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A joint project to explore the technology was first proposed at a summit between US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985. (Photo: AP)

Nuclear fusion project hails halfway construction milestone

Construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, in southern France has been dogged by...

7 Dec 2017 11:25 AM IST

An illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur near active black hole. (Photo: NASA)

Farthest ever super big black hole from early universe found

The black hole lies in a quasar dating to 690 million years of the Big Bang meaning the light from it has been...

7 Dec 2017 10:06 AM IST

researchers used the Synchrotron to create three-dimensional images of the fossil, which showed the creature was indeed a single animal and not a concoction built up from several sources. Photo:AP/Lukas Panzarin

A dinosaur that looks like an odd mix of duck, croc, ostrich and swan...

The tiny creature, only about 18 inches (45 centimeters) tall, roamed 75 million years ago in what is now Mongolia.

7 Dec 2017 9:52 AM IST

Rare human ancestor skeleton from 3.6 million years ago found

Rare human ancestor skeleton from 3.6 million years ago found

The researchers say it has taken 20 years to excavate, clean, reconstruct and analyse the fragile skeleton.

7 Dec 2017 9:30 AM IST

The number of Okarito kiwi has risen from 160 in 1995 to 400-450 now, and Northern Brown kiwi numbers are also climbing, the IUCN said. Photo: AP

2 Kiwi birds are rare bright spot in grim extinction report

Red List of endangered species, mostly reported grave threats to animals and plants due to loss of habitat and human...

6 Dec 2017 9:15 AM IST

A previous study on drought in the countrys most populous state blamed another aspect of global warming. (Photo: NASA)

Arctic sea ice melt to exacerbate California droughts study

A new research shows that the melting Arctic sea ice could render sun-soaked California vulnerable to a recurrence of...

5 Dec 2017 6:56 PM IST

An olive ridley sea turtle walks to the sea in Sayulita, Nayarit state, Mexico. (Photo: AP)

Activists in Mexico protect, release sea turtle hatchlings

It's a race to protect the endangered turtles: illegal nest raiders can carry off 100 eggs per nest and earn as much $50...

5 Dec 2017 4:32 PM IST

The photo was taken with a lens at a focal length of 300mm, a shutter speed of 1/200, aperture of f3.5, and ISO 320. Photo: AP

Supermoon rises behind Myanmar pagoda

In this photo by Associated Press photographer Aung Shine Oo, the moon rises behind the Uppatasanti Pagoda in Naypyitaw,...

5 Dec 2017 10:39 AM IST

The first-ever pizza party in space is getting sky-high reviews.

Astronauts make and eat pizza from scratch on International Space...

NASA took pity on Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli's pizza craving and shipped up all the ingredients on an Orbital ATK...

5 Dec 2017 10:22 AM IST

NASA suggests that Voyager 1 should keep on running for another 2-3 years before it runs out of fuel in the interstellar space.

NASA nails test on voyager spacecraft, 13 billion miles away

Voyager 1 is the only spacecraft traveling through interstellar space, the region beyond our solar system.

5 Dec 2017 9:46 AM IST

EMMAs Artificial Intelligence brain will also be able to track a patients improvement over the course of time and can generate a proper report for the human physicians with all the data required to administer medicine.

Google's Hinton says AI poses new challenges to regulators

Hinton is a pioneer in the booming field of deep learning, which uses programs known as neural networks to mimic the...

5 Dec 2017 8:56 AM IST

Some villagers on the Indonesian island who survived the catastrophic 1963 explosions believe a bigger eruption is coming.

Remembering 1963 eruption, Bali's elderly wary of another

More than 55,000 people are living in shelters such as sports halls, temples and tent camps.

4 Dec 2017 1:51 PM IST