Category: Science
Scientists make way for gene-edited tomatoes as vegan source of vitamin D
If British scientists have their way, two medium-sized tomatoes a day could keep the doctor away. A research team led by scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich...
560 catastrophic disasters every year by 2030, UN warns
Story by Reuters The world is set to face 1.5 disasters a day – 560 a year – by 2030, as humans put themselves on a “spiral of self-destruction” by...
Water on Jupiter’s moon closer to surface than thought: study
Story by AFP Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for...
Billionaire Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket plane
Story by Reuters Decades after burnishing his reputation as a wealthy daredevil mogul in a series of boating and hot-air balloon expeditions, Richard Branson is poised...
Lack of water rules out life on Venus: study
Story by Reuters A study measuring water concentration in Venus’s atmosphere concluded on Monday that life as we know it is not possible among the sulphuric acid...
Millions at risk as many cities fail to adapt to climate change: report
Story by AFP Around 400 million people are at risk across the world as hundreds of cities have no climate adaptation plans in place despite rising threats like floods,...
Global warming has tripled the risk of flooding in the mountains of Asia
News of rapid melting of glaciers in the northern regions of Pakistan is now common. In this context, scientists in Switzerland say that the risk of flooding in the...
ISS astronauts return to Earth after 6-month mission on space
Story by AFP Four astronauts aboard a SpaceX Dragon Crew capsule returned to Earth early Sunday, splashing down off Panama City early Sunday, a NASA livestream showed....
100-year-old fish weighing 240-pound caught in Detroit River
A 240-pound (108.8 kilograms) sturgeon that could be more than 100 years old was caught last week in the Detroit River by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The “real...
NASA converts carbon dioxide from air on Mars into breathable oxygen
Story by Reuters NASA has logged another extraterrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure,...