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Polly wants a cracker. Polly gets chopped vegetables, because parrots need a diverse array of nutrients. Polly eats one bite and flings the rest onto the floor.This is a common occurrence in the homes of parrot-lovers across the world. No matter what sort of delicious, nutritious meal is prepared, “half...

About 900 million years ago, there was a collision between a black hole and another compact object which resulted in gravitational waves being spewed out into space. The LIGO and VIRGO collaborations which look for gravitational waves emanating from such events have picked up this signal. Astrophysicists are keenly analysing...

In the middle of its two-month Chandrayaan-2 campaign, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) last month quietly initiated ‘Project NETRA’ – an early warning system in space to detect debris and other hazards to Indian satellites.

A research paper published in January 2013 has resurfaced on Twitter and gone viral for all the wrong reasons. The study titled “Attractiveness of women with rectovaginal endometriosis: a case-control study” has been called “sexist” and “masochist” on Twitter and many in the scientific community have expressed anger over the...

The anticipation across the country to watch Chandrayaan-2’s lander Vikram set down on the moon paralleled the feverish wait of a sports fan preceding a big game.

closeVideoAncient Roman mine with 'some of world’s richest mineral deposits in the world' discovered in EnglandAn Ancient Roman mine and road unearthed during excavations in Cornwall, England.

Hours after India’s dream of placing a lander spacecraft on moon crashed early on September 7, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s teams associated with the still orbiting Chandrayaan 2 mission were looking for clues in the last minutes of data from the lander Vikram’s descent.

closeVideoMassive 9-foot python that escaped last week found in neighbor's garden9 foot snake who escaped from home was found in neighbor’s garden.

Hate sharing your flat with a room-mate? Maybe you should take a few lessons from the Indian crested porcupine which shares its burrow with 22 different species, including birds and reptiles.

India’s ambitious second lunar mission, Chandrayaan 2, suffered a temporary setback in the early hours of Monday, with the launch of the rocket being aborted 56 minutes before the scheduled lift-off.

closeVideo50 years after Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong’s sons describe watching their dad walk on the Moon50 years after the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong’s sons Mark and Rick describe the day when their father walked on the Moon.

LONDON (Reuters) - Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci’s litany of exquisite but unfinished work shows he probably had an attention disorder common to modern society.That is the view of psychiatry professor Marco Catani, who believes Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) explains both da Vinci’s chronic procrastination and his creative...

A. Scientists generally agree that closely related species like gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans have ridge patterns on fingers and toes that resemble those of humans and can be used to identify individuals. As with humans, no two individuals with the same prints have been found.Scientists have identified another species with...

OXFORD, England (Reuters) - Fifty years after humans first set foot on the moon, scientists believe rock samples collected by Apollo astronauts could help predict volcanic eruptions on Earth more accurately.The basaltic fragments, similar to most of the Earth’s volcanic rock, are the remains of the moon’s volcanic past, with...

SEOUL, (Reuters) - In a panic after a fire has broken out and can’t remember where the fire extinguisher is, let alone how to use it?Worry no more. Now you can simply pick up a vase and throw it to douse the flames.Developed by South Korean ad agency Cheil Worldwide,...

On June 3, the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) began an investigation into the large-scale manipulation and/or duplication of images within the same paper or in different papers by scientists at the Lucknow-based Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR).

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter.“Welcome to paradise,” beckons the Cocos Keeling Islands’ Visitor Center. The island chain is popular with vacationing Australians, and it’s easy to see why.Photos from the chain of 27 islands, of which only two are inhabited,...

After a long hike on a hot day, few things are more rewarding than a tall, frosty glass of water. The rush of pleasure that comes with a drink might feel like a sign from your body that you’ve done the right thing, a reward for remedying your dehydration.But that...

IMAGE: This still image of Titanic's 'B' boiler was extracted from an interactive 3D volumetric optical photogrammetric model created by AIVL-WHOI/Experiential Media Group. The boiler is approximately 7 meters (two stories)... view more  Credit: AIVL-WHOI/Experiential Media...

Escaping predators, digestion and other animal activities—including those of humans—require oxygen. But that essential ingredient is no longer so easy for marine life to obtain, several new studies reveal.

Growing populations and tightening water supplies have spurred people in many places—including the Middle East, Australia, California and China—to look to the oceans and other salty waters as a source of new drinking water. But desalination plants are energy intensive and create a potentially environment-harming waste called brine (made up...