New York: Traffic noise can reduce birds' ability to hear an alarm call, thereby potentially increasing their vulnerability to predators, a new research...
New York: Traffic noise can reduce birds' ability to hear an alarm call, thereby potentially increasing their vulnerability to predators, a new research...
Bangkok: Facebook sparked fear -- and anger -- among Thailand's social media users after its Safety Check feature triggered a false bomb alert...
The Hague: A Dutch medical institution announced an investigation Tuesday after discovering that up to 26 women may have been fertilised by the...
Ottawa: Ancient spuds recently dug up on Canada's Pacific coast are blackened and surely unedible, but are the first proof, say researchers, that...
TOKYO: Japanese electronics company Panasonic and U.S. electric car maker Tesla said Tuesday they plan to begin production of photovoltaic cells and modules...
Gunpo, South Korea: A giant South Korean-built manned robot that walks like a human but makes the ground shake under its weight has...
New York: Experiencing emotional events -- whether happy or painful -- may cause 'hangovers' that can persist for a long period of time,...
BEIJING: China vowed Tuesday to speed up the development of its space industry as it set out its plans to become the first...
Tokyo: Examining cucumber seedlings germinated under the very weak gravity -- or microgravity -- conditions of the International Space Station, researchers from Japan's...
New York: You do not have to use your fingertips to play a game on Snapchat now, just scan your face in the...
London: Our decision-making is heavily influenced by the world around us, a study has found, challenging the traditional idea that thinking takes place...
Santiago: The world's oldest mummies have just had an unusual check-up. More than 7,000 years after they were embalmed by the Chinchorro people,...
New Delhi: Many precious stones have a blood-soaked history, but a new book reveals the world's most famous diamond the Koh-i-Noor surpasses them...
Miami: Scientists in China have identified the first known dinosaur species that grew teeth as juveniles then lost them as adults, a finding...
Havana: She needs help sitting down, but no sooner has she done it than Alicia Alonso is tapping her foot three times and...
DAKAR: More than 300 communities across four West African countries with some of the world’s highest rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) are...
London: Researchers have shown that instead of expensive equipment, smartphones can be used to make movies of living cells and observe their response...
Moscow: In Russia, elderly women are usually expected to forget about fashion and watch their grandchildren. Not 71-year-old Olga Kondrasheva, who is fighting...
