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For civilisations in outer space

Students from Sri Chaitanya Techno School have designed unique projects for NASA's space settlement contest.

7 Dec 2017 12:00 AM IST

The number of Okarito kiwi has risen from 160 in 1995 to 400-450 now, and Northern Brown kiwi numbers are also climbing, the IUCN said. Photo: AP

2 Kiwi birds are rare bright spot in grim extinction report

Red List of endangered species, mostly reported grave threats to animals and plants due to loss of habitat and human...

6 Dec 2017 9:15 AM IST

A previous study on drought in the countrys most populous state blamed another aspect of global warming. (Photo: NASA)

Arctic sea ice melt to exacerbate California droughts: study

A new research shows that the melting Arctic sea ice could render sun-soaked California vulnerable to a recurrence of...

5 Dec 2017 6:56 PM IST

An olive ridley sea turtle walks to the sea in Sayulita, Nayarit state, Mexico. (Photo: AP)

Activists in Mexico protect, release sea turtle hatchlings

It's a race to protect the endangered turtles: illegal nest raiders can carry off 100 eggs per nest and earn as much $50...

5 Dec 2017 4:32 PM IST

The photo was taken with a lens at a focal length of 300mm, a shutter speed of 1/200, aperture of f3.5, and ISO 320. Photo: AP

Supermoon rises behind Myanmar pagoda

In this photo by Associated Press photographer Aung Shine Oo, the moon rises behind the Uppatasanti Pagoda in Naypyitaw,...

5 Dec 2017 10:39 AM IST

The first-ever pizza party in space is getting sky-high reviews. Photo: AP

Astronauts make and eat pizza from scratch on International Space...

NASA took pity on Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli's pizza craving and shipped up all the ingredients on an Orbital ATK...

5 Dec 2017 10:22 AM IST

NASA suggests that Voyager 1 should keep on running for another 2-3 years before it runs out of fuel in the interstellar space.

NASA nails test on voyager spacecraft, 13 billion miles away

Voyager 1 is the only spacecraft traveling through interstellar space, the region beyond our solar system.

5 Dec 2017 9:47 AM IST

Worlds first conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled nutritionist.

Google's Hinton says AI poses new challenges to regulators

Hinton is a pioneer in the booming field of deep learning, which uses programs known as neural networks to mimic the...

5 Dec 2017 8:56 AM IST

Some villagers on the Indonesian island who survived the catastrophic 1963 explosions believe a bigger eruption is coming.

Remembering 1963 eruption, Bali's elderly wary of another

More than 55,000 people are living in shelters such as sports halls, temples and tent camps.

4 Dec 2017 1:30 PM IST

Researchers think up to 300 eggs may be present, some buried under the exposed fossils.

Dazzling egg fossils crack open secrets of ancient flying reptiles

Scientist have unearthed more than 215 fossilised eggs belonging to species that soared during the age of dinosaurs.

4 Dec 2017 12:56 PM IST

The work brings scientists closer to the development of designer proteins made to order in a laboratory. (Photo: AP)

US scientists take step toward creating artificial life

US researchers have developed a living organism that incorporates both natural and artificial DNA.

4 Dec 2017 11:33 AM IST

La Nina is a natural cooling of parts of the Pacific that alters weather patterns around the globe.

La Nina contributes to wildfire threat in mid-South, Plains

-"It's dramatically dry earlier in the season,-" which typically would not begin experiencing such weather until...

4 Dec 2017 10:27 AM IST