Science & Medicine

Atlantis Launch called off Due to Ernesto Threat

Taking note of The National Hurricane Center's forecast of tropical storm Ernesto moving towards Florida and the Kennedy Space Center, the NASA officials have decided to call off the Atlantis Space Sh

Pluto Loses It's Age Long Identity

In a vote passed by hundreds of members of the International Astronomical Union on Thursday, Pluto has lost its age long identity of being the ninth planet of the Solar System. The planet now attains the status of a dwarf planet and stands disqualified from the category of planets.

Fields Prize Rejected

Unusual, yet sensible is what a Russian scientist has to say
to clarify reasons for renouncing this year’s fields prize,
a version of the Nobel Prize, at the International Congress of Mathematicians, held in Madrid,the day before.

Dark Matters - Enlightened

Man has been devising numerous techniques to solve one of the most critically unanswered question of its past era of existence.The thing which makes this question, a bit more intersting and exciting i

Scientists discover Trap-jaw ants with world’s fastest strike

Scientists have discovered a species of ants whose powerful jaws can bite faster and with more force, literally quicker than the blink of an eye, than any known animal in the world.

Ozone Layer on the recovery mode

After more than two decades of continuous destruction of the Ozone layer, both the U.N. agency for Environment Program and World Meteorological Organization have reported that the protective layer is

‘Atlantis’ All Set To Launch: NASA

The countdown for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis has begun with the date of the launch announced as August 27, 2006. On Wednesday, after a two day long flight readiness review conference, the US space agency NASA gave a green signal to the launch of ‘Atlantis’.

Astronomers see faintest stars with Hubble Telescope

An international team of astronomers has captured rare images of the faintest stars in the galaxy, the burnt-out relics of ancient heavenly objects that formed many billions of years ago.

New Members in the Solar System

Our solar system will no longer be a consortium of nine planets as claimed by the top astronomers. The 76 year lineup of the solar system is likely to change by a new addition of three more planets namely Ceres, Charon, and 2003 UB313 (nicknamed Xena to be renamed later), thus making the total to twelve.