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The space company of billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on Monday unveiled details of medium-lift rockets and a reusable space cargo plane it is developing.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's space firm details plans for...

Allen's Stratolaunch Systems Corp is trying to cash in on higher demand in the coming years for vessels that can put...

21 Aug 2018 8:38 AM IST

The EU has largely funded the project, providing 11 million euros ($12.5 million) of the total 13.7 million-euro ($15.7 million) cost.

Greek island to run on wind, solar power

The European Commission says Tilos will be the first autonomous renewable green island in the Mediterranean.

20 Aug 2018 10:19 AM IST

Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists share $500,000 prize for work on cancer therapy

They'll receive the award at a ceremony September 26 in Albany, New York.

16 Aug 2018 5:21 PM IST

Archaeologists at the public body Historic England have been making the most of the hot weather to look for patterns revealing the ancient sites buried below. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

Hottest summer in decades helps uncover archaeological sites around...

Cropmarks - patterns of shading in crops and grass seen most clearly from the air - form faster in hot weather as the...

16 Aug 2018 11:22 AM IST

India will send a manned flight into space by 2022. (Photo: AP)

Modi announces space mission

He said India will become the fourth country after Russia, the United States and China to achieve the feat.

16 Aug 2018 10:23 AM IST

The red tide has been determined to have caused 68 manatee deaths so far this year. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists seek new ways to combat Florida's increasing 'red tide'

The red tide also has been implicated in at least 266 sea turtle strandings.

16 Aug 2018 9:30 AM IST

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine expressed full support Monday for President Donald Trumps proposed military Space Force.â€ (Photo: AP)

NASA administrator expresses full support for Trump 'space force'...

Bridenstine was among the officials with Trump in June when he called for creation of a new military branch known as the...

15 Aug 2018 8:37 AM IST

Water is known to consist of a complicated network of weak, directional interactions known as hydrogen bonds. (Photo: Pixabay)

You may not know this about H2O

Liquid water is known to be an excellent transporter of its own autoionisation products.

14 Aug 2018 9:50 AM IST

Perseid meteor shower. (Photo: Bill Ingalls/NASA)

Thousands of star-gazers gather in Israeli desert for meteor shower

The Perseid meteors are produced by debris from the 109P/Swift-Tuttle comet that passes by the Earth every 133 years.

14 Aug 2018 9:17 AM IST

The researchers found that following drought, fallen trees, defoliation and canopy damage produced a significant loss in canopy height. (Representational image)

Amazon droughts reducing forest's CO2 absorption: Nasa

Without adequate rainfall, these giants can not pump water more than 100 feet up from their roots to their leaves.

14 Aug 2018 12:12 AM IST

The Parker probe will make 24 close approaches to our star during the seven-year, $1.5 billion journey. (Photo: AP)

NASA spacecraft hurtles toward the sun

The Parker Solar Probe will fly straight through the wispy edges of the sun's corona.

13 Aug 2018 9:02 AM IST

The meteor showers are best viewed in the northern hemisphere in isolated areas where there is little light pollution. (Photo: Pixabay)

Meteor shower brightens up skies over Bosnia

The so-called Perseids meteor shower returns to the skies every August.

13 Aug 2018 7:59 AM IST