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A Fish that could Walk on Land found by Scientists

Thu, 06/04/2006 - 14:32 by MT Bureau

Fossilized remains of 375-million-year-old species of ancient fish are found by the paleontologists working in the Canadian Arctic.

Russian Spacecraft Soyuz Docks with ISS

Mon, 03/04/2006 - 14:26 by MT Bureau

Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian astronaut docked at the station on Saturday, dedicating his flight to the memory of Brazilian inventor and aviator Alberto Santos Dumont. Pontes, 43, is a father of two whose interests range from weightlifting to painting is an air force lieutenant colonel.

Hominid Cranium- Scientists discover missing link to our ancestors

Mon, 27/03/2006 - 04:28 by MT Bureau

Scientists in northeastern Ethiopia said Saturday that they have discovered the hominid skull of small human ancestor at least 250,000 years old that could be a missing link between the extinct Homo erectus and modern man. The hominid cranium was found in two pieces and is believed to be between 500,000 and 250,000 years old. Sileshi Semaw, director of the Gona Paleoanthropological Research Project in Ethiopia said it came "from a significant period and is close to the appearance of the anatomically modern human".

Global Warming Threatens Sea-Level Rise

Fri, 24/03/2006 - 12:42 by MT Bureau

Global warming appears to be pushing vast source of ice on Greenland and Antarctica toward a significant, long-term meltdown and could lead to a long and irrevocable rise in sea levels within the next century, according to new studies.

Lean times for Salmon fisherman along west coast

Wed, 22/03/2006 - 17:30 by Bunty

The fate of commercial and recreational fishing on the West Coast is on the bracing for a shutdown this week as fishery officials meet to consider options for this year's season, including shutting down several lucrative salmon fishing grounds. It's looking like a austere, belt-tightening year for thousands of commercial fishermen along the Pacific Coast. Salmon runs from Point Sur in California to Cape Falcon in Oregon - 700 miles in all -are at risk of being closed as a result of severely reduced chinook salmon runs on the Klamath River in southern Oregon.

Disgraced cloning Scientist fired over his Stem Cell Research

Mon, 20/03/2006 - 18:07 by MT Bureau

A renowned Seoul National University (SNU) of South Korea has decided to withdraw the professorship of disgraced stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk on Monday afternoon after it found that the research conducted by him was fraud.

Gray Wolves - No more in Endangered List

Sun, 19/03/2006 - 07:35 by MT Bureau

The US Interior Department disclosed a proposal on Thursday that unlisted the gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the endangered species. Bush Administration has set a federal plan in motion to hand over the management of gray wolves in the western Great Lakes states back to tribal and state resource agencies.

Life on Saturn Moon, a possibility

Fri, 10/03/2006 - 19:38 by MT Bureau

Enceladus, a moon of Saturn has joined an elite group of places in our solar system where scientists are hoping to find life, although the moon is only 300 miles wide.

China Delays Its Third Manned Space Mission, Plans a Spacewalk

Sun, 05/03/2006 - 16:52 by MT Bureau

China has postponed its third manned space mission by almost half a year and now it will be launching the Shenzhou 7 craft in 2008. A senior consultant to the country’s space program said three astronauts would man the mission and include a spacewalk, a first for China’s space program.

Jurassic Fossil puts Mammals 100 million years older

Sun, 26/02/2006 - 09:19 by MT Bureau

Named Castorocauda lutrasimilis, Latin for beaver tail and similarity to the otter, this fossil has put the age of the aquatic Mammals back by another 100 million years. Earlier Paleontologists believed that the mammals appeared after the Jurassic era ended about some 65 million years ago. This fossil found in the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation in China in 2004 dates to 164 million years ago.

Scientist shortlists most likely Stars to host life

Mon, 20/02/2006 - 05:24 by MT Bureau

Margaret Turnbull of the Carnegie Institution in Washington has come up with a list of eleven "habitable stellar systems" out of the estimated 400 billion stars at an annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting on Saturday. Five of them are most likely to garner results for those searching for radio signals from intelligent civilizations and six are most likely to reward astronomers trying to actually see an earth-like planet.

Simply.. Out of the World!

Fri, 27/01/2006 - 06:10 by MT Bureau

Well, if you are one of those who believe that are not the only ones in the world and other forms of life, on other planets, do exist then you have enough reason to rejoice. In an international effort, researchers from all over the world have detected a planet nearly 22,000 light years away from the earth with similar life supporting conditions.

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