In the Gulf of Oman, the water is still. But tranquility isn’t always a positive sign — in fact, the gulf is less Garden of Eden than it is Chernobyl. According to researchers from the University of ...

As flat earth theory is gaining popularity in all nooks of the world, American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has now come forward and has lashed out against the believers of the theory saying ...

Hollywood’s leading lady Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times—and two of them were to Richard Burton. The world has been captivated by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s fiery relationship ever ...

Healthy soil contributes to healthy crops. Farmers know this, so they do what they can to ensure their soil is in good shape. They send samples of their soil for lab testing to find out if it is low ...

IMAGE: The amyloid precursor protein (APP) is inserted into the cell membrane of neurons. After sequential cleavage by β- and ?-secretases, the Aβ protein (in green) is released. The brains of ...

Has the Riemann hypothesis been ‘solved’? Who is Michael Atiyah? And why is it so important?. A math whiz has claimed to have solved a problem that has been boggling mathematicians for 160 years.

Scientists have discovered a new species of marsupial lion, that is believed to have been extinct for at least 19 million years. The study, published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, ...

Hydrogen, the second-tiniest of all atoms, can penetrate right into the crystal structure of a solid metal. That’s good news for efforts to store hydrogen fuel safely within the metal itself, but it’s ...

Astronomers led by a group at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany have captured a spectacular snapshot of planetary formation around the young dwarf star PDS 70. By using the ...

A team led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich paleontologist Adriana López-Arbarello has identified three hitherto unknown fossil fish species in the Swiss Alps, which provide new ...

Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips, and teams of soccer bots strategize how to dribble, pass, and score. And, the more ...

Eyebrows are crucial to human evolution, scientists have discovered, because it is how our predecessors first learnt to communicate. Dr Penny Spikins, one of the researchers from the University of ...