In a maiden attempt to decode the rotation of a massive exoplanet, astronomers using Hubble Space Telescope have measured the rotation rate of a cloudy “super-Jupiter” by observing the varied brightness in its atmosphere.The planet called 2M1207b is about four…
Apple computers is resisting a U.S. government order to unlock its encrypted iPhone software to help the FBI examine a phone used by the militants who killed 14 people in a terrorist-style attack in California in December. Apple’s chief executive…
Diminutive humans that died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not Homo sapiens but a different species, according to a study published Monday that dives into a fierce anthropological debate.Fossils of Homo floresiensis — dubbed “the…
A Northwestern University research team has taken CSI to a whole new level: employing sophisticated scientific tools to investigate details of the materials and methods used by Roman-Egyptian artists to paint lifelike mummy portraits more than 2,000 years ago. These…
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the 302 winners of its 2015 Consolidator Grant competition, European Commission said on Friday.These excellent mid-career scientists are awarded a total of 585 million euros ($660 million) as part of the European Union…
By Jason Leopold In a major victory for transparency, a federal judge on Thursday ordered the State Department to release former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails prior to the Democratic primary and caucus remaining this month. The order was…
The researchers said they detected gravitational waves coming from two black holes – extraordinarily dense objects whose existence also was foreseen by Einstein – that orbited one another, spiralled inward and smashed together. They said the waves were the product…
US astronaut Edgar Mitchell, one of just 12 people to have walked on the Moon, has died aged 85, his family and NASA said Friday, calling him a “pioneer.”NASA paid glowing tribute to Mitchell, who died in Florida after a…
NK News North Korea launched a rocket at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. S. Korean media says N. Korean rocket successfully puts satellite into space. North Korea launches…
Computer Lab and Week-long training program on Information and communication technology under the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) have been inaugurated in Political Science department of Rajshahi University (RU).
Washington – Twitter has suspended over 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the Islamic State group, as part of a stepped-up effort to crack down on “terrorist content” on the messaging platform, it said Friday. The accounts frozen since…
Julian Assange has insisted the UK and Sweden must respect the United Nations ruling that he has been unlawfully detained, formally announced on Friday.”We have now a victory, and decided law on this case,” he said via video link at…
Luxembourg, the teeny little European nation, intends to become a hub for a new budding industry: asteroid mining.”Our aim is to open access to a wealth of previously unexplored mineral resources on lifeless rocks hurling through space, without damaging natural…
As authorities scramble for effective and advanced ways to counter the increasing number of rogue drones buzzing around our skies, Dutch National Police have come up with something a little more unusual: the mighty eagle.In what Dutch company “Guard from…
Embattled Internet pioneer Yahoo will announce job cuts when it releases its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer will lay out a cost-cutting plan that includes chopping 15…
UK scientists have been given the go-ahead by the fertility regulator to genetically modify human embryos.It is the first time a country has considered the DNA-altering technique in embryos and approved it.The research will take place at the Francis Crick…
The Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance system has been installed at the Arts Building and Lecture Theater Building of Dhaka University (DU).DU Pro-Vice Chancellor (administration) Professor Shahid Akhtar Hossain inaugurated the CCTV as chief guest at a function today at Arts…
It’s the only world besides Earth that man has set foot on. But we still don’t know exactly how it got there.Now, rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts in the late ’60s and early ’70s are providing new clues…
A Danish news website has published documents backing up the allegations that in June 2013 a US plane with a connection to CIA black site programs was on call in Copenhagen ready to snatch NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as he…
A Google artificial intelligence program has beaten the European champion of the board game Go.The Chinese game is viewed as a much tougher challenge than chess for computers because there are many more ways a Go match can play out.The…
While various Silk Roads are being laid down by China for a “Greater Eurasia” economic integration, it is time to look beyond infrastructure, trade and economics. A lasting foundation must be buttressed by the building blocks of tomorrow, especially in…
Researchers have raised the alarm about an overlooked bacterial disease that they say killed 89,000 people in 79 countries in 2015.In a paper published in Nature Microbiology last week (11 January), researchers say that melioidosis is likely to be present…
The US space agency NASA is considering making new humanoid robots that could offer astronauts a helping hand in risky and extremely hazardous future space expeditions.The agency is developing a six-feet tall, 131.5 kg heavy humanoid robot called R5, previously…
An antibiotic developed from human breast milk can destroy certain types of drug-resistant bacteria, says a report by ‘The Times’.A study by the UK’s National Physical Laboratory and University College London found that Lactoferrin effectively kills bacteria, fungi and even…
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Sunday said Facebook authorities will respond within 48 hours to the complaints of Bangladesh government over issues relating to violence against women and militant acts through the social networking site.
The United States has proposed creating an “ombudsman” to deal with EU citizens’ complaints about US surveillance as part of talks to clinch a new EU-US data transfer pact, four people familiar with the talks said.Washington and Brussels are racing…
Humanity is at risk from a series of dangers of our own making, according to Prof Stephen Hawking.Nuclear war, global warming and genetically-engineered viruses are among the scenarios he singles out.And he says that further progress in science and technology…
Remember how in the Hollywood film The Martian, Matt Damon’s character Mark Watney grows potatoes on Mars to survive on the Red Planet? While that’s still a sci-fi achievement, here’s a bit of real life news that’ll leave you quite…
A VICE News investigation has found evidence that sophisticated surveillance equipment that spies on people’s phones is being used across London, and uncovered a growing black market for the technology worldwide.Signs of IMSI catchers — also known as stingrays or…
A team of Japanese astronomers has discovered an enigmatic gas cloud just 200 light years away from the centre of the Milky Way that can be the possible missing link in the black hole evolution.This may be the first detection…