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That roasted the previous record, set in Death Valley in July 2017 when the average was 107.4 degrees (41.89 Celsius). (Photo: AP)

Death Valley sees hottest month, sets world record

The natural furnace of California's Death Valley was on full broil in July, tentatively setting a world record for...

4 Aug 2018 3:52 PM IST

Birds have several ways of acquiring life skills.(Photo:AP)

Birds learn another 'language' by eavesdropping on neighbours

For birds, understanding neighborhood gossip about an approaching hawk or brown snake can mean the difference between...

4 Aug 2018 1:11 PM IST

Astronauts, left to right, Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Robert Behnken, Douglas Hurley, Nicole Mann, Christopher Ferguson, Eric Boe, Josh Cassada and Sunita Williams give a thumbs up to the crowd after NASA announced them as astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Sunita Williams, 8 others to fly on Boeing, SpaceX spacecraft: NASA

The space agency announced that the nine astronauts will launch on the first crewed test flights and missions of new...

4 Aug 2018 8:15 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

NASA announces astronauts for first manned US space launches since...

The astronauts named on Friday will be carried aloft aboard spacecraft developed by entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX and...

4 Aug 2018 7:56 AM IST

Just 1 out of 200,000 diamonds are blue. (Photo: AP)

Origin of rare blue diamonds revealed in their flaws

It's clear that blue diamonds are formed at far greater depths than other diamonds, some deeper than 410 miles.

3 Aug 2018 10:47 AM IST

All the learning happened in a software simulation and was then transferred to the physical world with relative ease.

This robot hand learns real world moves in virtual training

Researchers at OpenAI had taught a robotic hand to rotate a lettered, multi-coloured block until a desired side of the...

31 July 2018 9:19 AM IST

A rare celestial occurrence as a Super Blue Blood Moon is seen at Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, Calf. The moon is putting on a rare cosmic show. Its the first time in 35 years a blue moon has synced up with a supermoon and a total lunar eclipse. NASA is calling it a lunar trifecta: the first super blue blood moon since 1982. That combination wont happen again until 2037.

Blood Moon dazzles, was longest lunar eclipse of 21st century

The next lunar eclipse of such a length is due in 2123.

28 July 2018 9:51 AM IST

A team of scientists at the European Southern Observatory started monitoring the central area of the Milky Way using its Very Large Telescope. (Photo: Pixabay)

Einstein's supermassive black hole theory confirmed by team of...

The black hole is 26,000 light years away from Earth and has a mass 4 million times that of the Sun.

27 July 2018 9:25 AM IST

Standing 1.5 metres tall and weighing in at 93 kgs, the anthropomorphic Centauro is designed to work in man-made environments.

Centauro the robot to play a role in disaster relief work

Like the fabled creature, it has a humanoid-like upper section with two arms able to manipulate and move objects.

26 July 2018 10:24 AM IST

Senior officials of India and European Union (EU) will meet in Brussels next week.

Europe launches four Galileo navigation satellites amid Brexit row

The satellites, which will be part of the European Union's alternative to the US Global Positioning System.

26 July 2018 10:13 AM IST

Watch out for the blood moon on July 27. (Photo: Pixabay)

21st Century's longest lunar eclipse will take place on July 27

The total eclipse will last 1 hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds, though a partial eclipse precedes and follows.

26 July 2018 9:51 AM IST

Once past Mars, WALL-E and EVE will remain in an elliptical orbit around the sun, together for years to come. But they wont work for long.

Life on Mars may be a possibility

The researchers said it could take years to verify whether something is actually living in this body of water.

26 July 2018 9:41 AM IST