Science & Medicine

Yahoo joins hands with HP to hook more customers

Yahoo’s home page will just be a click away from the European and US consumers, as Hewlett Packard and the web giant have stuck a deal, wherein HP will feature Yahoo’s home page and other services

India determined to enter into space with Chandrayaan-1

The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1 was launched 50 years back and since than the space region is ruled by only two countries, the United States and Russia. Now, to break down the sovereignty of those countries, India and China are coming up with their respective projects.

Space ferry gets frequent with Virgin Galactic

Since an Iranian-American tourist has taken her visit to the space, the popularity of space tourism has accelerated its pace. And to take advantage of this, many groups are coming forward to provide t

Ansari’s cosmic jaunt comes to an end

Anousheh Ansari brought more than two decades of success as an entrepreneur and a lifetime of happiness for her country.

French doctors beat gravity

In an exhilarating incident, a team of French doctors succesfully performed the first ever zero gravity surgery. They created roller coaster like parabolas, and the aircraft soared and dived to create weightless conditions.

Halo universe to expand with Peter's creativity

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man -- Elbert Hubbard

Global warming likely to turn Earth into a different planet - Research

The Earth's temperature has reached its record level in thousands of years, causing warming, which has started affecting animals and plants, a study by the US space agency NASA revealed on Monday.

Debut launch of low cost private US space rocket fails

Spaceloft XL rocket, a private US space rocket equipped with 50 experiments and other small payloads including cremated remains and school science projects, crashed minutes after take off on Monday, b

Ansari- Basking in the aura of happiness

Ansari’s rocket trip to the International Space Station was a little queasy, but she soon embarked on the journey of happiness and is enjoying every moment of her cosmic trip.

JAXA puts Solar-B into orbit to study Sun

In an attempt to help scientists gain better knowledge of violent solar activity that has devastating effects on the Earth, Japan on Saturday has successfully launched a satellite to explore the Sun's

Juvenile skeleton enlightens human evolution

A team of paleontologists has unearthed the most complete skeleton of a prehistoric ape-man species thought to be a forerunner of humans. A 3.3-million-year-old skeleton of a presumed 3-year-old female hominid has shown incredible features of walking upright and more identities of apes, an international research team, which included scientists from Ethiopia, France, Britain and the United States, reported on Wednesday.