Science & Health

Ivory trade ban: Can China crush its 'intangible cultural heritage'?

With Chinese loving ivory for luxury and medicinal use, it's easier said than done for China to shut down its legal ivory carvers and suppliers.

Jan 6, 2017

NASA's Chandra has just witnessed a very rare cosmic phenomenon

Astronomers have discovered a unique phenomenon unlike anything seen before, after two enormous colliding galaxy met a supermassive black hole

Jan 6, 2017

Norway set to become first country to switch off FM radio completely

Countries mulling a similar move will be watching the developments closely.

Jan 6, 2017

SpaceX gets set to launch world's most powerful rocket, the Falcon Heavy

NASA's Planetary Science Division head, Jim Green, said that NASA would wait till SpaceX proves its ability to carry out a soft landing on Mars

Jan 6, 2017

VISTA telescope captures minute details of Orion A Molecular Cloud

Located 1,350 lightyears away from Earth, Orion A is the nearest gigantic star factory known.

Jan 5, 2017

Does it snow on Pluto? Scientists seem to think it does

Scientists have recently found proof that snow and ice features are present on Pluto's surface

Jan 5, 2017

Stephen Hawking 75th birthday: From Big Bang Theory to Simpsons, here is a list of his memorable TV and film appearances

Over last three decades, Stephen Hawking has appeared in many sci-fi TV shows and animations

Jan 5, 2017

Stephen Hawking birthday: 5 things you need to know about the renowned physicist

The world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking will turn 75 on January 8.

Jan 5, 2017

Wildlife crime: India bans import of skins of reptiles, mink, fox and chinchillas, thanks to Maneka Gandhi

"Animals are not fabric, and we commend the government of India for recognising that fact," PETA India said in a statement.

Jan 5, 2017

Stephen Hawking 75th birthday: Renowned physicist's top inspirational quotes

On his 75th birthday, we bring to you Stephen Hawking's top inspirational quotes.

Jan 5, 2017

NASA: These findings will reveal more about Mars' mysterious climate

Similar to Earth, the Red Planet too has polar ice caps.

Jan 5, 2017

Remember those mysterious radio signals from space? Scientists have located their origin!

Scientists have now located the origin of FRBs, or fast radio bursts, but are still divided on what their possible source is.

Jan 5, 2017

Will NASA's IXPE mission uncover the secrets of Sagittarius A*, the demon at the centre of our galaxy?

Sgr A* is the cosmic shepherd and we're its celestial flock of stars, always making sure we stay together, yet looking to us them with its ravenous hunger

Jan 5, 2017

Long-term circulation of heat in the Atlantic Sea is more at risk than we thought

The long-term circulation of heat in the Atlantic Ocean is at risk if the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were to double, a new study finds. The new modelling study predicts that centuries of doubled atmospheric CO2 could cause the collapse of a major Atlantic current, producing dramatically different effects than previous models have anticipated.

Jan 5, 2017

The famous ‘global warming hiatus’ in recent years never existed

Changes in the way ocean temperatures were measured in the late 20th Century made it look as though the oceans were getting cooler, but now independent data have confirmed that this hiatus in global warming never actually happened.

Jan 5, 2017

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Science & Health

Ivory trade ban: Can China crush its 'intangible cultural heritage'?

NASA's Chandra has just witnessed a very rare cosmic phenomenon

Norway set to become first country to switch off FM radio completely

SpaceX gets set to launch world's most powerful rocket, the Falcon Heavy

VISTA telescope captures minute details of Orion A Molecular Cloud

Does it snow on Pluto? Scientists seem to think it does

Stephen Hawking 75th birthday: From Big Bang Theory to Simpsons, here is a list of his memorable TV and film appearances

Stephen Hawking birthday: 5 things you need to know about the renowned physicist

Wildlife crime: India bans import of skins of reptiles, mink, fox and chinchillas, thanks to Maneka Gandhi

Stephen Hawking 75th birthday: Renowned physicist's top inspirational quotes

NASA: These findings will reveal more about Mars' mysterious climate

Remember those mysterious radio signals from space? Scientists have located their origin!

Will NASA's IXPE mission uncover the secrets of Sagittarius A*, the demon at the centre of our galaxy?

Long-term circulation of heat in the Atlantic Sea is more at risk than we thought

The famous ‘global warming hiatus’ in recent years never existed

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]