Home » Science

Science - Page 92

The Museum, which was originally the residence of Portugals royal family in Brazil. (Photo: CNN)

Science

Skull of ancient human found in burned Brazilian museum

The skull, though damaged, was protected by a cabinet that fell over the glass box it was encased in.

20 Oct 2018 12:03 PM IST

, Triton Submarines LLC of Vero Beach, Florida, said on the company website that it is the only submersible certified to carry humans on dives of 36,000 feet.

Science

Scientists prepare for expedition to the world's deepest depths

The project, known as Five Deeps Expedition, will use a special submersible vehicle that took more than three years to...

20 Oct 2018 11:53 AM IST

Cotton is widely grown around the world, with its fiber used to make textiles and the cottonseed used among other things to feed animals such as cattle and sheep that have multiple stomach chambers.

Science

You could soon be eating cotton

After cottonseed oil is extracted, the remaining high-protein meal from the new cotton plant can find many uses.

19 Oct 2018 10:13 AM IST

Hyperion has a mass 1 million billion times greater than the sun and is so distant that it is viewed from earth as it looked billions of years ago.

Science

Scientists in Chile unveil 'A Cosmic Titan' cluster of galaxies

Hyperion is like 5,000 galaxies of the Milky Way.

19 Oct 2018 10:07 AM IST

A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut survived an aborted liftoff after a Soyuz rocket bound for the ISS failed in mid-air.

Science

No time to be nervous: cosmonaut shrugs off emergency landing

Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague had to abort their mission on October 11.

17 Oct 2018 11:12 AM IST

$The discovery of this unusual, so-called \vampire burial\ was made over the summer in the commune of Lugnano in Teverina in the Italian region of Umbria.$ Science

'Vampire burial' of child with malaria discovered

The skeletal remains, uncovered by archaeologists included a skull with a rock intentionally inserted into the mouth.

16 Oct 2018 9:24 AM IST

Science

Russia may resume manned space flights on November 28

Russia still planned to go ahead as planned with its next manned flight to the ISS in December.

16 Oct 2018 8:54 AM IST

The Russian Space Agency said it still planned to go ahead with the next manned flight in December. (Photo: NASA)

Science

International Space Station crew has enough supplies for at least six...

Russia has temporarily suspended all manned space launches after two astronauts made a dramatic emergency landing in...

16 Oct 2018 8:42 AM IST

This weeks Soyuz rocket launch was aborted but Russia said the next manned mission to the International Space Station could be brought forward. (Photo: AFP)

Science

Russia may bring forward manned launch after rocket failure

Russia said it was likely to bring forward the flight of a new manned space mission to the International Space Station.

14 Oct 2018 6:11 PM IST

US astronaut Nick Hague, right and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), walk prior the launch of Soyuz MS-10 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Science

Rocket failure astronauts will go back into space

The two astronauts who survived the mid-air failure of a Russian rocket would fly again.

12 Oct 2018 1:06 PM IST

Last year, Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund said it planned to invest about $1 billion in Bransons space company, Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company and Virgin Orbit.

Science

Virgin's Branson halts talks on $1 billion Saudi investment in space...

Branson also said he would suspend his directorship in two Saudi tourism projects around the Red Sea.

12 Oct 2018 10:20 AM IST

Science

Russian space rocket fails in mid-air, two-man US-Russian crew lands...

US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin landed safely.

11 Oct 2018 6:07 PM IST