Science

Washington, 25 Apr: After delivering more than 5,800 pounds of science investigations and cargo for NASA, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 2. NASA Television […]

Washington DC, 18 Apr: NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has launched on the first-of-its-kind mission to find worlds beyond our solar system, including some that could support life. TESS, which is expected to find […]

Government institutions to henceforth rely solely on domestically-developed messaging services ANKARA: Iran has banned the use of Telegram, a cloud-based instant-messaging application, by state institutions, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Wednesday. From now on, […]

Discovery could lead to solution in reducing amount of plastic littering oceans and rest of planet SAN FRANCISCO: Scientists have discovered an enzyme that can degrade some of the most common plastics on earth, according […]

Facebook CEO says his personal data was also included in Cambridge Analytica breach NEW YORK: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that his personal data was also included in the Cambridge Analytica breach, in which […]

PR from NASA: Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot has named the Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Science Division Director Jim Green as the agency’s new chief scientist, effective May 1. He succeeds Gale Allen, who has […]

Small chip enables doctors to treat bacterial infections much faster TORONTO (AA) – A Turkish researcher at the University of Toronto designed a diagnostic microchip to swiftly determine antibiotic-resistant bacteria and what particular viruses would […]

NEW YORK: Facebook shares posted their biggest daily percentage jump in two years Tuesday, gaining 4.5 percent after co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Senate committees. The social media network saw its stock price […]