Are the signs of natural ageing rattling your self-confidence? Worry not - If Israeli scientists are to be believed, you may soon be able to reverse ageing processes.

Israeli scientists go 'backward in time' by successfully reversing ageing by 25 years

Scientists have been warning for years that climate change is a very real threat that mankind faces. But many, including prominent world leaders have ignored this.

Reducing greenhouse gas emission even to zero won't stop global warming: Study

A decade ago, a band of astronomers set out to investigate one of the oldest questions taunting philosophers, scientists, priests, astronomers, mystics and the rest of the human race: How many more Earths are out there, if any?

Looking for another Earth? Here are 300 million, maybe

Did we just discover the Moon's sibling? Scientists have reason to believe that the Earth’s Moon has a sibling. According to The Guardian, its official name is (101429) 1998 VF31, and it could be our Moon’s sibling.

Did we just discover the Moon's long-lost sibling?

The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), located in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu has developed spin-off technologies that find applications in fields ranging from healthcare, defence, water management, agriculture among others.

Atomic research facility IGCAR to transfer spin-off tech to start-ups, industries

Scientists have discovered that 'Fireball' meteorite that fell to Earth in January 2018 has a rich inventory of extraterrestrial organic compounds, that is, compounds that formed in outer space.

'Fireball' meteorite in Michigan found to have extraterrestrial compounds

Evidence of a 'lost' river that ran through Thar Desert in India have been found. The river flowed though the desert 172 thousand years ago near present-day Bikaner.

'Lost' river that flowed through Thar Desert 172k years ago found

Black holes are perhaps the most famous celestial bodies in popular culture. There are theories like black holes being portals of time travel, a passage to another universe etc.

Closest 'black hole' to earth has lost its status as one

Right after scientists discovered the possibility of life on the planet Venus, the Russian space agency has claimed the country’s ownership on the planet. Russian space organisation Roscosmos intends to explore Venus independently.

Is Venus a 'Russian planet'? The country's space agency chief seems to think so!

Dr VK Saraswat, member of the Niti Aayog said that India needed to focus on small satellites (smallsats). He said small satellites would play a major role in the coming years.

India needs to focus on small satellites for Digital India: Niti Aayog member

You may no longer need to charge your smartphone thrice a day, err, years! NDB, a company based in California has developed a self-charging battery which could last for an eternity, or at least 28,000 years on a single charge.

This battery powered by nuclear waste could run anything for 28,000 years!

Dinosaurs aren't exactly the cute types. Even the most docile plant-eating dinos have a towering presence and can crush average human to death in no time. The fiere animosity of the T-Rex is stuff of legends.

Is it a duck? No, it is 'one of the cutest dinosaurs'

With the help of a core sample that had been kept in the United States, scientists have solved an enduring mystery about Stonehenge, determining the place of origin of many of the megaliths that make up the famed monument in Wiltshire, England.

Scientists solve mystery of the origin of Stonehenge's megaliths

Scientists never stop surprising, for better or for worse. What seemed to have been a heavy year for bad news owing to the coronavirus pandemic, scientists may have just done the unthinkable.

Dinosaur-era microbes lying dormant in ocean resuscitated by scientists

Turns out, shooting people’s heads off in the virtual amount does not imply you will run off shooting in the streets. This revelation, which runs contrary to all previous research about gaming linking long-term exposure to increased violence and thoughts of violence, is based on a reanalysis of data from over 21,000 young gamers on the planet.

Gaming does not make you more aggressive, after all!

One of the most frustrating things about being human is perhaps not growing old, but the apparent physical changes age brings with it. The bones get weaker, skin gets saggier, eye sight deteriorates, and memory may be impaired over time.

Scientists successfully delay ageing in cells; to be tried on humans soon

Astronomers may have just discovered the source of all life in the universe! A new study published on Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy claims that the source of all life is white dwarfs.

'We all come from star dust' is no longer just a saying, and scientists agree!

A boom was heard in the skies of Tokyo on Thursday morning. At the same time, a bright and purple object was seen whirling towards the city. According to media reports, the object could be seen in the sky for a few seconds at 2.

A blazing fireball produced a sonic boom in Tokyo skies, leaving residents confused!

Human speech evolved from chimpanzee "lip smacking", a new study by UK scientists has concluded after drawing a connection between the rhythm of the lip-smacks and spoken language.

UK scientists link chimpanzee lip-smacking to human speech

Images taken by an European observatory claim to show a new planet being formed. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you a report on this historic development.

Gravitas: Is a new planet on its way?

Turns out, we all came from a critter! Scientists recently discovered one of the earliest ancestors of life as we know it: a wormlike critter, scientifically named Ikaria Wariootia, which translated into “meeting place”, Newsweek reported.

Have scientists found the ancestor of all living beings?

As archeologists explore more and more of the land, they are finding more and more artifacts of Mayan civilizations underground in the waters of what they have termed the "Great Mayan Aquifer."

Underwater ancient Mayan sites in Mexico to be protected, investigated

A robot bartender began serving drinks in a Tokyo pub this month, in a trial that could signal the start of an automation wave to sweep through restaurants and other industries struggling to hire workers in an ageing Japan.

Tokyo's robot bartender begins mixing cocktails as Japan looks towards automation

Here is all that you need to know about ISRO’s first half-humanoid, Vyommitra. She will be sent to unmanned space mission in December 2020 on Gaganyaan. Watch to know more.

Meet Vyommitra, India's first female humanoid robot

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