Monday, 1 April 2013

The green, green grass of the Arctic: Researchers predict dramatic boost in trees ...

The green, green grass of the Arctic: Researchers predict dramatic boost in trees ...

The green, green grass of the Arctic: Researchers predict dramatic boost in trees ...

The Arctic is set to become a lush and green landscape due to global warming, researchers have predicted. Experts say the wooded areas in the region could increase by 50% over the coming decades - and accelerate global warming in the process.
Indians are a very intellectual group of people

Indians are a very intellectual group of people

She calls India home and is loving every bit of her stay here. Indian-American astronaut and US Navy officer Sunita Williams (47) was at the National Science Centre here on Monday to address schoolchildren. In an hour-long Q&A session, she talked about ...
Our Galaxy is Surrounded by 2000 Rogue Black Holes, says a New study

Our Galaxy is Surrounded by 2000 Rogue Black Holes, says a New study

Black-Holes Experts have learnt from their studies about thousands of galaxies and their central super massive black holes, which they believe, have grown in tandem due to the countless collisions and mergers between ancient and smaller galaxies. A recent ...

'Rescued' tiger survives 1000 days in Assam's Manas

`Rescued` tiger survives 1,000 days in Assam`s Manas Manas (Assam): An adult male tiger, which was rescued from a human-wildlife conflict situation and released in the wild more than three years ago, was recently sighted in the Manas National Park, ...
Swarming Robots Could Serve Humans in Future

Swarming Robots Could Serve Humans in Future

Scientists are developing a team of coordinating robots that could eventually serve humans in future, relying on networking to accomplish a range of tasks. Swarming Robots Could Serve Humans in Future. Researchers in the Sheffield Centre for Robotics of ...
Is this strange green rock the first meteorite from Mercury to crash to Earth?

Is this strange green rock the first meteorite from Mercury to crash to Earth?

Researchers believe they may have found the first meteorite from Mercury to have been found on Earth. The unusual green rock, called NWA 7325, was spotted in southern Morocco in 2012, comprising 35 fragments totaling about 345 grams. Experts now ...
Melt may explain Antarctica

Melt may explain Antarctica's sea ice expansion

Climate change is expanding Antarctica's sea ice, according to a scientific study in the journal Nature Geoscience. The paradoxical phenomenon is thought to be caused by relatively cold plumes of fresh water derived from melting beneath the Antarctic ice ...