Science

Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse...

Sleep trackers analyze a variety of data to score the quality of one’s sleep, but they can’t easily measure one’s sleeping position. Sleep position may be critical in some illnesses,...

A scientist built a web tool that lets you find out where your town was millions of years ago on Earth.  Earth’s plates have shifted a lot over the eons,...

Last Updated: 6th September, 2020 03:41 IST There's not much information about the Sun's magnetic field and with the latest images, it will help scientists to understand the solar surface...

In a high-level report precipitated by the birth of CRISPR babies in China in 2018, scientists say the technology’s next medical use should be narrowly restricted to prospective parents who...

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too—they discovered a way of...

For decades, scientists have been tinkering with genes—cutting and pasting bits of DNA into organisms like plants, bacteria, and mice. So, of course, they thought about the possibility that one...

When news broke in April that the drug remdesivir had been shown to speed recovery in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy...

Every parent wants their children to grow up and do amazing things with their lives.While there are several factors that affect a child's development, some of it comes down to...

Sophia Antipolis, France - 29 Aug 2020: The first recommendations on sports and physical activity in all types of heart disease are launched today by the European Society of Cardiology...