A $180 million satellite to study the world’s oceans in a changing climate will blast off Sunday atop a Falcon 9 rocket, which SpaceX will try to land on a floating platform after launch.The satellite, known as Jason-3, aims to…
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BTRC sets nine criteria for mobile no. Portability
Telecoms regulators have finalised the reviewed draft of the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) policy.Some criteria have been set in the draft guidelines for the contractor that will get the job to give the subscribers the facility to change mobile-phone operators…
Govt to prepare 10-year ICT Roadmap
The government has taken initiatives to prepare a 10-year ICT roadmap under Bangladesh National Enterprise Architecture (BNA) to operate e-Government activities smoothly, official sources said.The World Bank financed Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of Bangladesh Computer…
Spacecraft Jupiter breaks distance record
NASA’s first solar-powered spacecraft Juno to Jupiter has broken the record to become humanity’s most distant solar-powered emissary.The probe, launched from the Earth in 2011 to study the giant planet from an elliptical, polar orbit, achieved the milestone on Wednesday…
NASA opens planetary defense office to protect earth
By John Dyer Three years ago, a meteor flew into Earth’s atmosphere at around 41,600 miles per hour and exploded 14.5 miles above Chelyabink, Russia. At a width of 59 feet and weighing roughly 11,000 metric tons, it was a…
Ancient giant crocodile discovered in Sahara
Paleontologists searching far and wide in Tunisia made a discovery of massive proportions: the world’s largest sea-dwelling crocodile, previously unknown to science, The Washington Post newspaper reports.This prehistoric crocodile is believed to have measured more than 30 feet long and…
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, Grameenphone award young book readers
Dhaka- Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (BSK) and Grameenphone are going to hold a grand prize giving ceremony to award young book readers in a Book Reading Competition on January 15 and 16, 2016.
NASA finds 100 new alien planets
NASA’s planet-hunting revamped Kepler mission has found more than 100 confirmed planets orbiting other stars. The information about the planets, some of which are very different from what the spacecraft observed during its original mission, was shared by University of…
Govt. to pass ‘Digital Security Act 2016’ soon: Palak
STAFF REPORTER State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Junaid Ahmed Palak yesterday said that the government is planning to enact ‘Digital Security Act 2016’.
Islamic science back in spotlight
On Christmas Day, the Islamic world sent out a reminder of its vast contributions to the advancement of science and innovation. At a solemn ceremony in Tehran, Iran, set off by recitations from the Koran, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation…
Solar-powered hearing aids in Brazil
Over 360 million people around the world suffer from disabling hearing loss, with the majority living in low and middle-income countries. And while hearing aids can make a big difference, the reality is that globally only 10 percent of those…
‘Crash rates for self-driving cars less than conventional car’
By David Shepardson Washington – Self-driving cars are involved in fewer crashes on average than vehicles with a driver behind the wheel, a study released on Friday by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute shows. The study was commissioned by Alphabet…
14 yrs imprisonment for cyber crimes
Observing that cyber crime is more serious than murder and rape, Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday there will be provisions of maximum 14 years’ imprisonment in the proposed ‘Digital Security Act-2016’, aiming to tackle the menace.
Facebook recruits Bangla language translator
Facebook has recruited a Bangla language expert to check on traffic on its platform in that language.State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Sunday said that this would make it possible for Facebook to spot any objectionable post…
China begins 5G research
China’s ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT) began to research and test 5G technology with the aim of commercialising it by 2020, the media reported.”The purpose of the research and test is to support the formulation of global 5G…
Robi has introduced train ticketing solution
Cellular phone operator Robi has introduced train ticketing solution aiming to facilitate a hassle free travel by train.
Why real King Kong became extinct
The largest ape to roam Earth died out 100,000 years ago because it failed to tuck into savannah grass after climate change hit its preferred diet of forest fruit, scientists suggest.Gigantopithecus — the closest Nature ever came to producing a…
North Korean test unlikely to be hydrogen bomb – Bennett
Leo Byrne North Korean media’s claims they they tested a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday have caused widespread speculation about the current status on the DPRK’s nuclear weapons technologies. Thermonuclear explosions – such as the pictured Ivy Mike nuclear test.– are…
New elements in Periodic Table
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has formally added four new chemical elements to the periodic table, report the BBC and the Guardian.Discovered by scientists in Japan, Russia and America, elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 have finally…
Pre-historic animal shell found in Argentina
A passer-by on Christmas Day found a meter-long shell on a riverbank in Argentina which may be from a glyptodont, a prehistoric kind of giant armadillo, experts said Tuesday.A local man thought the black scaly shell was a dinosaur egg…
Monkeys knew to sing
Ancient monkeys used auditory cues similar to humans to distinguish between low and high sound notes, say researchers, adding that pitch perception may have evolved more than 40 million years ago to enable vocal communication and song-like vocalisations.Pitch perception is…
Hydra can live forever
Is there a creature that can defeat death? Yes, says new research that confirmed that the tiny hydra – a centimetre-long polyp that inhabits fresh water all over the world – does not show any sign of deteriorating with age…
India puts brakes on Facebook’s Free Basics scheme
Facebook’s effort to provide Indians with free access to a limited number of internet services has run into trouble. India’s telecoms regulator has asked the mobile network that partnered with the US firm to put their Free Basics offer on…
Space robots trained with virtual reality
NASA is training space robots with Virtual Reality (VR) where the operators are using Sony’s PlayStation VR to control a “humanoid” in the space environment.Part of “Mighty Morphenaut” project, the PlayStation VR lets the operator make decisions by taking into…
SpaceX landed its rocket, but you should know a few things
By Ryan Faith In case you had missed it, amid all the fanfare over the release of the latest installment of Star Wars, a great many of your nerd friends may be incredibly excited about something else related to space:…
Paris climate deal paves way for further science
Paris – A deal to reduce global emissions and help the world adapt to climate change was signed in Paris on 12 December — with earlier concerns that science would be ignored allayed by new promises. The agreement, signed by…
N.Korea criticises anthrax experiment by USFK
Ha-young Choi Pyongyang’s state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper on Monday criticized use of anthrax in South Korea, which was revealed by a joint ROK-U.S. joint working group’s (JWG) investigation last Thursday. Repeating its allegations of biological warfare during the Korean War,…
Axiata announces acquisition of Nepal’s Ncell
Staff Reporter Axiata announces to acquisition Nepal’s Ncell just after 3 months of announcing Robi-Airtel merger, Yesterday.
Okayama University innovate new technique to remove of strontium from waste water
International Desk Toshiro Ono and colleagues at Okayama University have developed an effective system for removing strontium 90 from aqueous solution based on the hydroxyapatite (HAP) column procedure. The researchers are hopeful that their HAP column technique could be useful…
Tim Peake to help with space walk, Nasa says
UK astronaut Tim Peake is to be involved in assisting two astronauts carry out a space walk outside the International Space Station (ISS) next week.Fellow crew members Tim Kopra and Scott Kelly will go outside the ISS to fix a…