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Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station 23 Oct 2016 - 03:13 pm

Miami: An unmanned cargo ship operated by the US company Orbital ATK arrived Sunday at the International Space Station, delivering 2.5 tons of...

Climate change can make fish swim towards predators 23 Oct 2016 - 11:37 am

London: Climate change is disrupting the sensory systems of fish and can even make them swim towards predators, instead of away from them,...

Art-loving US couple gives multi-million dollar collection to Paris 23 Oct 2016 - 09:36 am

Paris: A Texan couple who discovered their love for art during a trip to Paris in the 1970s are to donate the multi-million...

Google hawks hardware in real-world 'showroom' 22 Oct 2016 - 11:57 pm

New York: It's not exactly a store, but the Google "showroom" that opened Thursday in New York is the internet giant's first real-world...

For these two reasons, a classic combo endures 22 Oct 2016 - 05:04 pm

Much has been written about the classic combination of legumes and grains. There’s a persistent myth involved, though: the idea that you have...

Don’t let prediabetes turn into the real thing 22 Oct 2016 - 04:02 pm

Millions have it, but even though the condition can carry long-term life-threatening consequences, they may have no clue. What is it? Prediabetes -...

iPhone7 hits Korean stores in Note 7's absence 22 Oct 2016 - 12:25 pm

Seoul: The Apple iPhone 7 went on sale in South Korea on Friday, seeking to fill a void left by arch-rival Samsung on...

UV light can improve smartphone cameras 22 Oct 2016 - 12:09 pm

Moscow: Treating photodetectors -- used in systems and devices from smartphones to space stations -- with ultraviolet light can improve the efficiency of...

Flemish 'Mystic Lamb' masterpiece restored after chaotic past 22 Oct 2016 - 09:48 am

Ghent, Belgium: A painstaking restoration of a 15th-century Flemish masterpiece is revealing the long-lost detail and splendour that helped make the altarpiece one...

Rina, young Japanese model taking world by storm 22 Oct 2016 - 09:14 am

Tokyo: Aged just 17 and still living with her family, Rina Fukushi has seen more of the world than most Japanese schoolgirls. She...

Twitter, Spotify, others knocked out by hackers 22 Oct 2016 - 08:46 am

SAN FRANCISCO (AA) – Successive waves of cyberattacks on Friday caused massive outages across the United States at a diverse array of popular...

Ongoing cyber attack hits Twitter, Amazon, other top websites 21 Oct 2016 - 08:51 pm

Washington: Major internet services including Twitter, Spotify and Amazon suffered service interruptions and outages on Friday as a US internet provider came under...

Long-necked dino species discovered in Australia 20 Oct 2016 - 08:04 pm

Paris: Scientists unveiled fossils Thursday from a new species of giant, long-necked dinosaur unearthed in northeast Australia, speculating that its ancestors had trekked...

Nintendo Switch demonstrates new entertainment experiences 20 Oct 2016 - 05:17 pm

In an introductory video released today ( http://www.nintendo.com/switch ), Nintendo provided the first glimpse of its new home gaming system and revealed that...

Forget Paris, focus on Tokyo, Japan fashion told 20 Oct 2016 - 10:00 am

Tokyo: Tokyo may be the style capital of Asia, but with South Korea and China snapping at its heels and Japan's most iconic...

Facebook now lets you buy food, movie tickets on site 19 Oct 2016 - 11:34 pm

San Francisco: Facebook will now allow Americans to order a meal, buy movie tickets or make an appointment at the hairdresser without having...

“Life on Mars” lander makes risky touch down on red planet 19 Oct 2016 - 09:14 pm

FRANKFURT: The search for life on Mars took a giant leap on Wednesday when a space lander touched down on the red planet...

World’s first three-parent IVF baby birth ‘revolutionary’: doctor 19 Oct 2016 - 08:47 pm

NEW YORK: A New York fertility specialist, who said he successfully carried out a “three-parent” in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique resulting in a...