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Bees and wasps were responsible for just over one-third deaths due to animals. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists discover 27 new viruses in bees

Among the new viruses the team identified was one that is similar to a virus that infects plants.

22 Jun 2018 6:07 PM IST

Saturn (Photo: NASA)

Astrophysicists create music from Saturn's moons, rings

Cassini has been collecting data while orbiting Saturn since its arrival in 2004 and is now in the throes of a final...

31 Aug 2017 4:11 PM IST

Total solar eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every year or so, but most cast their shadow over oceans or remote land. (representational image

First eclipse in nearly a century to sweep North America

Experts warn that looking directly at the eclipse can burn the retina, possibly causing lasting blind spots.

18 Aug 2017 8:06 AM IST

Total solar eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every year or so, but most cast their shadow over oceans or remote land. (representational image

US in rare bull's-eye for total solar eclipse on Aug. 21

Satellites and ground telescopes will also aim at the sun and at the moon's shadow cutting a swath some 97 to 113 kms...

7 Aug 2017 8:33 AM IST

Crew members looking out the cockpit windows of a RNZAF P3 Orion during search operations for wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. (Photo: AFP)

Scientists potentially narrow MH370 search area to 3 spots

The expanse adjoins original search zone far southwest Australia identified via satellite analysis of the final hours of...

16 Aug 2017 1:01 PM IST

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Posthuman age offers wonders and terrors alike

There are more mundane applications as well, of course, and identification chips are already in use.

8 Aug 2017 6:22 AM IST

He has a crater on the moon named after him (Photo: PTI)

Google doodle for Jagdish Chandra Bose's birthday

Bose was a multi-talented scientists known for his contribution in fields of physics, biology and archaeology.

30 Nov 2016 1:07 PM IST

Six carefully selected scientists have entered a man-made dome on a remote Hawaii volcano as part of a human-behaviour study. (Photo: University of Hawaii via AP)

Nasa drill to test possibility for Mars stay

Nasa hopes to send humans to an asteroid in the 2020s and Mars by the 2030s.

22 Jan 2017 4:47 AM IST

The galaxy is notable for having a high rate of star formation. It forms stars at a rate of 1,000 solar masses per year compared to the Milky Way, which is forming stars at a rate of some twice a solar mass per year.

Galaxy 10,000 light years far outshines Milky Way

The galaxy appears 11 times bigger than it really is.

16 July 2017 2:06 AM IST

Traditional MRI uses magnetic fields and radio waves to take images of internal organs.

High-tech hat could allow you to read minds

Mary Lou Jepsen, founder of a US-based start-up called Openwater, said that the hat could make telepathy a reality...

11 July 2017 12:50 AM IST

The power of vows

The power of vows

Our vows are charged with several intense emotions, which we carry with us beyond time and space.

24 Nov 2016 4:20 AM IST

Predatory publishing is becoming an organised industry, said social scientist Pisanski, who decided not to name-and-shame the journals caught out by the sting.

Pay to publish' offers rampant in some scientific journals

One journal suggested Ms Fraud organise a conference after which presenters would be charged for a special issue.

28 March 2017 2:13 AM IST