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SpaceX is poised for a high stakes launch, after a pair of accidents including an explosion in June 2015 two minutes after liftoff. (Photo: AFP)Science
SpaceX poised to launch for first time since Sept blast

September's blast destroyed a $200 million satellite Facebook had planned to use to beam high-speed internet to Africa.

14 Jan 2017 7:15 PM IST

An experiment turned lab mice into super-eating machines, vigorously attacking food, bottle caps, and sticks as prey. (Photo: AFP)Science
US scientists activate predatory 'kill switch' in mice

The experiment turned the lab mice into super-eating machines, vigorously attacking food, bottle caps, and sticks as...

13 Jan 2017 8:57 AM IST

Consensus has long been that the Earths core is about 85 percent iron and 10 percent nickel, with sulphur, oxygen and silicon prime candidates for the other five percentScience
Scientists closer to solving mystery of Earth's core

Consensus has long been that the centre of the planet is composed of about 85 per cent iron and 10 per cent nickel.

13 Jan 2017 7:43 AM IST

The moon will be the closest to Earth since 1948 at a distance of 356,509 kilometres (221,524 miles), creating what NASA described as \an extra-supermoon\. (Representational image)Science
Scientists: Moon over the hill at 4.51 billion years old

The moon formed within 60 million years of the birth of the solar system.

12 Jan 2017 8:03 AM IST

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Giant telescope in Chile to seek habitable planets in Alpha Centauri

The ESO said it has signed a deal with Breakthrough Starshot.

11 Jan 2017 8:26 AM IST

It works by blocking the action of a protein, known as BCL-2. (Photo: AFP)Science
Drug to melt' cancer cells in chronic cases

Venetoclax has been approved for some stage-four patients of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, say scientists.

11 Jan 2017 5:13 AM IST

This photo taken December 21, 2016 shows the Bogoslof Volcano erupting in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The active Alaska volcano, which has erupted 10 times since mid-December and is located about 850 miles southwest of Anchorage, erupted again on January 5, 2017, this time sending a cloud of ash and ice 35,000 feet in the air. (Photo:AP)Science
Alaska volcano eruptions have high-flying consequences

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has tools to predict eruptions.

10 Jan 2017 6:48 AM IST

California-based SpaceX had hoped to resume Falcon 9 flights as early as November, then in mid-December, before pushing the date to January 2017.Science
Weather delays resumption of SpaceX's rocket launches

An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded September 1 in Cape Canaveral.

9 Jan 2017 8:29 AM IST

This is a map showing the permanently shadowed regions (blue) that cover about three percent of the moons south pole. (Photo: NASA)Science
Solar storms trigger sparks, melt soil on Moon: NASA

The Moon has almost no atmosphere, so its surface is exposed to the harsh space environment.

9 Jan 2017 7:51 AM IST

The team was able to compress small flakes of graphene using a combination of heat and pressure.Science
The strongest, lightest material has been developed at MIT

They compressed and fused flakes of grapheme into a sponge-like configuration.

7 Jan 2017 1:09 PM IST

Certain protease inhibitors, among the most effective HIV drugs, lead to the production of the peptide beta amyloid, often associated with Alzheimers disease. (Photo: AFP)Science
Scientists crack atomic make-up of HIV system

Despite being some of best drugs available, scientists have only gained a limited understanding of precise mechanism of...

7 Jan 2017 6:24 AM IST

The dwarf galaxy from which the alien cosmic waves may have originated is over three billion light years from Earth.Science
Dwarf galaxy holds secret of alien signals

Rare, short bursts of cosmic radio waves detected 10 years ago may have come from three billion light years away.

6 Jan 2017 6:20 AM IST

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