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Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York. (Photo: AP)

Elon Musk apologises for comments about cave rescue diver

Musk has apologised for calling a British diver involved in the Thailand cave rescue a pedophile.

19 July 2018 7:45 PM IST

All the newly identified moons around Jupiter are relatively small. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ten new moons found orbiting around Jupiter

Jupiter's 79 known moons are the most of any planet in the solar system.

19 July 2018 5:28 PM IST

Sceptics say the cloth is a masterful medieval forgery. (Photo: Daily Express)

Forensic tests suggest Shroud of Turin is a mediaeval fake

The Roman Catholic Church has not taken an official position on the authenticity of cloth.

19 July 2018 5:09 PM IST

Of Jupiters 79 moons, 26 remain unnamed, including nine of the 10 new ones. (Photo: NASA)

Ten new Jupiter moons discovered, including a 'wrong-way driver'

A research team in Washington has identified 12 small Jovian moons, including the 10 described here.

18 July 2018 8:54 AM IST

The flatbread, likely unleavened and somewhat resembling pita bread, was fashioned from wild cereals such as barley, einkorn or oats and aquatic papyrus relative that had been ground into flour. (Photo: Alexis Pantos)

Archaeologists find world's oldest bread at prehistoric site in Jordan

It was made by a culture called the Natufians, who had begun to embrace a sedentary rather than nomadic lifestyle.

17 July 2018 1:59 PM IST

Britain is keen to boost its space sector.

Britain plans to build first spaceport for launching satellites in...

Under the plans, US group Lockheed and its partners will receive 23.5 million pounds in grants from the UK Space Agency.

16 July 2018 8:09 PM IST

The bomb will be fielded first on the F-15E Strike Eagle. (Photo: Raytheon)

Raytheon's StormBreaker bomb has entered operational testing phase

StormBreaker, Formerly called the Small Diameter Bomb II, enters the phase after completing a successful Operational...

16 July 2018 12:53 PM IST

(Image: Blue Origin/Jeff Bezos)

Jeff Bezos plans to charge at least $200,000 for space rides

The New Shepard is designed to autonomously fly six passengers more than 62 miles (100 km) above Earth into suborbital...

16 July 2018 8:53 AM IST

The loss of the sublimated carbon dioxide leaves behind these spider-like features etched into the surface. (Photo: NASA)

Martian spiders' take over the planet's South Pole, discovers NASA

This is a seasonal occurrence on the Martian South Pole.

15 July 2018 7:36 PM IST

Viking 1 landing site on Mars (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Viking 1 accidentally burned Martian organic compounds in 1976

The rover's soil sampler accidentally burned up the organic compounds in the Martian soil.

15 July 2018 6:58 PM IST

In this geocolor GOES-16 satellite image taken Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, at 22:00 UTC, the eye of Hurricane Irma moves up Floridas west coast. (Photo: AP)

Scientists peer into heart of hurricanes to improve intensity forecast

There are more than a dozen scientific models for predicting hurricane intensity but they are of limited use, scientists...

15 July 2018 6:08 PM IST

On the menu were the fat and meat of a wild goat, meat of a red deer and whole wheat seeds. (Image: AP)

Ancient Iceman' shows signs of a well-balanced last meal

Scientists have uncovered the last meal of a frozen hunter who died 5,300 years ago in the Alps.

14 July 2018 12:56 PM IST