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This chart compares the smallest known exoplanets, or planets orbiting outside the solar system, to our own planets Mars and Earth.

Scientists reveal how a small planet can support life

Scientists say that exoplanets with mass 2.7 percent of the Earth can be habitable and contain life-supporting materials.

Oct 27, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Viral view: Picture shows 13-year-old boy stained in oil after he goes for beach clean up

The boy changed his T-shirt to a sort of tunic made out of a plastic garbage bag because it was getting so dirty.

Oct 27, 2019

By Pinaz Kazi

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Global warming forces coral reefs to move into cooler regions, study reveals

The study says coral reefs move to cool water to protect themselves in the looming threat of global warming.

Oct 26, 2019

By Priya Yadav

New study shows how scientists turn carbon dioxide to organic matter

This new technique promises to remove CO2 from the environment

Researchers have developed a new technique that can absorb carbon dioxide even down upto 400 ppm currently present in the environment.

Oct 26, 2019

By Priya Yadav

New strains of Adenovirus found in Singapore

Researchers have found new strains of Human Adenovirus responsible for several diseases, including pneumonia and other life-threatening diseases.

Oct 25, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Did Neanderthals walk over the Mediterranean centuries earlier than we thought?

Scientists from McMaster University have found some proof in Greece of the island of Naxos being occupied by Neanderthals and earlier humans at least 200,000 years ago - tens of thousands of years earlier than previously believed.

Oct 25, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

Fantastic grandmas snorkel to explore lethal sea snakes

A novel citizen science project by seven grandmothers in New Caledonia reveals that there are a huge number of venomous reptiles in a popular swimming spot at Baie des citrons.

Oct 25, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

'Artificial leaf' can be your clean gas wonder machine

Syngas, a widely used gas produced from fossil fuels, is an interesting alternative that can be made by an 'artificial leaf' with just sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. It can finally be used to develop liquid fuel.

Oct 24, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

Fungi introduction to wheat crop produces 'climate-smart' variety, less dependent on fertilizers

Research has shown that introducing fungi to wheat leads to a reduction in dependency on fertilizers as it provides nutrients to plants roots.

Oct 24, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites reveal arthropods were first social animals, lived half-a-billion years ago

Scientists who examined fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites living 480 million years ago concluded that all early living species exhibited collective behaviour. They found that trilobites were most probably buried in positions oriented in the same direction.

Oct 23, 2019

By Revathi Sivakumar

The strange case of "pseudo thumb" in Aye-aye

Aye-aye, the Madagascar native lemurs, have a pseudo-thumb to pick and grip food, say researchers.

Oct 22, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Singapore plans widening mangroves to stem sea level rise, besides engineering techniques

Under the Forest Restoration Action Plan, Singapore wants to plant an additional 250,000 native trees and shrubs, besides acquiring islands off its coast for mangrove coverage

Oct 22, 2019

By Soorya Kiran NN

Chinese scientists use dirty waste from coal-fired power plants to make white paper

Scientists aim to improve the technology so that one day it can be used in every paper mill

Oct 22, 2019

By Pinaz Kazi

Severe Greenland winter creates ripples among researchers who record alarming 'reproductive failure'

Due to huge drifts of snowfall and extreme winter in northern Greenland last year, the reproductive lives of birds and bees in northern Greenland just collapsed in 2018.

Oct 18, 2019

By Revathi Sivakumar

Stormquakes are for real! Scientists reveal the mystery behind them

Scientists have discovered a new seismic phenomenon called stormquakes that involve interactions of the atmosphere, ocean, and the solid Earth.

Oct 17, 2019

By Priya Yadav

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Top Environment News

Scientists reveal how a small planet can support life

Viral view: Picture shows 13-year-old boy stained in oil after he goes for beach clean up

Global warming forces coral reefs to move into cooler regions, study reveals

This new technique promises to remove CO2 from the environment

New strains of Adenovirus found in Singapore

Did Neanderthals walk over the Mediterranean centuries earlier than we thought?

Fantastic grandmas snorkel to explore lethal sea snakes

'Artificial leaf' can be your clean gas wonder machine

Fungi introduction to wheat crop produces 'climate-smart' variety, less dependent on fertilizers

Fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites reveal arthropods were first social animals, lived half-a-billion years ago

The strange case of "pseudo thumb" in Aye-aye

Singapore plans widening mangroves to stem sea level rise, besides engineering techniques

Chinese scientists use dirty waste from coal-fired power plants to make white paper

Severe Greenland winter creates ripples among researchers who record alarming 'reproductive failure'

Stormquakes are for real! Scientists reveal the mystery behind them

India@75: Article-370 in J&K is History; Three Glorious Years Later, "Nothing" Has Changed

India@75: Article-370 in J&K is History; Three Glorious Years Later, "Nothing" Has Changed

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