Saturday, 13 April 2013

JK wildlife authorities conduct census to protect endangered Hangul deer

JK wildlife authorities conduct census to protect endangered Hangul deer

JK wildlife authorities conduct census to protect endangered Hangul deer

Srinagar, April 13 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir wildlife authorities have conducted a census on the rare red deer, Hangul found at Dachigam National Park in Srinagar, with the aim to protect and preserve the endangered animal. Talking to a reporter, Kunal ...
Ants can sense earthquakes a day in advance

Ants can sense earthquakes a day in advance

NEW DELHI: Ants know when an earthquake is about to strike, researchers have discovered. Their behavior changes significantly prior to the quake and they resume normal functioning only a day after it. Gabriele Berberich of the University Duisburg-Essen in ...
Ice cloud over Titan

Ice cloud over Titan's south pole indicate fall on Saturn's moon

Washington, April 12(ANI): NASA's Cassini spacecraft has observed an ice cloud taking shape over Titan's south pole, the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off a cascade of radical changes in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon. Made from ...
Even Toads Have Guardian Angels

Even Toads Have Guardian Angels

Why did the toad cross the road? To mate, of course! Each spring, the Roxborough section of Philadelphia is filled with toads crossing to a reservoir mating spot. Hundreds of volunteers gather to rescue them from motorists. WSJ's Peter Loftus reports. Up Next ...
Evidence points toward solving evolutionary

Evidence points toward solving evolutionary 'missing link'

A team of paleoanthropologists, after four years of analysis, has made its most detailed case that Australopithecus sediba is a direct ancestor of modern humans. But many experts are unconvinced. April 11, 2013|By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times ...
New tech reveals ancient Roman in 19th-century wall painting

New tech reveals ancient Roman in 19th-century wall painting

Scientists have detected the face of an ancient Roman man hidden below the surface of a precious 19th-century wall painting in the Louvre Museum in Paris. In the latest achievement in efforts to see what may lie underneath the surface of great works of art, ...
Yuri

Yuri's Night Tonight! Global Party Honors Human Spaceflight Anniversaries

Space enthusiasts unite! Tonight (April 12), a 1-ton rover on Mars will celebrate 52 years of human spaceflight from the Red Planet while space groupies on Earth party the night away. "Yuri's Night" honors more than five decades of human spaceflight with ...
Anthropologists Say, Carbon-Dating May Help End Mayan Calendar Debate

Anthropologists Say, Carbon-Dating May Help End Mayan Calendar Debate

A group of anthropologists from the Pennsylvania State University is of the opinion that a debate going on over the Mayan calendar since almost a century may end with an ancient beam's carbon-dating from a Guatemalan temple. The report revealed that the ...
Iranian scientist claims to have invented

Iranian scientist claims to have invented 'time machine'

Ali Razeghi, a Tehran scientist has registered "The Aryayek Time Traveling Machine" with the state-run Centre for Strategic Inventions. The device can predict the future in a print out after taking readings from the touch of a user, he told the Fars state ...