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Experts call for halt to gene editing that results in designer babies

Experts call for halt to gene editing that results in designer babies

Gene editing of human eggs, sperm or embryos would result in genetically-altered babies.

14 March 2019 9:38 AM IST

Gene-edited food quietly arrives in restaurant cooking oil

Gene-edited food quietly arrives in restaurant cooking oil

The Minnesota-based company is hoping the announcement will encourage the food industryâ€™s interest in the oil.

13 March 2019 11:42 AM IST

Toyota to build Japanâ€™s next moon rover

Toyota to build Japanâ€™s next moon rover

The carmaker will help build a pressurized self-driving rover that will land on the lunar surface in 2029.

13 March 2019 11:13 AM IST

Toyota, Japan space agency to develop moon rover

Toyota, Japan space agency to develop moon rover

The rover will be an important element supporting human lunar exploration.

13 March 2019 9:45 AM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

Musk's SpaceX capsule set to splash down Friday after space station...

A SpaceX rocket had launched the 16-foot-tall capsule from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday morning.

8 March 2019 1:14 PM IST

Allegations that Musk broke the agreement by tweeting without company approval could renew a debate about whether he has become too reckless to continue as Teslas CEO. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's security clearance under review over pot use:...

Musk has a security clearance as SpaceX provides satellite launch services to the US government.

8 March 2019 1:05 PM IST

The micro air abrasion technology, so far being used in the industrial sector for cleaning heavy machines, is a minimum invasive technique to preserve objects without causing any physical harm.

Goa to use micro air abrasion technology to clean antiques

The coastal state has a rich collection of old artefacts and antiques.

7 March 2019 11:10 AM IST

A hospital in Jordan has given a victim of Yemens war new hope for the future. (Representational Image by 3dman_eu on Pixabay)

3D printed prosthetics for war victims developed

So far, more than 20 limbs have been fitted to patients, from Gaza, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

6 March 2019 9:57 AM IST

Unlike earlier preservation processes such as mummification, the permanent embalming pioneered by Soviet scientists kept the bodies flexible, with unblemished skin and a lifelike, if rather waxy, pallor.

How Russia is keeping North Korea's dead leaders looking fresh

Three leaders were originally preserved by a team of specialists from the so-called Lenin Lab in Moscow

6 March 2019 9:56 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off early on Tuesday, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. AP

Unmanned US capsule onboard SpaceX rocket blasts off to ISS

The capsule successfully separated from the rocket about 11 minutes after the launch.

4 March 2019 9:02 AM IST

SpaceX launches astronaut capsule

SpaceX launches astronaut capsule

The first and second stages separated without incident, placing Dragon in Earth's orbit 11 minutes after take-off.

3 March 2019 1:12 AM IST

Summer Science Exhibition 2016: Cleaning up space junk. (Credit: Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey)

Space junk spreads, Europe's satellites flying blind

For now, the threat from thousands of dead satellites that continue to circle the planet is manageable.

2 March 2019 9:39 AM IST