Productivity of eucalyptus plantations could be increased with trees genetically modified for faster growth. casadaphoto/shutterstock.com By Erik StokstadAug. 23, 2019 , 5:45 PM Look at…
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By Meagan Weiland, Nirja DesaiAug. 23, 2019 , 12:00 PM Suicide is a worldwide problem, but its effects are uneven. Although suicide rates—all rates noted…
San Francisco: In a bid to protect users’ privacy as they open ads on the web, Google has announced a new initiative called “Privacy Sandbox”…
New Delhi: As the Internet celebrates the 12th birthday of the hashtag on Friday, Twitter unveiled the top hashtags that dominated conversations on the platform…
San Francisco: Apple iPhone 11 would come with a USB-C charger as well as a lightning to USB-C cable in the box. Apple would do…
New Delhi: After launching its latest smartphone in Brazil, Motorola launched its ‘One Action’ in India on Friday for Rs 13,999 and it would go…
New Delhi: HMD Global, that makes and sells Nokia-branded phones, on Thursday said Android 10 will soon arrive on entire Nokia smartphone portfolio. Starting in…
New Delhi: US-based broadband speed tester Ookla on Thursday said that Vodafone has emerged as the fastest 4G network in Delhi. As per Ookla’s findings,…
Protesters march in June 2018 in Santiago, demanding an end to sexual harassment and abuse, including in educational institutions. AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo By Lindzi WesselAug.…
A new study suggests online hate groups form and spread along virtual “hate highways.” iStock.com/id-work By Eva FrederickAug. 22, 2019 , 2:50 PM For moderators…
By Gretchen VogelAug. 22, 2019 , 1:40 PM BERLIN—A consortium of more than 700 German research institutions and libraries today announced an agreement with publisher…
Google on Thursday announced that the next release of its mobile operating system Android will simply use the version number and be called Android 10.…
Government fumigators, in 2018, spraying homes in Havana to kill mosquitoes AP Photo/Desmond Boylan By Jon CohenAug. 22, 2019 , 11:00 AM As Zika virus…
San Francisco: Just weeks away from its annual September event, Apple has filed several unreleased iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac model numbers with the Eurasian…
Helsinki: HMD Global, that makes and sells Nokia-branded phones, has confirmed that an affordable Nokia 5G phone that would cost around half of the existing…
By Greg MillerAug. 22, 2019 , 8:00 AM Can a three-digit phone number avert suicides on a grand scale? Last week, the Federal Communications Commission…
By Elizabeth CulottaAug. 22, 2019 , 8:00 AM While co-organizing a symposium a few years ago, a distinguished evolutionary psychologist named Nicholas Humphrey sought an…
New Delhi: Researchers have detected 16,017 new ransomware modifications in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019 — including ones belonging to eight new malware families…
Seoul: Samsung’s clamshell answer to the foldable Moto RAZR 2019 edition has now leaked in a new patent with its 6.7-inch Galaxy Fold successor, the…
New Delhi: Google on Thursday announced an automatic software update that would bring the Google Assistant to all existing Bose smart speakers and soundbars. The…
San Francisco: YouTube direct messaging service, not the most popular way to chat for a large number of users, is set to fade out soon.…
San Francisco: Do you have a Microsoft video gaming console Xbox at home? It is possible that third-party contractors working for the tech giant are…
New Delhi: Total revenue collected last year by telecom operators from wireless data usage at Rs 54,671.44 crore (excluding rental revenue) was up by Rs…
© Rob Perryman By Eva FrederickAug. 22, 2019 , 12:01 AM Although many sharks are solitary creatures, their manta ray relatives are surprisingly social: They…
A quantum computer could hack the public key encryption schemes that now uphold internet security. ISTOCK.COM/matejmo By Adrian ChoAug. 21, 2019 , 1:15 PM A…
Italy’s Minister of Health Giulia Grillo supports animal rights groups. Independent Photo Agency Srl/Alamy Stock Photo By Alison AbbottAug. 21, 2019 , 12:15 PM Marco…
By Kelly ServickAug. 21, 2019 , 8:00 AM Every Wednesday afternoon, an alert flashes on the cellphones of about 50 teenagers in New York and…
New Delhi: Short-form video platform TikTok, on Wednesday unveiled an awareness campaign to sensitize India’s growing digital population about safe and responsible use of user-generated…
The icebreaker Polarstern, seen here operating in Antarctica in 2013, is being prepared to be locked into Arctic sea ice for more than a year.…
Environmental campaigners in Canada have been told that climate science is a partisan issue in the upcoming election. Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images…
By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelAug. 20, 2019 , 12:45 PM When my younger sister died by suicide 7 years ago, at age 30, the loss was shattering.…
By Emily UnderwoodAug. 20, 2019 , 12:45 PM By his late 20s, Moe had attained the young adult dream. A technology job paid for his…
By Kelly ServickAug. 20, 2019 , 10:25 AM When Oklahoma State University (OSU) got a major windfall from a settlement with opioidmaker Purdue Pharma earlier…
San Francisco: Google and its popular email service Gmail experienced issues on Monday as thousands of users, especially in the US, were unable to log…
New Delhi: HMD Global, that makes and sells Nokia-branded phones, on Tuesday launched the fourth generation of its feature phone `Nokia 105` for Rs 1,199…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on Facebook’s plea over transfer of cases related to linking over Aadhar with…
New Delhi: Broadcasters have raised concerns over the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indias (TRAI) decision to review the issue of pricing, barely eight months after…
A 1919 notebook records measurements for the salmon sampled on one day, complete with slimy scales that preserved fish DNA. Lesley Evans Ogden By Lesley…
Washington: US President Donald Trump has praised Apple CEO Tim Cook for “making a good case” that tariffs on China will help Samsung gain more…
San Francisco: Apple is expected to launch a host of new products next month including the upgraded Apple Watch 5 which is expected to come…
Beijing: Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo, the three Chinese smartphone giants, are working together on a cross-brand wireless file transfer technology, which would work between their…
San Francisco: After launching its latest smartphone in Brazil, Motorola is now all set to launch its ‘One Action’ in India on August 23 and…
The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development’s scholarship budget was slashed by 21% this year. iStock.com/MediaProduction By Emiliano Rodríguez MegaAug. 19, 2019 , 5:30…
By Elizabeth CulottaAug. 19, 2019 , 1:35 PM The University of Adelaide in Australia has suspended evolutionary molecular biologist Alan Cooper, director of the university’s…
NASA/MIT/TESS By Daniel CleryAug. 19, 2019 , 12:00 PM When scientists go looking for life on distant exoplanets, they generally focus on rocky worlds the…
Holden Thorp Washington University By Jeffrey BrainardAug. 19, 2019 , 11:45 AM Holden Thorp, a chemist who held top leadership positions at two major U.S.…
Aggressive comb-footed spiders are better storm survivors, according to a new study. Judy Gallagher/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY) By Kelly MayesAug. 19, 2019 , 11:40 AM…
A new controversial study suggests that pregnant women who drink fluoridated water could risk their children’s IQ. iStock.com/SolStock By Michael PriceAug. 19, 2019 , 11:20…
New Delhi: Reliance Jio has once again topped the aaverage 4G download speed chart for the month of July, a report published by Telecom Regulatory…
Igor Kovalchuk, a plant geneticist at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, is awaiting Canadian approval to grow cannabis in a second greenhouse. Leslie Ohene-Adjei/University of…
New Delhi: With 33.12 crore subscribers, Reliance Jio has once again piped Bharti Airtel to become India’s second largest mobile operator in the month of…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has deferred hearing of Facebook’s plea over transfer of cases related to linking over Aadhar with social media for traceability…
Helsinki: Images of Nokia 7.2 — the upcoming smartphone from HMD Global — have been leaked and they suggest the device may feature a circular…
San Francisco: As the war between digital assistants intensifies, Google Assistant has once again beaten Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri when it comes to answering…
New Delhi: Walmart-owned e-commerce giant Flipkart on Saturday started rolling out its ‘video’ service through the latest update of its Android app. Similar to Amazon…
San Francisco: WhatsApp is adding an update to its latest beta that adds the “WhatsApp from Facebook” tag to the application. This comes less than…
(LEFT TO RIGHT) STEPHEN VOSS; NYXOLYNO CANGEMI/U.S. COAST GUARD; SELEGGT By Eva FrederickAug. 16, 2019 , 5:30 PM For a decade, Francis Collins has shielded…
S. Fan et. al., arXiv (2019) arXiv:1908.04350 By Daniel CleryAug. 16, 2019 , 5:25 PM When Earthly astronomers train their telescopes on exoplanets beyond our…
Scientists may have finally seen a black hole devouring a neutron star, as in this simulation. Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes/CC BY-NC 3.0 By Adrian ChoAug. 16,…
NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS; U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team By Katherine KorneiAug. 16, 2019 , 8:00 AM The sixth century was a rough time to be alive: Lower-than-average temperatures…
New Delhi: Google’s enterprise Gmail for businesses suffered an outage on Friday as some users in India faced problems while refreshing, sending and receiving emails…
New Delhi: If you are asked to install remote desktop applications, make sure that the person is trustworthy as fraudsters often use such apps to…
San Francisco: Swedish music streaming service Spotify is reportedly in a truce with Apple to let iPhone users tell voice assistant Siri to play songs,…
San Francisco: Microsoft has admitted that third-party contractors listen to your voice conversations on Skype and virtual assistant Cortana. The revelation came after Motherboard found…
New York: Using just a smartphone, hackers can listen to what is being typed with remarkable accuracy and access your personal information. According to researchers…
San Francisco: Some Microsoft Surface Pro 6 and Surface Book 2 devices are throttling down to crippling low speeds of 400MHz, post the new firmware…
San Francisco: Apple has released the seventh beta of iOS 13 to registered developers and a Brazillian site iHelp BR has found that the iPhone…
New Delhi: The India traditional PC market shipped 3.4 million units, recording a solid 49.2 percent year-on-year (YOY) growth in Q2, according to IDC’s Asia/Pacific…
fruchtzwerg’s world/Flickr Researchers, regulators, and the chicken industry are all united in their search for a way to make eggs more ethical by stopping culling—the…
IBM Research By Robert F. ServiceAug. 15, 2019 , 2:00 PM Carbon is a shapeshifter. When its atoms bond to four neighbors, it becomes diamond.…
Patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis, like this man in Tanzania, currently face arduous treatment. JOHN-MICHAEL MAAS FOR TB ALLIANCE By Jon CohenAug. 15, 2019 , 12:00…
The Ecological Forecasting Initiative aims to aid efforts to use data collected in the field to forecast future ecosystem changes. Cydney Scott for Boston University…
Researchers are challenging a study’s claim that black and Hispanic civilians are not disproportionately killed in police shootings. Contemporary Bokeh/Alamy Stock Photo By Juanita BawaganAug.…
RWI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY/Alamy Stock Photo Aug. 15, 2019 , 10:00 AM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY—Experts consider salt marshes foot soldiers in the battle against climate change:…
Francis Collins has led the National Institutes of Health with a firm hand. STEPHEN VOSS By Jocelyn KaiserAug. 15, 2019 , 9:30 AM For months…
Promoting the Cancer Moonshot, then-Vice President Joe Biden (right) speaks with Nobel laureate Paul Modrich (left), at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, in 2016. …
New technologies for identifying male chicks while still in the egg could avert culling. Seleggt By Gretchen VogelAug. 14, 2019 , 1:45 PM In hundreds…
Shang-Fei Liu/Sun Yat-sen University By Paul VoosenAug. 14, 2019 , 1:00 PM Jupiter harbors a deep mystery: Rather than the distinct core scientists expected, it…
By Maya Earls, E&E NewsAug. 14, 2019 , 10:50 AM Originally published by E&E News An expected whistleblower complaint is the latest escalation in a…
New Delhi: Ahead of India`s 73rd Independence Day on August 15, Twitter on Wednesday launched a customised Independence Day emoji of the Ashoka Chakra. The…
New Delhi: Search engine giant Google has announced that users can now verify your identity by using your fingerprint or screen lock instead of a…
New Delhi: Huawei’s Y9 Prime, which is the first phone from Huawei with a pop-up selfie camera, is giving a stiff competition to its rivals…
San Francisco: In yet another setback for the social networking giant’s Virtual Reality (VR) dream, Nate Mitchell, Co-founder of Facebook-acquired VR firm Oculus has stepped…
San Francisco: Not just people, Twitter is now testing a way to let users follow topics including sports teams, celebrities and TV shows. Topics will…
New Delhi: Riding on heavy promotional offers especially on iPhone XR, Apple has regained top position in the premium smartphone segment in India in the…
New Delhi: Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC on Wednesday launched the HTC Wildfire X The HTC Wildfire X comes in two variant along with a limited…
In Kenya, cattle reduce tick populations and help protect wildlife. R. Chaplin-Kramer By Elizabeth PennisiAug. 13, 2019 , 4:00 PM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY—No rancher likes to…
A dozen observatories on Mauna Kea were shut down for a month because of protests. MN Studio/iStockPhoto By Daniel CleryAug. 13, 2019 , 2:30 PM…
Andre Renard/CHIME By Daniel CleryAug. 13, 2019 , 2:25 PM A new telescope in Canada has taken a major step toward unravelling the mystery of…
Science Picture Co/Science Source By Eva FrederickAug. 13, 2019 , 2:00 PM If you want a baby girl, don’t have sex too close to ovulation.…
Rainforest hunter-gatherers in the Central African Republic Novarc Images/Alamy Stock Photo By Michael PriceAug. 13, 2019 , 1:50 PM African rainforest hunter-gatherers are among the…
New York: Cybersecurity researchers have identified more than 1,600 vulnerabilities in the support ecosystem behind the top 5,000 free apps available in the Google Play…
New Delhi: The pricing scale and style of Reliance Jio’s fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services, GigaFiber, will expand the market and increase the scope for all operators…
New Delhi: Indian smartphone market saw highest ever second quarter shipment of 36.9 million in 2Q19, with a 9.9 percent year-on-year (YoY) and 14.8 percent…
San Francisco: Next time when you borrow a charging cable for your smartphone or iPad, think twice. A hacker has shown that an iPhone charging…
iStock/mg81 By Sabine GalvisAug. 12, 2019 , 4:25 PM Colombia has declared a national state of emergency following confirmation that a dread fungus has appeared…
Finally, some good news about Ebola: Two new treatments dramatically lower the death rate in a trial
A health worker puts on protective gear at a treatment center run by the Alliance for International Medical Action in Beni, Democratic Republic of the…
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy in Arctic sea ice north of Barrow, Alaska, in 2018 NyxoLyno Cangemi/U.S. Coast Guard By Kelly MayesAug. 12, 2019…
By Adam Aton, E&E NewsAug. 12, 2019 , 2:10 PM Originally published by E&E News President Donald Trump’s administration announced changes to Endangered Species Act…
By Jeffrey MervisAug. 12, 2019 , 9:53 AM The United States should not emulate China in applying surveillance against certain ethnic minorities as part of…
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Monday announced the commercial launch date of Jio GigaFiber Addressing the 42nd annual general meeting (AGM), Ambani…
iStock.com/xxcheng By Jeffrey BrainardAug. 9, 2019 , 5:55 PM Some of the University of California’s (UC) most prominent scientists have announced they will resign from…
(left to right): ILIK SACCHERI; MICHEL BUREAU/MINDEN PICTURES; KDDESIGNPHOTO/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM By Catherine MatacicAug. 9, 2019 , 5:55 PM These caterpillars can camouflage themselves, even when blindfolded…
VeryBigAlex/Getty Images By Nola Taylor ReddAug. 9, 2019 , 1:25 PM Artificial light that bounces off snow can be twice as bright as the full…
By Meredith WadmanAug. 9, 2019 , 8:30 AM The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the high-profile biology research hub in San Diego, California, has forced out…
By Meredith WadmanAug. 9, 2019 , 8:30 AM The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the high-profile biology research hub in La Jolla, California, has forced out…
By Erik StokstadAug. 9, 2019 , 7:59 AM Boris Johnson at the Culham Center for Fusion Energy where he announced plans for fast-track visa system…
San Francisco: In a bid to establish a strong foothold in the online content-streaming segment against its competitors like Netflix and Spotify, Google has offered…
New Delhi: Even as rumours on WhatsApp have been linked to dozens of deaths in India, the Facebook-owned messaging app is yet to address a…
M. Schäfer/Frogs & Friends e.V. By Elizabeth PennisiAug. 8, 2019 , 7:01 PM Some frogs are thumbnail-size, but Cameroon’s Goliath frog (above) is bigger than…
The manned submersible Shinkai 6500 collected deep-sea mud from which researchers isolated microbes potentially key to the evolution of complex cells. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images…
Shawn Cahill In recent months, telecommunications companies in the United States have purchased a new part of the spectrum for use in 5G cellphone networks.…
KDdesignphoto/shutterstock.com By David ShultzAug. 8, 2019 , 1:45 PM Cats do a lot of weird things. One of the biggies is eating grass, often to…
[embedded content] By Elizabeth PennisiAug. 8, 2019 , 11:00 AM For a shy shark that spends most its time resting on the sea floor (see…
Chennai: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) and National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) are working towards developing better turbines that can harness…
New York: Heralding a new 5G era of mobile computing, Samsung has launched Galaxy Book S for $999 that harnesses the mobility and connectivity of…
New York: Japan’s export curbs wouldn’t affect launch of premium smartphones, but it would certainly affect (the business) if prolonged, said DJ Koh, chief of…
San Francisco: Apple is reportedly gearing up to launch a foldable device in two years, more likely to be an iPad than an iPhone, analysts…
By Adrian ChoAug. 8, 2019 , 8:00 AM BATAVIA, ILLINOIS—After 4 days Lazarus rose from the grave, but physicists here at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory…
San Francisco: After over three decades of publication, Microsoft is shutting down its developer-focused MSDN Magazine. The move comes after the software giant has migrated…
New Delhi: Although biryani is the most popular dish in the country, Indians are far from cutting down on the consumption of fast foods which…
Gurugram: Samsung on Wednesday launched an eight-inch Galaxy Tab A with dual speakers and thinner bezels in India, starting at Rs 9,999. Available in black…
New York: Taking productivity and creativity to the next level, Samsung has unveiled its most powerful line-up of Galaxy Note10 smartphones with an enhanced S…
San Francisco: A leak on Google’s upcoming Pixel 4 and 4XL smartphones suggest that the devices could include a super smooth display with 90Hz refresh…
Large bioenergy plantations, such as these cottonwoods in France, can displace natural habitat and food crops. MICHEL BUREAU/MINDEN PICTURES By Erik StokstadAug. 8, 2019 ,…
San Francisco: As the launch day for Android Operating System’s (OS) next iteration approaches, the tech giant has just rolled out the sixth and final…
New Delhi: In a mega-campaign of Rs 200-250 crore, India`s leading digital payment platform Paytm will now allow scanning of any QR code, be it…
5G wireless antennas broadcast data quickly but they must sit closer to users in greater numbers. TPRODUCTION/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM By Gabriel PopkinAug. 7, 2019 , 2:25 PM…
A region on the brain stem (orange) could serve as the “canary in the coal mine” to identify brain damage caused by repetitive head trauma…
Chimeric antigen receptor T cells can both prevent HIV (yellow) from infecting CD4 T cells (blue) and eliminate infected ones. NIAID/FLICKR/CC-BY 2.0 By Jon CohenAug.…
Newly discovered ancient galaxies, portrayed in this artist’s conception, are the progenitors of the biggest galaxies today. NAOJ By Adrian ChoAug. 7, 2019 , 1:40…
Ilik Saccheri By Lakshmi SupriyaAug. 7, 2019 , 12:55 PM Most animals that change color to match their surroundings can see what these surroundings look…
San Francisco: Apple has begun the preview roll-out for its `Apple Card` to a select group of customers who had signed up to be notified…
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone manufacturer Realme is all set to showcase the 64-megapixel camera smartphone in India on Thursday and ahead of the launch, CEO…
Two popular anti-HIV drugs led to a surprising weight gain in South African women. Andriy Popov/Alamy Stock Photo By Jon CohenAug. 7, 2019 , 8:00…
San Francisco: A Pakistani man has been charged for paying over $1 million in bribes to several employees of mobile carrier AT&T to unlock millions…
San Francisco: A memorandum written by a female Google staffer that accuses the tech giant of discriminating and retaliating against her for being pregnant has…
New Delhi: Swedish caller identification app Truecaller on Tuesday apologised to the users who were affected by the the bug that automatically created Unified Payments…
San Francisco: Owing the breach to recently identified privacy flaws and regretting the outcome, micro-blogging site Twitter has admitted to have inadvertently shared user data…
San Francisco: It appears that Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram desires to work closely with new-age publishers, like meme-creators. According to a job-opening posted on Facebook’s…
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter is testing a new feature that would allow users to mute push notifications for a certain amount of time. This…
[embedded content] By Sabine GalvisAug. 6, 2019 , 7:01 PM You don’t want to be in front of the Chinese witch hazel when its fruit…
Brian Choo/Flinders University By Kelly MayesAug. 6, 2019 , 7:01 PM Researchers have discovered the biggest parrot ever known—twice the size of its largest modern…
[embedded content] By Katie CameroAug. 6, 2019 , 7:01 PM If you’ve ever been to the beach, you’ve probably also been here: afternoon sun beaming…
Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum says it’s “very important” to test a second Ebola vaccine. MATTHIEU ALEXANDRE/AFP/Getty Images By Kai KupferschmidtAug. 6, 2019 , 4:40 PM Later this…
A space telescope beyond the moon could use Earth’s atmosphere as a lens to magnify the light of distant objects by 22,500 times. James Tuttle…
Frans Lanting/Nat Geo Image Collection By Eva FrederickAug. 6, 2019 , 11:50 AM Some animals stick with each other through thick and thin, but others…
By Jon CohenAug. 6, 2019 , 10:29 AM The lead U.S. military laboratory that studies some of the most dangerous pathogens has had to curtail…
San Francisco: Apple is planning to reintroduce Touch ID with an in-display fingerprint sensor to its iPhones starting in 2021, a new report from noted…
New York: Samsung Electronics, which is set to unveil two Galaxy Note devices — Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note10+ — here on Wednesday, would…
New Delhi: Global PC brand Acer on Tuesday unveiled a wide array of gaming laptops aimed at gaming enthusiasts across. The new gaming laptops have…
San Francisco: In favour of steering users more towards its Maps, Google has shut down its travel planning app, Trips. The features of the app…
San Francisco: Google’s virtual assistant is reportedly getting the ability to read messages from non-Google apps like WhatsApp, Slack and Telegram. Google Assistant has long…
Pooling data on childhood cancer patients could lead to better treatments. iStock.com/Sasiistock By Jocelyn KaiserAug. 5, 2019 , 3:15 PM Washington, D.C.—Each year, the parents…
By Katie CameroAug. 5, 2019 , 3:00 PM A common pesticide may be causing more collateral damage than thought. According to a new study, neonicotinoids…
The Aletsch Glacier is Switzerland’s largest glacier. Flickr/Sam Rayner (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) By Chelsea Harvey, E&E NewsAug. 5, 2019 , 8:39 AM Originally published by…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (left), here with Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, had attacked the validity of satellite data showing deforestation in Brazil has increased since he took…
Top stories: The untold story of 2018’s CRISPR babies, China’s gene-edited crops, and new exoplanets
(left to right): ANTHONY KWAN/BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES; STEFEN CHOW; NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER By Eva FrederickAug. 2, 2019 , 3:40 PM The untold story of…
[embedded content] By Sabine GalvisAug. 2, 2019 , 1:10 PM Painful encounters with ants don’t stem from their bite; it’s their venom-delivering stingers. Now, in…
TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy Stock Photo By Eva FrederickAug. 2, 2019 , 9:00 AM Artificial intelligence (AI) still can’t see the future, but a new algorithm may come…
New York: Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to track and assign a level of demand on an individual customer’s flight…
San Francisco: Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube Premium is starting to let subscribers download videos in 1080p resolution for offline viewing, up from the 720p…
By Jon Cohen, Nirja DesaiAug. 2, 2019 , 8:00 AM For many people, CRISPR plus China equals the biophysicist He Jiankui, who infamously used the…
San Francisco: In a bid to compete with Apple`s upcoming library of mobile games, Apple Arcade, Google has started testing its own monthly gaming subscription…
Seoul: South Korean tech giant Samsung’s much-awaited foldable smartphone – the ‘Galaxy Fold’ – is expected to launch right around the launch of Apple iPhone…
Researchers created “wildlings,” lab mice born to wild mouse surrogates, to better model human immune responses. Andy Sands/Minden Pictures By Eva FrederickAug. 1, 2019 ,…
Carl Campbell/Flickr After two mysterious earthquake swarms occurred under the Sea of Galilee, researchers found a relationship between these small quakes and the excessive extraction…
By Katie CameroAug. 1, 2019 , 2:30 PM The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) this week restored grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National…
J. Skowron/OGLE/Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw By Juanita BawaganAug. 1, 2019 , 2:00 PM Our home galaxy is even more twisted than we thought. Astronomers…
By Jon CohenAug. 1, 2019 , 11:30 AM This story, one in a series, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On 10 June 2017, a…
He Jiankui presented a slide at a Hong Kong, China, genome-editing summit that showed DNA sequences from the edited CCR5 genes in the twin girls.…
A turtle embryo may determine its sex by seeking particular temperatures. Du et al. By Katie CameroAug. 1, 2019 , 11:00 AM For humans, slight…
San Francisco: In an attempt to refresh the way users reset their PCs, Microsoft is testing a way to facilitate Cloud-based dowloading of the Windows…
New Delhi: Jio and dining out platform Dineout have come together for the latest edition of Great Indian Restaurant Festival (GIRF). The fourth edition of…
San Francisco: Facebook is developing a brain-computer Augmented Reality (AR) interface device that would help users type with their mind. At its F8 Developers’ Conference…
San Francisco: Facebook is launching its own TV streaming service this fall and has reportedly approached Netflix, Disney, Hulu, HBO and other media companies for…
San Francisco: The 2019 line-up of iPhones are expected to come with support for Apple Pencil — a wireless stylus pen from Apple, a new…
New Delhi: As part of its “Yoga S940” series, Chinese technology company Lenovo on Wednesday launched new models of ultra-slim PCs in India along with…
[embedded content] By Kelly MayesJul. 31, 2019 , 2:00 PM Striving to create a stronger, more flexible robot, researchers are turning to the tiny but…
Neuroscientist Rao Yi calls claims of a systematic Chinese government effort to steal U.S. intellectual property “lies.” RAO YI By Dennis NormileJul. 31, 2019 ,…
Healthy placentas are essentially sterile, according to a new study. John Bavosi/Science Source By Juanita BawaganJul. 31, 2019 , 1:10 PM During pregnancy, the placenta…
No coding required: Companies make it easier than ever for scientists to use artificial intelligence
A machine learning tool called Northstar lets users play with data visually. MELANIE GONICK By Matthew HutsonJul. 31, 2019 , 1:05 PM Yang-Hui He, a…
By Jon CohenJul. 31, 2019 , 8:00 AM This story, one in a series, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. IN BEIJING, GUANGZHOU, JIANGMEN, KUNMING,…
New Delhi: A lot of speculations has been made about Google’s upcoming smartphone – Pixel 4 –ever since the company declared that the phone is…
San Francisco: Google security researchers team have found six critical flaws in Apple iMessage that can compromise the user`s phone without even interacting with them.…
New Delhi: As Tim Cook announced that iPhones generated $26 billion in revenue in the company`s third quarter — down 12 per cent from last…
New Delhi: India is back on Apple`s global map, with CEO Tim Cook announcing that the growth in the country bounced back in the company`s…
Cambroraster falcatus got its name from its spaceshiplike carapace. JOHN LEHMANN/ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM By Joshua SokolJul. 30, 2019 , 7:01 PM In the summer of…
iStock.com/Juanmonino By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelJul. 30, 2019 , 11:00 AM People prescribed antacids are roughly twice as likely to later be offered drugs for respiratory allergies,…
San Francisco: Have you received a WhatsApp message offering 1000GB free Internet data? Beware, as it is a scam that is spreading fast. Researchers from…
San Francisco: Microsoft has acquired BlueTalon, a data privacy and governance service that helps enterprises set policies for how their employees can access their data,…
San Francisco: To let users customise and personalise their home screens, Apple is adding a feature that would let people resize app icons on iPads…
Mumbai: Just three days after its launch, the Lite app of battle game PlayerUnknown`s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has become the top free game in Google Play…
San Francisco: At a time when face recognition technology is in the thick of controversies, Google paid people $5 in exchange for a facial scan…
New Delhi: Portable audio device providing solutions Sound One, has launched X6 True Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds with MIC in India. Sound One X6 True Wireless…
Google celebrated the birthday of Muthulakshmi Reddi – a woman with many firsts to her name, who broke the barriers of gender discrimination in multiple…
Bacteria isolated from human feces (above) could one day reduce the symptoms of some age-related diseases. STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/Science Source By Eva FrederickJul. 29, 2019 ,…
New U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson enters 10 Downing Street after his inaugural speech. REUTERS/Hannah McKay By Erik StokstadJul. 29, 2019 , 1:00 PM The…
Rafael Reif, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, fears government efforts to combat foreign influence have created a “toxic atmosphere of unfounded…