Tag: Science

Magnitude mb 5.2 Region INDIA-BANGLADESH BORDER REGION Date time 2015-04-27 12:35:51.5 UTC Location 26.97 N ; 88.19 E Depth 10 km Distances 154 km W of Thimphu, Bhutan / pop: 98,676 / local time: 18:35:51.5 2015-04-27 58 km SW of…

Scientists have unearthed fossils of a strange dinosaur in southern Chile that boasts such an unusual combination of traits that they are comparing it to a platypus, that oddball egg-laying, duckbilled mammal from Australia.

Analysis of meteorites that reached the Earth long after the cosmic collision which created the Moon indicate the satellite is 4.47 billion years old, according to an article published in the journal Science.

Some people like the sound of knuckle-cracking and others loathe it, but for years there has been disagreement among scientists about what actually causes it.

Providing clues to understanding cosmological questions like how fast the universe has been expanding since the Big Bang, a team of astronomers, including an Indian American, has identified two distinct types of supernovaes.

Paleontologists are restoring the good name of Brontosaurus more than a century after it was deemed scientifically invalid and the famous dinosaur was reclassified as another genus called Apatosaurus.

What has given credence to the theory of extraterrestrial life over the last decade is a mysteriously recurring radio burst from space that has puzzled astronomers.

Ever wondered why our skin does not tear under stress? There are four specific mechanisms in collagen — the main structural protein in skin tissue — that act synergistically to diminish the effects of stress, a research reveals.

A new research has revealed how the continents were formed on earth more than 2.5 billion years ago and how those processes have continued for the last 70 million years to deeply affect the planet’s life and climate.

Researchers have found fresh evidence of groundwater presence on the Red Planet.

The Sierra Negra volcano in the central Mexican state of Puebla is the site of an ambitious astrophysical project which houses the largest gamma ray observatory ever built on the planet.

Speakers at a discussion said the Bangladesh is going ahead in the sector of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and unequivocally called for upholding the trend for furthermore advancement in the promising field.

In an interesting finding, researchers have detected features around minor planet Chiron that may signal rings, jets, or a shell of dust.

Genetic influences on autism are estimated to be between 74-98%, a Medical Research Council study of 258 twins suggests.

Scientists have unearthed the jawbone of what they claim is one of the very first humans. The 2.8 million-year-old specimen is 400,000 years older than researchers thought that our kind first emerged. The discovery in Ethiopia suggests climate change spurred…

US health authorities on Friday announced the discovery of a new virus believed to be responsible for the death of a previously healthy man in Kansas last year. The virus — named “Bourbon” after the county where the victim lived…

A mysterious haze high above Mars has left scientists scratching their heads.

Scientists on Europe’s Planck satellite say the first stars lit up the Universe later than was previously thought. The team has made the most precise map of the “oldest light” in the cosmos.

The missing Mars robot Beagle2 has been found on the surface of the Red Planet, apparently intact.

Thanks to a continent-wide radio telescope, astronomers say they know where Saturn is – to within one mile. The calculation is many times more accurate than previous estimations and will be useful for the future study of our solar system…

One of eight new planets spied in distant solar systems has usurped the title of “most Earth-like alien world”, astronomers have said. All eight were picked out by Nasa’s Kepler space telescope, taking its tally of such “exoplanets” past 1,000.…

Astronomers have proved that they can accurately tell the age of a star from how fast it is spinning. We know that stars slow down over time, but until recently there was little data to support exact calculations. For the…

An amateur fossil hunter has unearthed a 7ft skeleton of a carnivorous marine reptile on a beach in south Wales. Jonathan Bow, 34, discovered the ichthyosaur while walking the shoreline in the Penarth area. A palaeontologist at the National Museum…

Landing on a comet, nuclear fusion with lasers and a tractor beam are among the 10 physics breakthroughs of 2014, as chosen by a leading science magazine.