Saturday, 27 April 2013

Kids celebrate Earth Day with Sheila

Kids celebrate Earth Day with Sheila

Kids celebrate Earth Day with Sheila

Over 4,000 children from across 400 schools in the city gathered at Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence on Friday to participate in the grand carnival organised by the Delhi Government to mark the culmination of Earth Week-2013. The theme for the Earth ...
Coming soon, 2 more eclipses

Coming soon, 2 more eclipses

The partial lunar eclipse that occurred on Thursday-Friday (April 25-26) was the first of the three eclipses that will take place over the next one month. Following the partial lunar eclipse, two more eclipses will occur on May 10 and May 25. While the May 10 ...
Theory of Einstein

Theory of Einstein's Proved Right—Again

Scientists have subjected Albert Einstein's famous theory of gravity to its toughest real-world test so far—and it has prevailed. The theory, which was published nearly a century ago, had already passed every test it was subjected to. But scientists have been ...
Saturn at its biggest and brightest Saturday; look up and marvel

Saturn at its biggest and brightest Saturday; look up and marvel

Saturn is having a moment, and you won't want to miss it. The ringed planet -- arguably the most beautiful in the solar system -- will reach opposition on Saturday, making this weekend an optimal time to see it in the night sky. When a planet is in opposition, ...
China launches high-definition earth observation satellite

China launches high-definition earth observation satellite

It is also the 19th launch of a Long March-2D, and the 175th of the Long March rocket series. China successfully sent high-definition earth observation satellite "Gaofen-1" into space at 12:13 p.m. Beijing time on Friday, announced the State Administration of ...
Earth

Earth's core far hotter than thought

New measurements suggest the Earth's inner core is far hotter than prior experiments suggested, putting it at 6,000C - as hot as the Sun's surface. The solid iron core is actually crystalline, surrounded by liquid. But the temperature at which that crystal can form ...
Earthquake Attributed to Destruction of Ancient Greece

Earthquake Attributed to Destruction of Ancient Greece

The grand Mycenaens disappeared around 1200 B. C., leading to the beginning of Dark Age in Greece. The collapse of Mycenaens has been a mystery for the historians for many years. Some historians have give explanations that include wars with invaders ...
Fish Win Food Contest with Personality Traits

Fish Win Food Contest with Personality Traits

A latest study, published in the April edition of journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, has discovered that when it comes to survival of fish and supply of resources is short, it is their personality strength that helps them fight and win. Researchers at the ...
Sea Surface Temperatures in the Northeast Continental Shelf Reach Highest ...

Sea Surface Temperatures in the Northeast Continental Shelf Reach Highest ...

According to the NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), the sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem have drastically increased to the highest level in the last 150 years in 2012. With rising temperatures ...