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© Clay Bolt By Erik StokstadFeb. 21, 2019 , 2:10 PM In 1981, the world’s biggest bee went missing—again. Wallace’s giant bee (above, right), which…
© Clay Bolt By Erik StokstadFeb. 21, 2019 , 2:10 PM In 1981, the world’s biggest bee went missing—again. Wallace’s giant bee (above, right), which…
The hardened lava flows of the Deccan Traps, in western India, may have played a role in the demise of the dinosaurs. Gerta Keller By…
By Scott Waldman, E&E NewsFeb. 21, 2019 , 12:15 PM Originally published by E&E News President Donald Trump’s administration found a way to formally question…
Blocking CCR5 boosted neural projections from the brain’s motor region (left). MARY TEENA JOY By Kelly ServickFeb. 21, 2019 , 11:00 AM Stroke treatment has…
Jorge Gonzalez By Gretchen VogelFeb. 21, 2019 , 9:00 AM Tyrannosaurus rex and its relatives ruled supreme in North America at the end of the…
By Adrian ChoFeb. 21, 2019 , 8:00 AM CORVALLIS, OREGON—To a world facing the existential threat of global warming, nuclear power would appear to be…
San Francisco/London: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday unveiled a nearly $2,000 folding smartphone in a bid to top the technology of Apple Inc and…
San Francisco/London: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday unveiled a nearly $2,000 folding smartphone in a bid to top the technology of Apple Inc and…
San Francisco: Samsung on Thursday unveiled its flagship smartphones — the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, a cheaper Galaxy S10e and the Galaxy S10 5G at…
Tim Caro By Virginia MorellFeb. 20, 2019 , 2:00 PM Scientists have proposed more than a dozen ideas to explain why zebras evolved stripes. Some…
Solvin Zankl/Minden Pictures By Michael PriceFeb. 20, 2019 , 2:00 PM Ask parents of newborns whether they think sleep is overrated and you’re liable to…
Blood from a finger prick can be analyzed for viruses like HIV, but a new privacy rule may restrict research on such data in South…
By Rachel BernsteinFeb. 18, 2019 , 3:00 PM Just ask any new parent: Adding a baby to a household can also add stress to a…
New Delhi: Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has announced that its recently launched sports Smart Watch – Honor Watch Magic will go on first sale in India…
ClassicStock/Alamy Stock Photo By Sid PerkinsFeb. 19, 2019 , 4:40 PM A lobster’s shell is pretty tough. But the transparent material on the underside of…
Satellites reveal the telltale shapes of brick kilns in India. ©2019 DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company By Sarah ScolesFeb. 19, 2019 , 3:45 PM Doreen Boyd…
A forest of gallium nitride nanowires harnesses energy in light to convert methanol to ethanol. Sheng Chu/McGill University By Robert F. ServiceFeb. 19, 2019 ,…
Early Sri Lankans turned the bones of the monkeys and squirrels they hunted into these projectile points. N. Amano By Virginia MorellFeb. 19, 2019 ,…
San Francisco: Apple is expected to refresh its offerings in iPad, MacBook Pro, monitors and iPhones even as the company has been bearing heavy losses…
New Delhi: E-commerce major Flipkart kicked off its 5-day mobile sale in India offering host of offers and discounts on latest smartphones. Axis Bank debit…
San Francisco: Facebook has been accused of failing to protect sensitive health data of users in its groups. “Facebook has marketed this product as a…
[embedded content] By Alex FoxFeb. 18, 2019 , 3:15 PM YouTubers have gone grape crazy. In a plethora of internet videos, kitchen scientists have cut…
New Delhi: Taking a leaf out of Twitter`s book, Microsoft on Monday launched a new way for its over 55 million members in the country…
New Delhi: E-commerce major Flipkart has announced a 5-day mobile sale in India offering host of offers and discounts on latest smartphones. Axis Bank debit…
New Delhi: Online focused smartphone maker Realme has slashed the price of the Realme 2 Pro in India. Realme 2 Pro was launched in India…
New Delhi: Sometimes, WhatsApp groups can be more than annoying if they are the ones you don’t want to be a part of. Many users…
Spanish neuroscientist and Nobel laureate Santiago Ramón y Cajal ponders the branching structure of neurons in Neurocomic, by Matteo Farinella. Matteo Farinella By Alex FoxFeb.…
By Jessica ScarfutoFeb. 17, 2019 , 11:04 AM A packed house for Friday’s session on evidence-based policymaking. Robb Cohen Photography & Video WAHSINGTON, D.C.–Present both…
Oliver Cossairt/Northwestern University Computational Photography Lab By Sid PerkinsFeb. 16, 2019 , 2:08 PM WASHINGTON, D.C.—Ever wonder if a lost masterpiece lies hidden under the…
Dale Kronkright/Georgia O’Keeffe Museum By Sid PerkinsFeb. 16, 2019 , 2:08 PM WASHINGTON, D.C.—Ever wonder if a lost masterpiece lies hidden under the surface of…
A wolf pup faces off with a tank on a training ground near Munster, Germany. Sebastian Koerner/LUPOVISION By Erik StokstadFeb. 15, 2019 , 5:55 PM…
A study finds that papers describing the results of clinical trials often fail to properly report outcomes. ISTOCK.COM/PEOPLEIMAGES By Jocelyn KaiserFeb. 15, 2019 , 4:45…
(Left to right): ANDIA/UIG/GETTY IMAGES; ANITA KUNZ; NASA SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION STUDIO By Alex FoxFeb. 15, 2019 , 4:10 PM Stonehenge, other ancient rock structures may…
Congress is considering spending bills that warn NASA not to exceed a new $8.8 billion cap for the James Webb Space Telescope, now under construction.…
Some people believe that a fuzzy, negative image of a face on a strip of linen belongs to Jesus. But studies have shown the cloth was…
Pramodh Senarath Yapa By John BohannonFeb. 15, 2019 , 12:00 PM Scientific research can be a lonely pursuit. And for Pramodh Senarath Yapa, a physicist…
iStock.com/SunRay BRI Cattery RU By Emily UnderwoodFeb. 15, 2019 , 8:00 AM Alert! “Cats Can Literally Make You Crazy.” Wait! “Cats Don’t Cause Mental Illness.”…
New Delhi: Reliance Jio pipped its rivals in 4G download speed for the month of January, a report by telecom regulator TRAI found. Reliance Jio…
New Delhi: PC shipment in India declined by 2.8 percent to 9.3 million units in 2018 compared to the previous year, mainly due to muted…
New Delhi: Firefox, developed by Mozilla, is rolling out updated features for iPhone and iPad users, including a new layout for menu and settings, persistent…
This new device shows that an LED can cool other tiny objects. Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing By Daniel GaristoFeb. 14, 2019 , 3:50…
Fire fighting foams often include per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which have contaminated water supplies across the United States. Mario Tama/Getty Images By Natasha Gilbert Feb. 14,…
Kelvin Droegemeier outside his office adjacent to the White House. Stephen Voss By Jeffrey MervisFeb. 14, 2019 , 2:15 PM The new science adviser to…
[embedded content] By Erik StokstadFeb. 14, 2019 , 2:35 PM Unlike lovelorn humans, ground-bound plants can’t go searching for a partner; instead, they rely on…
The European rabbit devastated crops and pastures in Australia and elsewhere. ROB SUISTED/NATURE’S PIC IMAGES By Elizabeth PennisiFeb. 14, 2019 , 2:00 PM Researchers have…
The black-winged myna of Indonesia is one of 271 species threatened by the wildlife trade, but it has not been protected under international law. JOEL SARTORE/NATIONAL…
Chaos from storms and other small-scale phenomena will likely limit weather forecasts to 2 weeks. iStock.com/ tonisvisuals By Paul VoosenFeb. 14, 2019 , 9:30 AM…
By the 2030s, computer data storage may surpass 1 yottabyte (1024), the largest number with an official metric prefix. UWE MOSER MOSER/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO By…
SPHEREx would map hundreds of millions of galaxies in the infrared. NASA JPL By Adam MannFeb. 13, 2019 , 5:35 PM NASA has just given…
NASA’s Opportunity rover, seen here in a composite image, landed on Mars 15 years ago. Its end is nigh. Mars Exploration Rover Mission/Cornell/JPL/NASA By Paul VoosenFeb.…
[embedded content] By Alex FoxFeb. 13, 2019 , 2:00 PM If you happen to be a robot, then you happen to have one very good…
By Sarah CrespiFeb. 13, 2019 , 2:00 PM Researchers took the same technology that is normally used to track goods in a warehouse and used…
Platelet decoys (surrounded here by collagen fibers) could help us better understand platelet biology and potentially be a treatment for some patients. Anna Waterhouse, Anne-Laure Papa,…
desvitlab/shutterstock.com By Kelly ServickFeb. 13, 2019 , 1:40 PM Rough sleep is bad for your mind—and your heart. It can increase the risk of clogged…
The Indian government in 2017 decided to fund research to validate claims that panchagavya, a mixture that includes cow urine and dung, has therapeutic value.…
New Delhi: PC maker HP India on Wednesday unveiled the new premium Spectre range of laptops –the Spectre Folio and Spectre x360. HP Spectre Folio…
NASA SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION STUDIO By Paul VoosenFeb. 12, 2019 , 5:30 PM Just months after revealing an impact crater the size of Washington, D.C., buried…
A nurse gives a child a measles shot at City Children’s Hospital in Odessa, Ukraine, in October 2018. Julia Phil/Odessa city children’s hospital By Meredith WadmanFeb. 12, 2019…
By Meredith WadmanFeb. 12, 2019 , 4:04 PM BethAnn McLaughlin has no time for James Watson, especially not when the 90-year-old geneticist is peering out…
iStock.com/ArchiViz By Sid PerkinsFeb. 12, 2019 , 11:00 AM Climate change is a hard thing to imagine, especially 60 years into the future. With that…
New Delhi: Search engine giant Google has announced that it is making a new API available for Google Docs that will allow developers to automate…
New Delhi: Reliance Jio topped in terms of 4G availability among the telecom service providers with 98.8 per cent availability during the second half of…
New Delhi: Search engine giant Google has revamped Gmail by adding options like easy label adding, moving, muting and snooze emails to the right-click context…
New Delhi: Chinese brand Xiaomi with 28.9 percent market share led the Indian smartphone market in 2018, followed by South Korean brand Samsung at 22.4…
New Delhi: Oppo’s recently launched smartphone K1 will go in first sale in India on Tuesday. The Chinese smartphone maker launched Oppo K1 in India…
The famed megalith Carnac in the Brittany region of northwestern France Andia/UIG/Getty Images By Michael PriceFeb. 11, 2019 , 3:00 PM Stonehenge may be the…
San Francisco: Google is letting some of its select users test the augmented reality (AR) navigation feature for Google Maps — a feature that would…
Gurugram: Google and OnePlus were the only brands which shipped all their smartphones with the latest version of Android OS in 2018, a new report…
President Donald Trump Gage Skidmore/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) By Matthew HutsonFeb. 11, 2019 , 12:01 AM Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a defining issue of…
A worker at a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory harvests avian flu viruses for sharing with other laboratories in 2013. CDC/James Gathany By…
Many foreign scientists could be banned from working at such Department of Energy facilities as the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory (above)…
(left to right): RMIT University; V. ALTOUNIAN/SCIENCE; JIM RICHARDSON/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC By Alex FoxFeb. 8, 2019 , 3:40 PM Bees ‘get’ addition and subtraction, new study…
Imani/Unsplash By Natasha Gilbert Feb. 8, 2019 , 3:30 PM In recent weeks, the leadership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C.,…
By Jon CohenFeb. 8, 2019 , 2:20 PM The University of California (UC) has received good news on a patent for the invention of the…
New Delhi: Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has announced a limited period offer for Honor 8C, giving Rs 1,000 discount to users during the period, starting Friday.…
New Delhi: Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra’s tweet on gender equality has gone viral on the internet. Several other Twitter users are retweeting him and…
New Delhi: Facebook has rolled out delete for everyone feature for Messenger users. This option is currently available for both for iOS and Android users.…
New Delhi: Some of the proposed government regulations for social media companies operating in India are threatening the very existence of WhatsApp in its current…
San Francisco: Digital content streaming platform Netflix on Friday rolled out the “Smart Downloads” feature for iOS users to help them manage their downloaded titles…
Senator Chuck Grassley (R–IA) has been concerned about foreign powers poaching U.S.-funded research. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Images By David MalakoffFeb. 7, 2019 , 4:55…
Michael Eric Nickel/Flickr Because of its genetic complexity, the potato didn’t undergo a “green revolution” like other staple crops. It can take more than 15 years…
Diverse potatoes, such as these from Peru, will help breeders create resilient new varieties. JIM RICHARDSON/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC By Erik StokstadFeb. 7, 2019 , 2:00 PM…
These pills were engineered to drive a tiny needle into the stomach lining. Alex Abramson/MIT By Robert F. ServiceFeb. 7, 2019 , 2:00 PM In…
Imaginima/iStockPhoto By Robert F. ServiceFeb. 7, 2019 , 1:50 PM It’s the drug discovery equivalent of looking for a book on Amazon versus at your…
San Francisco: Several popular iOS apps, including Expedia, Air Canada, Hotels.com, and Hollister, have been found recording user screen taps and swipes without informing them,…
Seoul: LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will introduce its new flagship phone, the G8 ThinQ, with a front-facing camera based on 3D…
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is removing at least two million accounts each month for bulk or automated behaviour and over 75 per cent of those…
The Large Millimeter Telescope in the Mexican state of Puebla has severely reduced scientific operations in the wake of carjackings and robberies. Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Photo By…
President Donald Trump announced an initiative to end HIV/AIDS in the United States during his 2019 State of the Union address. Doug Mills/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images By Jon…
By Nick Sobczyk, E&E NewsFeb. 6, 2019 , 3:45 PM Reprinted from E&E News Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives this morning brought climate…
RMIT University By Alex FoxFeb. 6, 2019 , 2:00 PM If math is the language of the universe, bees may have just uttered their first…
The space-based Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer has seen more positron antimatter than expected. NASA By Adrian ChoFeb. 6, 2019 , 1:40 PM A costly and controversial…
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Oppo on Wednesday launched the K1 smartphone in India priced at Rs 16,990. K1 would be available on Flipkart from…
New Delhi: Search engine giant Google has made recommendations as part its latest campaign on internet and security. The campaign is a part of the…
New Delhi: WhatsApp has officially announced that it has rolled out facial recognition and touch ID features for iPhone users to enhance data privacy and…
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker has thrown open an interesting challenge for users to design a new feature for OxygenOS. The winner will give a…
A major challenge to ending AIDS in the U.S. is reaching the many HIV-infected immigrants who now slip through the cracks. This clinic in Miami’s…
Bart Pollux By Erika K. CarlsonFeb. 5, 2019 , 7:01 PM For fish like the porthole livebearer (Poeciliopsis gracilis, above), pregnancy might be less of…
JOEL SARTORE/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC By Alex FoxFeb. 5, 2019 , 7:01 PM Scientists have long wondered when the kangaroo’s distinctive leap first appeared. But ancient kangaroo…
[embedded content] By Alex FoxFeb. 5, 2019 , 7:01 PM If you’ve got the stomach for it, you can watch 10,000 maggots demolish the above…
The ruins of an Incan royal estate in Chinchero, Peru. Felix Lipov/Alamy Stock Photo By Lizzie WadeFeb. 5, 2019 , 2:50 PM Last month, a phalanx of…
Pictionary involves expressing ideas with simple sketches. Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images By Matthew HutsonFeb. 5, 2019 , 10:00 AM For decades, scientists…
New Delhi: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has announced a temporary price of upto Rs 2,500 on Redmi 6 series of smartphones. The phones at the…
New Delhi: Securing the phone screen with a unique password and keeping a tab on the permissions given to apps are some steps smartphone users…
San Francisco: Mozilla, the maker of the Open Source browser Firefox, is adding a new “auto-play blocking” feature to the search engine for desktop and…
New Delhi: Samsung’ recently launched Galaxy M10 and Galaxy M20 smartphones will go for first sale in India on Tuesday. The South Korean electronic manufacturer…
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter on Tuesday globally rolled out the “Go Live Together” feature to its live-streaming app, Periscope, allowing users to go live…
Sending Africa’s girls to school can help slow population growth many years later, a new study suggests. Olivier Asselin/Alamy Stock Photo By Jocelyn KaiserFeb. 4,…
iStock.com/YayaErnst By Jeffrey MervisFeb. 4, 2019 , 12:45 PM A major perk of being the majority party in the U.S. Congress is getting to fill…
The magnitude-7.5 earthquake that devastated Palu, Indonesia, last September, razing buildings in the nearby village of Perumnas Balaroa, traveled at rare “supershear” speed, potentially heightening…
Among the many microbes in the gut (above), some may influence mood. V. Altounian/AAAS By Elizabeth PennisiFeb. 4, 2019 , 11:00 AM Of all the…
PeopleImages/iStockphoto By John BohannonFeb. 4, 2019 , 9:00 AM Contestants in a global scientific competition are flying toward the finish line. They are researchers who…
New Delhi: Online-focused Chinese smartphone maker Realme has has dropped the price of the U1 by Rs 1,000. Realme U1 with 3+32GB storage variant which…
New Delhi: At a time when the smartphone market is abuzz with numerous reports of the upcoming launch of Samsung Galaxy S10, the South Korean…
New Delhi: WhatsApp has reportedly rolled out the beta version of its fingerprint authentication feature for iOS users, as per reports. WABetaInfo, a fan site…
San Francisco: Google has deleted 29 malicious “beauty camera” apps that were sharing pornographic content and forwarding users, particularly in India, to phishing websites to…
(left to right): MAX AGUILERA HELLWEG; PIXABAY; NASA/JPL/Cornell University By Alex FoxFeb. 1, 2019 , 1:45 PM A storied Russian lab is trying to push…
Where does the periodic table end? | Science | AAAS Skip to main content Feb. 1, 2019 , 1:10 PM More from ScienceShots Source: Science…
Smith Chetanachan/Alamy Stock Photo By Elizabeth PennisiFeb. 1, 2019 , 10:00 AM In the United States alone, we spend more than $2.5 billion a year…
Peter Scoones/Minden Pictures By Jake BuehlerFeb. 1, 2019 , 8:00 AM Alligators dine on many strange delicacies: sharks, kumquats, and stones. Scientists have long thought…
A brief visual history of the periodic table By Jake Yeston, Nirja Desai, and Elbert Wang 31 January 2019 Producer and illustrations Nirja Desai …
Jim Baird (R–IN) and other freshmen members of Congress choose their offices through a lottery. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Photo By Jeffrey MervisJan. 31, 2019…
Orla Smith, editor of Science Translational Medicine joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about what has changed in the past 10 years of microbiome research, what’s…
By Robert F. ServiceJan. 31, 2019 , 2:00 PM A Star Trek–like replicator has arrived, but don’t expect it to synthesize a cup of Earl…
Early-career scientists hold a rally at the office of the Ministry of Human Resource Development in New Delhi on 16 January. Pallava Bagla By Pallava BaglaJan.…
Dead fish floating in the Darling River near Menindee, Australia, earlier this month. Jeremy Buckingham’s Office By Dennis NormileJan. 31, 2019 , 1:15 PM Even…
iStock.com/ shaunl By Sid PerkinsJan. 31, 2019 , 12:50 PM The technology that allows submariners to breathe underwater could someday allow the rest of us…
An adult male zebra finch (center) perches between his mate (left) and his son (right). Michael Goldstein By Virginia MorellJan. 31, 2019 , 11:00 AM…
ISTOCK.COM/SMOLAW11 By Jeffrey BrainardJan. 31, 2019 , 11:00 AM Only a small proportion of open-access scientific journals fully meet the draft requirements of Plan S,…
A fin whale found on an Alaskan beach in 2015 might have been among the victims of The Blob. BREE WITTEVEEN By Warren CornwallJan. 31,…
New Delhi: Honor, smartphone e-brand under the Huawei Group, on Thursday announced its exclusive offline partnership with Reliance Digital, for the Honor View20. The smartphone…
Yuri Oganessian has contributed so much to the periodic table that element 118 is named after him. Now, he wants to find even heavier elements.…
A herder with her goats in southern Mongolia ADAM OSWELL By Kathleen McLaughlinJan. 30, 2019 , 2:15 PM NOMGON SOUM, MONGOLIA—A massive sandstorm is crashing…
An abundance of sunflower sea stars before the outbreak of “sea star wasting disease” off the coast of Canada. Neil McDaniel By Alex FoxJan. 30,…
Denisova Cave offered a good vantage for spotting game—and other humans. RICHARD ROBERTS By Ann GibbonsJan. 30, 2019 , 1:00 PM With its light-filled main…
A surface elevation table is used to measure subsidence in a tropical swamp in Indonesia. SIGIT DENI SASMITO/CIFOR/FLICKR By Paul VoosenJan. 30, 2019 , 12:10…
New Delhi: Samsung led the premium smartphone segment in India in 2018 with a 34 per cent share, followed closely by OnePlus at 33 per…
New Delhi: Search engine giant Google has said that it is unveiling a new look for Gmail on mobile, too. “As part of the new…
New Delhi: SalamWeb, a Malaysian-based startup has come out a mobile browser aimed at delivering ‘Halal’ web experience. The Muslim-friendly browser, is designed with messaging,…
Officials worry that the Komodo dragon population is declining because of tourism. Reinhard Dirscherl/Alamy Stock Photo By Dyna Rochmyaningsih Jan. 29, 2019 , 5:05 PM…
To thrive in extreme environments like thermal springs, unicellular red algae (green) have taken in bacteria genes. Debashish Bhattacharya By Elizabeth PennisiJan. 29, 2019 ,…
The large Apollo 14 sample called “Big Bertha” holds a 2-centimeter chip thought to be from Earth. NASA By Richard A. LovettJan. 29, 2019 ,…
New Delhi: Microsoft has launched the Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 in India. Both the laptops will be available on Amazon, Flipkart and…
New Delhi: Huawei’s sub-brand Honor launched the world’s first punch-hole display phone – the View 20 in India on Tuesday. Honor has also launched a…
Apple Inc said on Monday it will issue a software patch later this week for a bug that lets iPhone users hear audio from users…
San Francisco: As Apple faces pressure to grow its service business to compete with content giants like Netflix and Amazon, the company is reportedly planning…
New Delhi: South Korean electronic manufacturer Samsung has launched the much anticipated Galaxy M10 and Galaxy M20 smartphones to rival Xiaomi’s budget Redmi series. Galaxy…
Anchiornis dinosaur feathers were likely an evolutionary intermediate on the way to flight. ROBERT CLARK/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC By Robert F. ServiceJan. 28, 2019 , 3:50 PM…
Anup Shah/Minden Pictures By Michael PriceJan. 28, 2019 , 3:00 PM Our very earliest, rodentlike ancestors likely trod the earth some 200 million years ago…
New Delhi: Social media giant Facebook has said that it is launching a new Privacy and Data Use Business Hub. Facebook said that it “centralizes…
San Francisco: After hinting at adding “Hey Siri” support for AirPods 2 in its next big iOS 12.2 update, Apple is planning to add a…
New Delhi: Samsung will launch two industry-first Galaxy `M` smartphone range –M10 and M20 –in India on Monday. Media reports say that the launch has…
San Francisco: After iOS and Android, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is now rolling out “Picture in Picture (PiP) mode” for web users that will allow…
Mumbai: Reliance Jio on Monday announced that it has launched the JioRail app for JioPhone, JioPhone 2 users. “For the first time, IRCTC reserved ticket…
Furloughed federal workers who protested the shutdown earlier this month in Washington, D.C. will be going back to work, for at least 3 weeks. Flickr/AFGE…
Pixabay By Alex FoxJan. 25, 2019 , 5:10 PM The northern lights (above) and their lesser known sibling the southern lights, aurora borealis and aurora…
NASA’s Opportunity rover, seen here in a composite image, landed on Mars 15 years ago. Its end is nigh. Mars Exploration Rover Mission/Cornell/JPL/NASA By Paul VoosenJan.…
Hiroya Minakuchi/Minden Pictures By Joshua Rapp LearnJan. 25, 2019 , 1:05 PM Orcas aren’t necessarily new to the Chukchi Sea, which lies just north of…
(left to right): DAVIDE BONAZZI/@SALZMANART; ISTOCK.COM/PEETERV; KEN RICHARDSON By Alex FoxJan. 25, 2019 , 12:35 PM Scientific societies worry Plan S will make them shutter…
New Delhi: Xiaomi’s recently launched smartphone –Redmi Note 7 –is coming to India soon, company’s global vice president Manu Kumar Jain has confirmed. Chinese handset…
OrdinaryJoe/shutterstock.com By Lizzie WadeJan. 25, 2019 , 5:00 AM Neanderthals were dangerous—even at a distance. A new study suggests they might have been able to…
San Francisco: As Facebook turns 15 next month, its Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has once again defended the social media giant, saying the company…
San Francisco: Facebook has announced that it is discontinuing its stand-alone “Moments” photo saving and sharing app from February 25 owing to lack of users.…
New Delhi: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in an elaborate interview with a news magazine has told that he was once served a goat killed by…
New Delhi: Instant messaging app WhatsApp has announced that its Business app has crossed over five million enterprises globally within a year of launch. “In…
New Delhi: In order to celebrate India’s the Republic Day, Reliance Digital has announced the “Digital India Sale”. Under the Digital India Sale, Reliance is…
To form an egg or sperm cell, a cell splits into two during meiosis so each resulting cell only contains half the chromosomes of the…
Wornden LY/Flickr The “dank” smelling terpenes emitted by growing marijuana can combine with chemicals in car emissions to form ozone, a health-damaging compound. This is…
Researchers want to know more about how pot farms, like this one in Avondale, Colorado, affect air quality. MATTHEW STAVER/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES By Jason…
SÉBASTIEN THIBAULT By Alex FoxJan. 24, 2019 , 2:10 PM In the run-up to the 2016 U.S presidential election, a website calling itself “WTO5 News”…
Juniors Bildarchiv GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo By Mary BeckmanJan. 24, 2019 , 12:00 PM Forget the running wheel. If your pet mouse is an…
Scientists have found one fifth of the Ebola virus genome in a greater long-fingered bat captured near an abandoned Liberian mine shaft. By Kai KupferschmidtJan. 24,…
Ken Richardson By Douglas StarrJan. 24, 2019 , 8:00 AM In a St. Louis, Missouri, courtroom last summer, David Egilman testified in a lawsuit filed…
Trends and fads can be fascinating. I recall days from my childhood, when a new fad would be the theme each summer vacation. Some years,…
New Delhi: Reliance Jio on Thursday announced two new long validity plans for Jio Phone users priced at Rs 594 and Rs 247. The Rs…
New Delhi: In a bid to make Pages more transparent and accountable, social media giant Facebook said that will proactively shut down fake Groups and…
A new study finds evidence that good oral hygiene could help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. iStock.com/bernardbodo By Jocelyn KaiserJan. 23, 2019 , 2:00 PM Poor oral…
A child gets an eye exam that could detect retinoblastoma. iStock.com/ferrantraite By Mitch LeslieJan. 23, 2019 , 2:00 PM Curing the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma…
Davide Bonazzi/@SalzmanArt By Jeffrey BrainardJan. 23, 2019 , 12:05 PM An existential threat. That’s what scientific societies supported by journal subscriptions call Plan S. Introduced…
New Delhi: With foldable mobile seemingly becoming the next big thing in smartphones market, Xiaomi is in no mood to miss the bus. The Chinese…
New Delhi: Search engine giant Google has said that it has made a few updates to Google My Business, so users can now share their…
San Francisco: Google has now restricted the use of high-risk and sensitive permissions via SMS and phone calls for apps on PlayStore as part of…
San Francisco: Google has announced the timeline of the transition from classic Hangouts to Chat and Meet for its paying G Suite customers. The tech…
New Delhi: While Samsung Electronics is all set to roll out its next flagship smartphone range – the Galaxy S10 – in February, an accidental…
New Delhi: Services for instant messaging app WhatsApp were restored following a brief global outage with several users unable to send or receive messages on…
New Delhi: Instant messaging app WhatsApp faced a brief global outage with several users unable to send or receive messages on Tuesday night. The Facebook-owned…
A viral video drew attention to water woes in the Murray-Darling Basin. Rob McBride/Tolarno Station By Dennis NormileJan. 22, 2019 , 5:30 PM Australians knew…
Shanidar Cave in Iraq once sheltered at least 10 Neanderthals. Georg Kristiansen/Alamy Stock Photo By Elizabeth CulottaJan. 22, 2019 , 3:45 PM For tens of…
Congress is considering spending bills that warn NASA not to exceed a new $8.8 billion cap for the James Webb Space Telescope, now under construction.…
Jair Bolsonaro has said Brazil may withdraw from the Paris agreement. Bruna Prado/Getty Images By Herton EscobarJan. 22, 2019 , 3:25 PM Brazil has long…
A missile target, launched from Kauai in Hawaii in 2018, was destroyed by a sea-launched interceptor. Missile Defense Agency/US Department of Defense By Gabriel PopkinJan.…
Researcher Rámon Gallego of the University of Washington in Seattle collects a water sample for environmental DNA analysis in Hood Canal, Washington. Ryan Kelly By…
[embedded content] By Matthew HutsonJan. 22, 2019 , 8:00 AM Before you run hurdles, you have to learn to crawl, and before you read William…
New Delhi: One of the most popular instant messaging platforms in the world –WhatsApp – is working on one of the most anticipated features for…
New Delhi: Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is all set to globally launch the View 20 – touted to be the world’s first punch-hole display phone. Honor…
He Jiankui (center) during a Q&A after his presentation at a meeting in Hong Kong on 28 November. Imaginechina via AP Images By Dennis NormileJan.…
What your friends write on Twitter can reveal a surprising amount of information about you. iStock.com/tomass2015 By Matthew HutsonJan. 21, 2019 , 11:00 AM Companies…
New Delhi: Aiming to curb fake news, Facebook-owned platform WhatsApp on Monday announced it has globally lowered to five the forward limit for chats —…