Scientists find new fossils of car-sized prehistoric turtle in South America

Scientists say a giant floating raft of pumice, .about the size of Manhattan, may help restore parts of the ailing Great Barrier Reef. The giant pumice is heading towards Australia. It came from an underwater volcano eruption.

Scientists say giant floating pumice may help restore ailing Great Barrier Reef

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Scientists on Wednesday (August 28) announced the landmark discovery in Ethiopia of a nearly complete skull of an early human ancestor that lived 3.8 million years ago, a species that possessed an intriguing mixture of ape-like and human-like characteristics. Watch this video to know more.

Your Story: Fossil discovery reveals face of human ancestor

Scientists have warned that the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in 1912 killing more 1,500 people, is deteriorating rapidly due to the particular types of bacteria that inhabit the ship.

New video shows Titanic deterioration

NASA scientists are crisscrossing Greenland on a mission to track melting ice. Greenland has been melting faster in the last decade and this summer, it has seen two of the biggest melts on record since 2012.

Scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice

Scientists studying the scale and impact of plastic pollution on wildlife in the Sargasso Sea have found "extreme concentrations" of microplastic, which they worry will threaten sea turtles and other marine species that live there. Watch this video to know more.

Your Story: Sargasso sea turtles & marine life in danger

Sargasso sea turtles threatened by ‘extreme concentrations’ of microplastic

Scientists find two drugs having high survival rates

Congo Ebola Outbreak: Ebola preventable & treatable soon?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated ISRO scientists in an audio message released after the successful launch of Chandrayaan-2.

Chandrayaan-2 reaching moon 1 week early: PM Modi

Relentless pursuit of economic growth, twinned with the impact of climate change, has put an "unprecedented" one million species at risk of extinction, scientists said on Monday in a landmark report on the damage done by modern civilisation to the natural world.

One million species risk extinction due to modern civilisation: Scientists

Astronomers on Wednesday unveiled the first photo of a black hole, one of the star-devouring monsters scattered throughout the Universe and obscured by impenetrable shields of gravity.

First image of black hole unveiled by astronomers in landmark discovery

The decade from 2014 to 2023 could end up being the warmest in over 150 years of records, say scientists who predict that the global average surface temperature for the next five years will be one degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

'Earth may be experiencing warmest decade on record,' say experts

Earth's magnetic north pole is drifting by about 55 kilometres a year. And the drift is picking up pace; in 2000, the magnetic north pole was moving at about 15 kilometres a year.

Magnetic north pole moving 55 kilometres a year, disrupting navigation

The old cry of sailors sighting a whale's waterspout is taking on new meaning as scientists turn to drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, to gather samples of the fluids exhaled by the huge mammals and track their health.

'Thar she blows!' Scientists use drones to monitor whale health

Lord of the rings: Saturn's halo may be relatively recent trait

'I called FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) right away to let them know that we anticipate an event, that we want their support and most importantly I called the White House to let them know,' he said

Hawaii seeks US government's help with recovery efforts after volcano eruption

Scientists and local officials warned residents that seismic and volcanic activity may continue after a 6.9 tremor shook buildings on the island's southeast corner a little afternoon on Friday

High alert after strongest quake in 40 years jolts Hawaii's Big Island

Mansourasaurus, which lived near the shore of the ancient ocean that preceded the Mediterranean Sea, is one of the very few dinosaurs known from the last 15 million years of the Mesozoic Era, or age of dinosaurs, on mainland Africa.

Fossil of school bus-sized dinosaur dug up in Egyptian desert

Martti is equipped with cameras, antennas, sensors and laser scanners, just like its counterpart Marilyn

First robot car that can drive through snow developed

Scientists announced the launch of another large HIV vaccine efficacy study on Thursday, fuelling hopes for a protective shot against the virus that causes AIDS, despite past disappointments

Hopes for HIV vaccine buoyed by start of second big trial

Poachers are trawling scientific papers for information on the location and habits of new, rare species to illegally catch them for commercial benefits.

Science is accidentally helping poachers drive rare species to extinction

On National Science Day, we celebrate women who have made great contributions in the field of science and paved paths for others

Inspirational women scientists who made India proud

Canada's last Conservative administration was accused of 'muzzling' scientists likely to diverge from their position on climate change

Canadian scientists, formerly 'muzzled', to be allowed to talk to media

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