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Nasa's Hubble discovers 10 billion-year-old 'relic' galaxy near Milky Way

There has been no activity in NGC 1277 for over 10 billion years and it is filled with red, dying stars from the early years of the universe.

Mar 13, 2018

US Army will field G28 with marksman accuracy to replace M4 carbines

The G28 rifle is more powerful, accurate and wieldy than the outgoing M4 rifle.

Mar 12, 2018

Hawaiian spider species evolved numerous times over 3 million years

Around 3 million years ago, the parasitic spiders from across the Pacific Ocean set sail on the backs of other spiders, reached Hawaii and evolved many times.

Mar 12, 2018

Chinese Go player Ke Jie reacts during his second match against Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo

AI a bigger threat to civilization than nuclear weapons, says Elon Musk

The technology entrepreneur questioned why no public body had been set up to oversee research into AI.

Mar 12, 2018

Elon Musk says Mars spaceship test flights could happen in 2019

The announcement comes a little over a month after SpaceX successfully tested its most powerful reusable rocket, the Falcon Heavy.

Mar 12, 2018

Global warming: half a degree increase could flood 5 million people

Even if global temperature goals are met, the seas will continue to rise for hundreds of years.

Mar 12, 2018

Russia's internal internet can keep communications alive if war breaks out

While technically possible, a move like this might not really be achievable without severe consequences to the Russian economy.

Mar 12, 2018

Tourist helicopter crashes into East River in NYC, 2 dead [Video]

At least two people were killed and three have sustained serious injuries after a tourist helicopter crashed into the East River off Manhattan in New York City.

Mar 12, 2018

Twitter gets its new CTO in Parag Agrawal, an IIT-Bombay alumnus

Parag Agrawal, as the new chief technical officer of Twitter, will oversee machine learning and artificial intelligence across product and infrastructure teams.

Mar 10, 2018

SXSW Film Festival 2018: When is it starting, lineup and other details

Supernatural horror film A Quiet Place kick-started the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival started on March 9.

Mar 10, 2018

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Veterans Day to get a military parade sans tanks on Trump's request

Donald Trump had requested a parade on Veterans Day after he attended the Bastille Day military parade in Paris last year.

Mar 10, 2018

Warming oceans predicted to trigger steep decline in fisheries output

US researchers say the world's fisheries will be 20 percent less productive on average by the year 2300 if human-induced climate change is not addressed.

Mar 9, 2018