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1 billion dollar deal: US firm to buy 60 rocket engines from Russia’s Energia
NEW YORK: Private U.S. space firm has signed a deal to buy 60 rocket engines from Russia’s state-owned Energia producer....
Hubble Hubble Space Telescope survey pinpoints distant galaxies in deepest view of Universe
LONDON: Astronomers are studying rising galaxies in the early years of the world using a unique Hubble Space Telescope survey,...
Practice without cramming can optimise learning
LONDON: Quality is just as important as quantity when it comes to practice, a University of Sheffield study has revealed....
Marine mammals can suffer from irregular heartbeats on diving deep
HONG KONG: According to a new study by researchers from the University of California revealed that seals and dolphins also...
Flatback turtles stay close to coast areas
NEW YORK: The baby flatback turtle climbs out of its sandy nest and stares at the perilous shore with a...
Missing Beagle 2 Mars lander found by NASA space probe
NEW YORK: The Beagle 2 Mars Lander, built by the United Kingdom, has been thought lost on Mars since 2003,...
Predatory sea snails produce weaponized insulin: Scientists
LONDON: The new research has uncovered one highly unusual ingredient in the cone snail's venom cocktail - weaponised insulin. The...
Sea level rises faster than earlier thought due to climate change
HONG KONG: Sea level rise in the past two decades has accelerated faster than previously thought due to climate change. There’s...
Scientists: Carbon nanotubes may expand electronic battery life
MADISON: Scientists at the University of Wisconsin report they have made a breakthrough. Carbon nanotubes may extend battery life for...
Australia astronomers capture strange ‘cosmic radio burst’ first time ever by using CSIRO’s 64-m Parkes radio telescope
HONG KONG: Australia astronomers have, for the first time, captured cosmic radio burst in real-time by using CSIRO's 64-m Parkes...
Indian PM Modi urges to shift focus from climate change to ‘green credit’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said instead of only focussing on emission cuts, due credit should be given to efforts made...
3 new “exoplanets” discovered from Kelper data by UC Berkeley student
PARIS: A graduate student Berkeley and his colleagues have discovered three new “exoplanets” orbiting a cool and smallish star after...
Mass die-offs of birds, fish, marine invertebrates increasing
WASHINGTON: A new study of mass die-offs amongst animal species shows a marked increase in deaths of birds, fish and...
Solar system has two more planets beyond Pluto: Astronomers
ISLAMABAD: According to the Spanish and British astronomers the solar system has at least two more planets, waiting to be...
UK govt’s climate bill deemed “missed opportunity” by opposition, campaign organizations
LONDON: The Government has been blamed of watering-down green commitments in new climate change legislation. The Climate Bill has been...
Australian govt seeks to opt out of protection of 5 shark species
SYDNEY: The Australian government has been accused of an unprecedented reversal of its international conservation obligations by seeking to opt...
As ice melts, polar bears migrate north to find shelter
WASHINGTON: It was just a theory, but for years scientists believed what years of observation was telling them. As Arctic...
293 dears culled every year in Royal Parks
LONDON: An average of 293 deer were culled every year in the Borough’s Royal Parks in the past era, figures...
Ignoring climate change to put all or us at risk, claims climate scientist
BRENT: George Will’s column “Climate Change Through History” cites two books telling the terrible results of extreme climate change in...
NASA’s Dawn snaps over 30,000 protoplanet images, set to reach Ceres on March 6, 2015
NEW YORK: Among the orbits of Mars and Jupiter spins an asteroid belt, and in that asteroid belt is the...
