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CITES members vote to protect 18 endangered sharks and rays by regulating trade

18th CITES Conference, Geneva: A two-thirds majority vote was able to to regulate the trade of 18 species of sharks and rays, including Mako sharks.

Aug 26, 2019

By Agrima Tikader

Sharks

SpaceX tests may shatter windows, locals warned

Police in Boca Chica village in Texas, US, have warned locals that a malfunction might shatter windows.

Aug 26, 2019

By Rishabh Jain

Climate Change Study: Catastrophic flooding may occur annually in some places

More than 170 countries are at risk of facing floods, according to the study.

Aug 23, 2019

By Rishabh Jain

Climate Change

Himalyan 'skeleton lake' DNA testing reveals mysterious results

The lake has remains of humans dating back to the 7th century.

Aug 21, 2019

By Rishabh Jain

Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi: Supercomputer decides who is better

A supercomputer is reportedly able to use a formula to end the Ronaldo vs. Messi debate once and for all.

Aug 21, 2019

By Christine Caparras

Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi

India Moon Mission: Chandrayaan-2 enters lunar orbit

India is about to make history as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 successfully enters moon's orbit.

Aug 20, 2019

By Agrima Tikader

India

SpaceX Starman Roadstar completes orbit around the sun

The space vehicle will come close to earth next year.

Aug 19, 2019

By Rishabh Jain

ISS astronauts edit DNA in space for the first time

In a historic move, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were able to edit DNA in space using CRISPR-Cas9.

May 27, 2019

By Inigo Monzon

NASA

Real reason why NASA is in a hurry to return to the Moon

NASA is working hard to bring back U.S. astronauts to the lunar surface.

May 23, 2019

By Lorraine Lorenzo

NASA Donald Trump

Humans to 'reach' Mars by year 2020, here's how

NASA is opening the opportunity for the general public to send in their names and include it in a microchip that will be brought to Mars in the year 2020.

May 22, 2019

By Lorraine Lorenzo

World First Air-breathing Space Engine Could Fly Satellites Around Mars

NASA Mars mission news: Humans on Red Planet in danger of mutation

Humans might be ready to conquer Mars, but are they ready for a very possible genetic mutation?

May 21, 2019

By Lorraine Lorenzo

NASA

Virgin Galactic could launch first commercial space flight in a year

Billionaire Richard Branson\'s Virgin Galactic\'s commercial space tourism flights got a boost with its winged passenger rocket and over 100 employees readying to move into New Mexico\'s Spaceport America.

May 13, 2019

By Kalyan Kumar

Amazon

Fuel rods removal from Fukushima reactors begins 8 years after disaster

The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power said Monday workers started removing the first of 566 fuel units stored in the pool at building No 3.

Apr 15, 2019

By Suman Varandani

Fukushima

NASA Mars mission could use 'cryosleep' to bring astronauts to Red Planet

It will be a big challenge for astronauts to reach planet Mars, but one company suggests putting astronauts under cryosleep could significantly help.

Apr 15, 2019

By Lorraine Lorenzo

NASA

New carbon dioxide removal tech could help fight climate change affordably

Carbon Engineering, a British Colombia company, may have developed CO2 removal technology to fight back against climate change.

Apr 4, 2019

By Kevin Billings

Climate Change

Nano-satellite communications: The key to digital inclusion

Technological advances in the miniaturization of satellites could bring connectivity to the vast equatorial regions of the world which have benefited less than the developed world from the digital era.

Apr 4, 2019

By Meir Moalem