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Nasa captures Phoenix Mars Lander after 10 years, finds nothing but dust

The robotic spacecraft landed on the Red Planet in 2008 to explore its surface and atmospheric history and find evidence of water.

Feb 24, 2018

By Shubham Sharma

Is it too late to save the Amazon rainforest? Scientists say it is reaching the 'point of no return'

Scientists say that if deforestation extends 20% of its original area, it may be too late to save the Amazon rainforest.

Feb 24, 2018

By India Ashok

Climate Change

Watch: Beautiful time-lapse sequence shows Juno probe move across Jupiter's transforming South Pole

The Juno probe was hovering above Jupiter's clouds, around 137,264 to 200,937 km away, when it captured the time-lapse sequence of images.

Feb 24, 2018

By India Ashok

NASA Juno Mission NASA

Scientists reveal how the most intense explosions on the Sun are stopped by solar magnetic cage

The sun's surface is surrounded by a magnetic field that acts as a barrier to stop massive solar eruptions known as coronal mass ejections.

Feb 24, 2018

By India Ashok

NASA

New shark species discovered in the Atlantic Ocean had ancestors older than dinosaurs

The deep-sea predators were so elusive that it took scientists decades to identify that a new species exists in the Atlantic Ocean.

Feb 24, 2018

By India Ashok

Sharks

The moon has more water than previously thought but is it enough to sustain a lunar colony?

New research revealed that water on the moon is more widespread and immobile than previously thought.

Feb 24, 2018

By India Ashok

NASA

Prostate cancer: What you need to know

Stephen Fry announced he underwent surgery for prostate cancer.

Feb 23, 2018

By Ruchira Sharma

Cancer

Scientists tracked commercial fishing in real-time and found over half the world's oceans fished

Scientists used satellites, machine learning and ship-tracking tech to shed light on the extent of commercial fishing worldwide.

Feb 23, 2018

By India Ashok

Massive haul of 200 million-year-old fossils found on land that Trump admin removed from protections

Palaeontologists found a treasure trove of well-preserved Triassic period fossils on land that the Trump administration removed from the Bears Ears Monument.

Feb 23, 2018

By India Ashok

Palaeontology

A 'happy' spacesuit? Scientists working on revolutionary new tech to keep astronauts stress-free in space

The Nasa-backed project could ultimately improve efficiency of the astronauts on deep-space missions.

Feb 23, 2018

By Shubham Sharma

Scientists just measured the Universe's expansion rate but we need new physics to explain it

Scientists used Nasa's Hubble telescope to make the most precise measurements of the Universe's expansion rate till date.

Feb 23, 2018

By India Ashok

NASA

Acid rain threatens to destroy ancient Mayan archaeological sites, eroding 4,000-year-old inscriptions

Many of the structures are made of limestone and would slowly dissolve from the chemicals in the polluted precipitation.

Feb 23, 2018

By Lara Rebello

Is ancient cave art drawn by our ancestors the earliest evidence of first human language?

Humans may have used places where sound echoed the most as "hot-spots" to visually represent language.

Feb 23, 2018

By Shubham Sharma

Archaeologists may have found doomsday prophet Isaiah's 2,700-year-old seal

Definitive identification is currently impossible due to damage to the seal, but Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers revealed why they believe it is connected to Isaiah.

Feb 22, 2018

By Charlotte Tobitt

Israel

Loneliest tree in the world serves as a perfect record of how humans have permanently altered Earth

Evidence that we have entered the Anthropocene epoch has been presented by scientists.

Feb 22, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Ancient tomb of powerful Japanese chieftain discovered with hoard of weapons

The skeletal remains are those of a 170cm tall adult male, possibly a "powerful leader" who was directly connected with the Yamato imperial court.

Feb 22, 2018

By Charlotte Tobitt

Japan

Revolutionary Nasa technique captures melting Antarctic ice like never before

The seven-year-long work on the system shows that West Antarctic ice sheets are melting at a rapid rate.

Feb 22, 2018

By Shubham Sharma

Which are the best drugs to treat depression and what are the side effects?

A landmark study has found that antidepressants are effective and more people should take them. Amitriptyline is the most effective drug while Prozac performed relatively badly.

Feb 22, 2018

By Josh Robbins

NHS

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