Category: Science
In a first, scientists claim creating ‘mice with two males’
Scientists have created eggs using the cells of male mice for the first time, leading to the birth of seven mice with two fathers, according to research hailed as...
Global warming scare over lowest extent of Antarctic sea ice in 45 years
Antarctic sea ice likely shrunk to a record low last week, US researchers said Monday, its lowest extent in the 45 years of satellite record-keeping. The National Snow...
Antarctic ice hits record low for January: climate monitor
Story by AFP The Antarctic Ocean area covered by ice was the lowest on record for January, exposing Earth to even more planet-warming heat, scientists reported on Feb 8....
Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink
Story by AFP Nature is in crisis, and it’s only getting worse. As species vanish at a rate not seen in 10 million years, more than 1 million species are on the...
Scientists discover ‘devilishly hot’ exoplanet
According to new research, an Earth-sized planet known as “hell” heated up so horribly because it circles near the equator of its star. This...
Europe temperature rise more than twice global average: UN
Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past three decades, showing the fastest rise of any continent on earth, the UN said...
India’s first fully solar village lights up the lives of poor residents
Story by Reuters Kesa Bhai Prajapati beams with a smile as he moulds blocks of clay into jugs and vases on a potter’s wheel. These days, Prajapati, 68, from the...
Heatwaves will make entire regions uninhabitable within decades: report
Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said on...
From Pakistan to Texas, big rains after extreme heat deliver double punch
While Pakistanis count the cost of one of the country’s worst recorded floods, heavy rain is hitting southwestern China as the Texas city of Dallas recovers from a...
America is unprepared for disaster due to lack of urban planning: study
A research study has found that urban evacuation planners in the United States of America did not quite learn lessons from the devastations that Hurricane Katrina caused...