Scientists have found 34,000-year-old bacteria trapped inside tiny bubbles of salt crystals that could be the oldest living organisms on Earth, according to a report in the latest edition of GSA Today

The US, which imposed curbs on trade with defence entities like Isro and DRDO following India's nuclear tests in 1998, has set in motion regulatory changes to lift the ban soon, thus fulfilling a commitment made by President Barack Obama.

Is there any link between corruption and earthquake fatalities? A new study says there could be.
According to an assessment of global earthquake deaths over the past three decades, 83 per cent of all deaths caused by building collapses during quakes occurred in countries considered to be unusually corrupt.

Nasa must study the topic of sex in space, experts have suggested.
According to them, the US space agency has always been silent on the subject of sex in space — how would it work? Or can a child be conceived in zero gravity?

The person at the focal point of the inauguration ball for a US President is the First Lady. What will she wear? A museum in Washington has gathered together the ball gowns worn by First Ladies over the decades.

For the first time, scientists have discovered that powerful thunderstorms on earth can fling beams of antimatter into space. The never-before-seen phenomenon, captured by Nasa’s orbiting Fermi gamma-ray observatory, has been billed as the most exciting discoveries in geoscience in a very long time.

Nasa must study the topic of sex in space, experts have suggested.

According to them, the US space agency has always been silent on the subject of sex in space — how would it work? Or can a child be conceived in zero gravity?

Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found, using biochemical techniques to identify a dry red vintage made about 6,000 years ago in what is now southern Armenia.

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered six missing pieces from a 3,400-year-old colossal double statue of King Tut’s grandparents.
The sculpture fragments of King Amenhotep III and his wife Queen Tiye were found at the pharaoh’s temple in Luxor during work to lower the ground water on the west bank of the Nile, reports Discovery News.

In a possible breakthrough in developing artificial blood, scientists have created jelly-like synthetic particles which they claim mimic some of the key properties of red blood cells.