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A new poll finds theyd draw the line at changing DNA so children are born smarter, faster or taller. (Photo: AP)

Edit baby genes for health, not smarts

People are torn between the medical promise of a technology powerful enough to alter human heredity.

31 Dec 2018 9:21 AM IST

More test runs like these will see plastic containers and cutlery replaced with more natural bamboo cutlery.

World's first single-use plastic free passenger flight takes off

The flight took off on Wednesday from Lisbon to Natale, Brazil, without a single piece of single-use plastic on board.

30 Dec 2018 5:50 PM IST

The C919 has dozens of customers that have placed orders and commitments for 815 jets. (Photo: COMAC)

Third prototype of China's C919 jet completes first test flight

The C919 is widely regarded as a symbol of China's civil aerospace ambition.

30 Dec 2018 12:39 PM IST

China launched the Change-4 probe earlier this month. (Photo: Pixabay)

China probe readies to land on dark side of the moon

The probe, the Chang'e-4, entered a planned orbit on Sunday â€œto prepare for the first-ever soft landing on the far...

30 Dec 2018 12:21 PM IST

OneWeb has offered the Russian government the option of buying a 12.5-percent stake in the company.

US OneWeb satellite service has not offered stake to Russia

Russia's Federal Security Service said it was against the OneWeb's project to bring internet access to remote parts of...

30 Dec 2018 11:31 AM IST

Scientists believe that asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth delivered organic compounds and water that seeded the planet for life. (Photo: NASA)

NASA spaceship closes in on distant world

The spacecraft's closest approach to this primitive space rock comes January 1 at 12:33 am ET (0533 GMT).

29 Dec 2018 2:29 PM IST

The revolutionary bandage is likely to prove helpful for people who suffer from chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers.

Now, high-tech bandage that speeds up healing

The tests, conducted on rats, showed that the e-bandages heal wounds within three days.

28 Dec 2018 1:44 PM IST

Putin said the Avangard will enter service with the Russian Strategic Missile Forces next year.

Official: Russian weapon 27 times faster than speed of sound

The Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle flies 27 times faster than the speed of sound, making it impossible to intercept.

28 Dec 2018 12:24 PM IST

A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX ends year with launch of its first US military satellite

The private space agency successfully launched the United States Air Force's first Global Positioning System (GPS) III...

26 Dec 2018 11:31 AM IST

The hole didnt pose a danger to Prokopyev and crewmates Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency. (Photo: AP)

Russia: Hole drilled from inside Int'l Space Station capsule

Investigators were looking at samples he and crewmate Oleg Kononenko collected during a Dec. 12 spacewalk.

26 Dec 2018 11:18 AM IST

OneWeb has offered the Russian government the option of buying a 12.5-percent stake in the company.

US satellite service offers to sell minority stake to Russia

Russia is an important market for OneWeb's project because it has many remote areas where high-speed broadband is not...

26 Dec 2018 10:26 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The satellite known as Tess will survey almost the entire sky, staring at the brightest, closest stars in an effort to find any planets that might be encircling them. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX launches first US national security space mission

The Falcon 9 rocket carrying a $500 million GPS satellite by Lockheed Martin Corp lifted off from Cape Canaveral.

24 Dec 2018 11:15 AM IST