Sci-Tech

Squirrels are cute, and it turns out that one flying type of squirrel also turns pink. A new study reveals that scientists have discovered that the North American flying squirrel...

Climate change may destroy Bengal tiger’s home, study suggests

Last coastal stronghold of an iconic predator, the endangered Bengal tiger, could be destroyed by climate change and rising sea levels over the next 50 years, a recent study claims....

Oldest evidence of mobility on Earth discovered by scientists

A team of international scientists have discovered ancient fossils of the first ever organisms to exhibit movement. The fossils, discovered in rocks in Gabon and dating back approximately 2.1 billion...

Visiting Mars next frontier in space: Ex-astronaut Charles Duke

The next big step in space will be the landing of human beings on Mars, and any Indian can do this, said Charles Duke, the youngest spaceologist to walk on...

Hubble finds dwarf galaxy in our cosmic neighbourhood

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a dwarf galaxy in a globular cluster which is only 30 million light-years away. The team used the NASA/ESA (European Space Agency)...

Milky Way galaxy is ‘warped, twisted’ not flat: Study

The Milky Way’s disk of stars is not stable or flat but instead becomes increasingly “warped” and twisted far away from the galaxy’s centre, according to astronomers. “We usually think...

Global warming increases air pollution

A new University of California, Riverside study now finds that while climate change is warming the ocean, it’s warming land faster. The study, published February 4 in Nature Climate Change,...

Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2100 reveals Study

Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers, the world’s “Third Pole”, could melt by 2100 if global emissions are not reduced, scientists warned in a major new study issued on Monday. And even...

ISRO to launch communication satellite GSAT-31 on Feb 6

February 4, 2019

The Indian Space Research Organisation is all set to launch its 40th communication satellite GSAT-31 on Wednesday from the spaceport in French Guiana. The satellite with a mission life of 15 years will provide continuity to...

Milky Way galaxy is due for huge collision in 2 billion years: Study

January 16, 2019