Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Fisherman rescues whale shark pup

Fisherman rescues whale shark pup

Fisherman rescues whale shark pup

AHMEDABAD: Mohan Solanki was out fishing 20 nautical miles away from Sutrapada coast. Suddenly his boat swung alarmingly as his net strained with something heavy under water. Solanki managed to bring his net up a little and was taken aback to see a ...
Researchers discover world

Researchers discover world's sharpest hearing animal

The humble moth has been identified as the world's sharpest hearing animal, according to new research. The greater wax moth is capable of sensing sound frequencies of up to 300kHz -- the highest recorded frequency sensitivity of any animal in the natural ...
Two-day annual herbivores census begins in Gir for

Two-day annual herbivores census begins in Gir for

Ahmedabad: Several forest officials on Tuesday began a two-day annual census on herbivore animals in the Gir National Park and sanctuary. Two-day annual herbivores census begins in Gir for ...
Bee Deaths Sting Ag

Bee Deaths Sting Ag

Nearly one-third of bee colonies perished last winter. A new study suggests the sudden decline in the population could take a big economic tool on the agricultural economy – far beyond declines in honey production. Like · Tweet. Talk about a buzzkill.
NASA

NASA's Spitzer Puts Planets in a Petri Dish

An Astronomer's Fantasy: Planets in the Lab If astronomers could somehow pull planets out of the sky and analyze them in the laboratory, it might look something like this artistically altered image illustrating new research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope ...
satellite to monitor Earth

satellite to monitor Earth's forests

A satellite that can "weigh" the Earth's forests has just been given the go ahead by the European Space Agency. Biomass, as it will be known, is expected to launch in 2020. The spacecraft will carry a novel radar system that is able to sense the trunks and big ...
Heavy smog to linger in Beijing

Heavy smog to linger in Beijing

Beijing, May 6 (Xinhua-ANI): Heavy smog that has shrouded Beijing for days is unlikely to disperse soon, environment authorities in the Chinese capital predicted on Monday. Air pollution monitors in Beijing showed that the density of PM2.5 in some areas hit ...
Wanted: Citizen Scientists to Hunt

Wanted: Citizen Scientists to Hunt 'Space Warp' Galaxies

Astronomers are calling for volunteers to help them search for "space warps," rare and distant galaxies that bend light around them like enormous lenses. Citizen scientists participating in the Space Warps project, which launches Wednesday (May 8), could ...
Black Sea goldmine of ancient genetic data

Black Sea goldmine of ancient genetic data

Researchers believe ancient plankton DNA might be widely preserved in Black Sea lake sediments and can likely be used to reconstruct past life in the majority of oceanic and lake environments. When Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) marine ...