WASHINGTON: The hunt for potential life in outer space has taken a step forward — an international team of researchers has discovered the first Earth-sized planet within the “habitable zone” of...
Between 2011 to 2013 Cambridge Overseas Trust scholar, Mona Hamade, was given unprecedented access to two national banks in the UAE to conduct research for her Ph.D.
PARIS: Women are being put off careers in science by stereotypes and are less than half as likely as men to apply for degrees in the field, said a study published Wednesday.
LONDON: A car mechanic from Britain revealed on Tuesday he had predicted he would be a multi-millionaire “this time tomorrow” just hours before he won a £107.9 million lottery jackpot.
WASHINGTON Moss that was frozen for 1,500 years beneath an ice sheet in Antarctica has been brought back to life, marking the longest life span for any known plant, researchers said Monday.
LONDON: British archaeologists have found what they say is the world’s oldest complete example of a human being with metastatic cancer and hope it will offer new clues about the now common and often
It won’t be nearly as much fun as eating candy bars, but a big study is being launched to see if pills containing the nutrients in dark chocolate can help prevent heart attacks and strokes.
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Better known for producing third-world poverty and political mayhem — as well as a world-class rum — the Western Hemisphere’s least developed country has made a su
MANILA: The Philippines is to build an elephant monument from the ashes of seized tusks it destroyed in a landmark action against the ivory trade, an official said Thursday.
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