Coloured bird, dinosaur eggs in same evolutionary basket
Birds have more in common with dinosaurs than previously thought as new research showed Wednesday they inherited coloured eggs ...
NASA retires its planet hunter, the Kepler space telescope
ORLANDO, Fla. : The Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel and will be retired after a 9-1/2-year mission in which it detected ...
Nobel chemistry laureate Shimomura passes away at 90
He shared the 2008 Nobel prize for the discovery and development of a jellyfish protein that later contributed to cancer ...
Giant galaxy supercluster found lurking in early Universe
Scientists have discovered a primitive “supercluster” of galaxies forming in the early Universe, just 2.3 billion years ...
China to launch lunar lighting in outer space by 2020
China is planning to launch its own ‘artificial moon’ by 2020 to replace streetlamps and lower electricity costs in urban ...
China successfully tests world’s largest unmanned transport drone
Beijing, Oct 18: China has successfully tested the world’s largest unmanned transport drone which can carry a payload of 1.5 ...
Hawking’s final book offers brief answers to big questions
Stephen Hawking’s final work, which tackles issues from the existence of God to the potential for time travel, was ...
Scientists confirm ice exists at Moon’s poles
Scientists say they have confirmed the existence of ice on the Moon’s surface for the first time, a discovery that could one day ...
Stone tools age Asia’s first Homo presence
The remains of crudely fashioned stone tools unearthed in China advances the presence of human ancestors in Asia by around 200 ...
Earth’s oldest biological colour discovered
The discovery of the world’s oldest biological colour could help explain why it took 4 billion years for animal life to form on ...