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The major use of plastics happens in restaurants and in the form of bottles.

How is unrecycled plastic affecting environment?

The US in 2018 shipped about 68,000 containers with plastic waste to some developing countries.

19 Jun 2019 12:54 PM IST

Winter hardy cover crops also reduced horseweed size inequality - meaning fewer large horseweed plants were found at the time of herbicide application. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Climate change affects crops in India says a study

The research published in the 'Environmental Research Letters' studied the effects of climate on five major crops.

19 Jun 2019 12:46 PM IST

Investigators posted a photo of bones including what appears to be a human jaw bone. (Photo: Pixabay)

Prehistoric settlement in Turkey bears telltale signs of modern woes

The residents experienced a high rate of infections, as seen in their teeth and bones.

18 Jun 2019 3:43 PM IST

The next step in the wolfs journey is to undergo a procedure called plastination. (Photo: Albert Protopopov/The Siberian Times)

Russia uncovers 40,000 year-old wolf head, preserved in ice

A Yakutia resident, Pavel Yefimov, found the head last summer on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh River.

18 Jun 2019 3:29 PM IST

Introduction of single-tablet medication represented leap forward in ART dosing, and long-active anti-retroviral injections may represent the next revolution in HIV therapy (Photo: Pixabay)

Ebola's spread shows how science needs societies to succeed

Public health experts say this underscores the importance of factors beyond medicine.

18 Jun 2019 3:07 PM IST

FILE - In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudges across the surface of the moon leaving behind footprints. Moon dust collected by Armstrong during the first lunar landing is being sold at a New York auction. The lunar dust plus some tiny rocks that Armstrong also collected are zipped up in a small bag and are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million. Theyre just some of the items linked to space travel that Sothebys is auctioning off to mark the 48th anniversary of the first lunar landing on July 20. (AP Photo, File)

To the Moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into the unknown

It was an anxious moment for Armstrong, a brilliant test pilot and aeronautical engineer, but a man of famously few...

14 Jun 2019 4:49 PM IST

GSAT-7A will provide communication services in Ku Band over the Indian region. (Photo: ISRO)

India plans to launch own space station: ISRO

The ISRO would take about five to seven years to launch the proposed space station.

14 Jun 2019 11:43 AM IST

The Chandrayaan-2 has three modules Orbiter, Lander and Rover. (Photo: ANI)

ISRO unveils pictures of modules of India's second lunar mission...

All the experiment work on the Moon will be controlled by ISRO scientists from the Earth.

12 Jun 2019 2:02 PM IST

In this image provided by NASA, the Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 with food and experiments. It will remain attached to the orbiting outpost for about a month, returning to Earth in May. Dragon launched Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a used Falcon rocket. SpaceX wants to reduce launch costs by recycling rocket parts. (Photo: AP)

Got USD 50 million to spare for a vacation? NASA to open space station...

The shift reverses a long-standing prohibition against tourists and private interests at the orbiting research lab.

8 Jun 2019 10:44 AM IST

Facebooks facial recognition will work only when someone has been locked out of his/her account. (Representative Image: Apple)

Use of facial recognition tech can help continuously monitor patient...

Around 300 hours of data were analysed to find daytime images of patients facing the camera in a good body position.

4 Jun 2019 1:39 PM IST

Stratolaunch, a giant six-engine aircraft with the worlds longest wingspan , makes its historic first flight from the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California. (Photo:AP)

Space firm founded by billionaire Paul Allen closing operations

The company, a unit of Allen's privately held investment vehicle Vulcan Inc, had been developing a portfolio of launch...

3 Jun 2019 3:54 PM IST

This new method, cardiac functional MRI (cfMRI), does not require needles or chemicals being injected into the body. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

MRI could be used to detect heart disease

Using MRI will not only be safer than present methods but also provide more detailed information.

31 May 2019 10:48 AM IST