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China sets 2024 as target for lunar walk

Tue, 20/06/2006 - 16:10 by MT Bureau

China has formulated a manned lunar mission by 2024 that will put an astronaut on the moon's surface; a superior Chinese scientist was quoted as saying in a Hong Kong newspaper.

The declaration by the lunar program's vice director, Long Lehao, indicates that long-term preparations are moving ahead for China's ambitious space program, which went into overdrive following China's first successful manned space mission in 2003.

Bird’s oldest ancestors discovered in China

Fri, 16/06/2006 - 11:10 by MT Bureau

U.S. and Chinese geologists unearthed several nearly complete three-dimensional fossil impressions of uncrushed, loon-like (waterfowl) birds, in Gansu province 2,000km west of Beijing; inheriting the name from that province, the researchers named them ‘Gansus yumenensis.’

Oldest web-spinning Spider found in Amber

Thu, 15/06/2006 - 17:51 by MT Bureau

The world's oldest orb web-spinning spider has been discovered well trapped in a fragment of amber 120 million years old.

Only 2mm in length, the creature became preserved for several million years ago, must have lived at the time of the dinosaurs - long before the rise of the warm-blooded mammals, according to the of the amber-trapped spider.

Night Flights Boost Global Warming - A study

Thu, 15/06/2006 - 15:40 by MT Bureau

Condensation trails (sometimes vapour trails) from winter night flights may be most responsible for the global warming caused by air traffic, even though they constitute a fraction of commercial flights, meteorologists at the University of Reading in UK reported Wednesday.

World's largest salt water crocodile found in India

Thu, 15/06/2006 - 12:38 by MT Bureau

The Bhitarkanika sanctuary on the Orissa coast has achieved an exceptional distinction of housing the world's largest salt water crocodile measuring about 23 feet.

In the North-Eastern corner of Kendrapara district of Orissa, India, the Bhitarkanika sanctuary is home to the world's largest 23 feet (over 7 meters) saltwater crocodile, and this reptile has now found a place in the 2006 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.

Scientists Identify Three Cataract Causing Genes

Tue, 13/06/2006 - 15:54 by MT Bureau

Scientists at the Centre for Genetic Disorders, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), in association with researchers from the National Institute of Health, USA and the Institute of Human Genetics in Berlin have identified three genes that lead to cataract among the Indian population.

New species of hammerhead shark found in South Carolina

Tue, 13/06/2006 - 12:46 by MT Bureau

A new genetically unambiguous species of hammerhead shark has been discovered in the north-western Atlantic off the coast of South Carolina, but summer swimmers don't have to worry-it's the sharks that are in trouble, experts say.

Robots To Have Sense Of Touch

Sun, 11/06/2006 - 09:07 by MT Bureau

Engineers are preparing a new generation of machines capable of having feelings; of performing keyhole surgery and other feats of dexterity.

World’s leggiest creature found in California

Fri, 09/06/2006 - 11:25 by MT Bureau

After eight decades out of sight, scientists have eventually discovered the rare millipede species known to have twice more the legs than the normal bug.

Scientists find signs of Early Life in Australia’s Pilbara Rocks

Thu, 08/06/2006 - 14:49 by MT Bureau

Australian Researchers say they have discovered new evidence of the earliest known forms of life on Earth in ancient rock in Australia.

According to the research team of Australian and Canadian scientists, they have found new varieties of stromatolites, rock formations left 3.43 billion years ago in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Chimps and Humans Shared a Common Apelike Ancestor

Thu, 18/05/2006 - 11:51 by MT Bureau

Humans’ evolutionary break-up from their closest relatives, chimpanzees, may have been more complicated, taken longer and probably occurred more recently than previously thought, scientists said today.

Soyuz Capsule returns to Earth from Space Station

Sun, 09/04/2006 - 21:51 by MT Bureau

A capsule carrying Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes along with a Russian and an American, landed safely Kazakh steppe under freezing conditions early Sunday after separating from the international space station and hurtling through the Earth’s atmosphere.

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