United Arab Emirates launches mission to Mars
[caption id="attachment_6436" align="alignnone" width="959"] A picture taken on Jul 19, 2020, shows a screen broadcasting the launch of the "Hope" Mars probe at the Mohammed...
Red kite 30-year Chilterns project a ‘conservation success’
The reintroduction of red kites to an area of outstanding natural beauty 30 years ago has been a "true conservation success story", an expert has...
Assam flooding: Several rare rhinos die in India’s Kaziranga park
More than 100 wild animals, including at least eight rare rhinos, have died in recent flooding at a national park in north-eastern India, officials say....
Twitter says attackers downloaded data from up to eight non-verified accounts
[caption id="attachment_6289" align="alignnone" width="896"] The Twitter logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. [/caption] SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said...
SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts slated for Aug 2 return
[caption id="attachment_6283" align="alignnone" width="948"] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off [/caption] WASHINGTON:...
Amazon soya and beef exports ‘linked to deforestation’
Up to one-fifth of Brazil's soya exports to the European Union may be "contaminated" by illegal deforestation, a study has found. [caption id="attachment_6277" align="alignnone" width="957"]...
Scientists shed light on how the blackest fish in the sea ‘disappear’
An ocean mystery - how the blackest fish in the deep sea are so extremely black - has been solved in a study that began...
Climate change: Summers could become ‘too hot for humans’
Millions of people around the world could be exposed to dangerous levels of heat stress - a dangerous condition which can cause organs to shut...
Solar Orbiter: Closest ever pictures taken of the Sun
New pictures of the Sun taken just 77 million km (48 million miles) from its surface are the closest ever acquired by cameras. [caption id="attachment_5990"...
Methane emissions rise 9 per cent in decade
[caption id="attachment_5727" align="alignnone" width="941"] Methane (CH4) has a warming potential 28 times higher than CO2 over a 100-year period [/caption] PARIS: Emissions of methane -...