed by very large telescope

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07/02/2015

NEW YORK: The “God’s Hand” space globule, a cluster of dust and cold gas around 1,300 light years distant, was...

Amazon River threatened by golden mussel, scientists warn

NAMIBE: This voyaging mollusk is now impeding on the environment in and around the Amazon River and threatening to disrupt...

Captive killer whale to be added to endangered species list

LONDON: Orca whales have now been added to the endangered species list. Lolita, the killer (Orca) whale featured at the...

12-million-year-old fossil may expose how humans began their first walk

ISLAMABAD: A recently found fossil may make anthropologists rewrite the whole evolutionary history of how the early humans first began...

Dogs weren’t Caveman’s best friend, a new study says

WASHINGTON: Fossil samples that were once thought to have been the earliest dogs have been reanalyzed, and now researcher are...

Enigma code of viruses discovered by scientists

PARIS: A professor from Britain’s University of Leeds said he just discovered the enigma code of viruses. The enigma code...

1st Stars could have formed much later than previously thought

MEXICO: According to new findings from the Planck satellite, the first stars in the universe could have formed later than...

Dingoes protects endangered dusky mouse

HONG KONG: New research reveals that dingo may be the unlikely saviour of the native and endangered dusky hopping mouse....

Scientists discover microorganism that hasn’t evolved for over 2 billion years

BRENT: A new study has found a microorganism that has never changed during the past two billion years. Published in...

Python capture patrols set up in infested South Florida, wildlife officials asked

FRANCE: Florida wildlife officials are asking for volunteers to help control the population of invasive Burmese pythons, which have now...

Guinea Pig: New study says largest rodent in history used giant teeth like tusks