Helium discovery a 'game-changer'

Scientists have discovered a large helium gas field in Tanzania.
28 June 2016, 13:37 PM

Robot handles wine glasses with ease, a big deal

Viewers over YouTube have found a video of a spot robot which runs, dances and even performs various act almost like other animals, most interesting.
26 June 2016, 06:33 AM

UK astronaut Tim Peake returns to Earth

UK astronaut Tim Peake is back on Earth after a historic six-month stay on the International Space Station.
18 June 2016, 06:40 AM

Tiny asteroid now Earth’s constant companion

The Earth gets a small companion. NASA scientists discover a small asteroid in an orbit around the Sun that keeps it as a constant companion of Earth and it will remain so for centuries to come.
17 June 2016, 11:35 AM

More gravitational waves detected

Scientists collect a second burst of gravitational waves sweeping through the Earth.
16 June 2016, 06:01 AM

Scientists find giant new planet orbiting two suns

Astronomers say that they discovered the largest planet outside the solar system that orbits two suns.
14 June 2016, 11:49 AM

Solar Impulse 2 to make New York fly-over

A plane powered entirely by the sun is flying to New York City. The Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Lehigh Valley, 87 miles (140km) west of the "Big Apple", on a journey that should take only a few hours.
11 June 2016, 04:42 AM

Scientists turn chief global warming gas into harmless stone

Scientists have a found a quick way — but not a cheap one — to turn heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas into harmless rock.
10 June 2016, 07:28 AM

Humans are just starting to understand the octopus — and it's mind-blowing

Every year on June 8, people around the world celebrate this day, and to join in on the fun here are some mind-blowing facts about octopuses.
9 June 2016, 11:15 AM

Likely ancestor of mystery 'hobbit' found

Half-sized humans who lived 700,000 years ago were almost certainly the ancestors of enigmatic "hobbits" whose fossils were found on the same Indonesian isle in 2003, scientists stunned by their own discovery reported Wednesday.
9 June 2016, 05:53 AM

Scientists grow human organs for transplant inside pigs

Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.
6 June 2016, 05:49 AM

Scientist engineers CO2 inhaling bacterium that produces energy

The chemist who gave us the artificial leaf has genetically engineered bacteria to absorb hydrogen and carbon dioxide and convert them into alcohol fuel, reports Forbes.
30 May 2016, 06:47 AM

NASA successfully inflates new space station room

NASA successfully inflated a new experimental room at the International Space Station on Saturday, producing the world's first pump-it-up compartment for astronauts.
29 May 2016, 03:49 AM

Scientists make news clouds which may lessen global warming

A new discovery about how clouds form may scale back some of the more dire predictions about temperature increases caused by man-made global warming.
27 May 2016, 04:56 AM

Ice on Mars: The red planet going through an ice age

Mars is going through an ice age, according to a new study. Based on radar data collected by Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, researchers at the Southwest Research Institute have found an increase in ice at Mars' north pole is consistent with the long-term drop in temperature associated with an ice age.
27 May 2016, 04:43 AM

Dubai unveils world's first 3D-printed office building

A new proof concept of concept of using 3D printing in architecture has been unveiled though it is still small as logistics are being ironed out. Dubai unveils an open-plan office constructed using an industrial 3D printer after nearly a year in development.
27 May 2016, 03:46 AM

Neanderthals built mystery underground circles 175,000 years ago

In the southwest of France, Neanderthals built one of the world’s oldest constructions—176,000-year-old semicircular walls of stalagmites in the bowels of a cave.
26 May 2016, 05:57 AM

Monkey seen caring for dying mate, grieves after she dies

In one of the first examples of compassionate care and grief in a wild monkey, an alpha male of a group of snub-nosed monkeys and his dying partner spent a final, tender hour together before she passed away.
24 May 2016, 05:36 AM

Solar Impulse aeroplane reaches Ohio

Solar Impulse has landed in the US state of Ohio following the 12th stage of its circumnavigation of the globe.
22 May 2016, 07:18 AM

Evidence of ancient tsunamis on Mars

Scientists suggest that at least two huge tsunamis once swept across the Red Planet, triggered by large impacts.
20 May 2016, 04:43 AM