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Why objects in the universe have different sizes

The same principal of physics that makes paint and mud crack was at work in the formation of celestial bodies of many...

4 March 2016 11:06 PM IST

Acidic oceans stifling coral growth: Study

Acidic oceans stifling coral growth: Study

Scientists unveiled the first smoking-gun evidence Wednesday that growing ocean acidity caused by global warming is...

29 Feb 2016 1:28 AM IST

Chinese scientists make sperm from mouse stem cells

Chinese scientists make sperm from mouse stem cells

Using embryonic stem cells from mice, Chinese scientists reported Thursday they have created functioning sperm, which...

29 Feb 2016 1:27 AM IST

After a year in space, Scott Kelly craves contact

After a year in space, Scott Kelly craves contact

After nearly a year in space, US astronaut Scott Kelly craves the simple pleasures of human contact, a shower, and a...

29 Feb 2016 1:26 AM IST

Sea level rising at fastest pace in 2,800 years

Sea level rising at fastest pace in 2,800 years

The world’s oceans are rising at a faster rate than any time in the past 2,800 years, and might even have fallen...

29 Feb 2016 1:25 AM IST

NASA explorer observations decode interstellar magnetic field

The study is based on one particular theory of the origin of the IBEX ribbon.

27 Feb 2016 5:58 PM IST

. It would be the equivalent to detecting a Euro coin at a distance of more than 100000 kilometers (Photo: Pixabay)

Object located 5 billion light-years from earth has been measured

It's the most accurate measure achieved until now of such a small and distant object.

27 Feb 2016 2:41 PM IST

A coral reef (Photo: Pixabay)

Ocean acidification already taking toll on coral reef growth

Scientists did an experiment to determine the effect that excess carbon dioxide released by human activity is having on...

26 Feb 2016 8:00 PM IST

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NASA releases 'Moon music' heard by Apollo 10 astronauts

The astronauts then mention that it sounds like outer-space type music.

23 Feb 2016 7:59 PM IST

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5D black hole could 'break' Einstein's general relativity

These strings eventually become so thin that they pinch off into a series of miniature black holes.

22 Feb 2016 10:00 AM IST

DNA rice breakthrough raises hopes of new ‘green...

Rice-growing techniques learned through thousands of years of trial and error are about to be turbocharged with DNA...

22 Feb 2016 1:59 AM IST

Sharmila Tagore (Photo: PTI)

UP’s Parijat tree undergoes therapy

The iconic and much revered Parijat tree in Barabanki district’s Kintur village is now undergoing treatment.

22 Feb 2016 1:55 AM IST