Articles by Bhaswati Guha Majumder

A new MIT plane is propelled via ionic wind. Batteries in the fuselage (tan compartment in front of plane) supply voltage to electrodes (blue/white horizontal lines) strung along the length of the plane, generating a wind of ions that propels the plane fo

This is world's first flight without moving parts and it doesn't need fuel to fly

MIT researchers created the world first 'ion Drive' aeroplane that is not only silent but also lightweight.

Nov 22, 2018

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat suffers a stroke

Heng Swee Keat is set to be PAP's first assistant secretary-general and run Singapore as new PM

As per party source, while Heng Swee Keat will become first assistant secretary-general, Chan Chun Sing will be holding second assistant secretary-general post.

Nov 22, 2018

Who is to blame for the death of 31-foot sperm whale with 6kg of plastic waste in its stomach?

A dead sperm whale found in Indonesia, that swallowed six kilograms of plastic waste but the real cause of death is unknown.

Nov 21, 2018

Singapore: 2 men arrested for penknife attack on woman in Jurong West

After a four-hour stand-off with the police, those men were arrested under voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon.

Nov 21, 2018

Singapore crime

James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Seen in Full Bloom

NASA's Kepler receives 'goodnight' command; Is exoplanet-hunting mission over?

Here's now NASA said goodbye to the Kepler but looking forward to the success of most promising James Webb Space Telescope.

Nov 19, 2018

Exoplanet Space

The winner of 2018 Nitto ATPFinalsAlexander Zverev

Take a look at the glamorous pictures of 2018 Nitto ATP Finals

21-year-old Alexander Zverev won his first ATP Finals trophy on Sunday after defeating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

Nov 19, 2018

Singapore Airlines launches biofuel-powered flights

Singapore flight to Paris faces technical issues, takes U-turn for emergency landing

Flight SQ336, from Singapore to Paris had 17 crew members and 234 passengers but, none of them was injured due to the technical issues.

Nov 19, 2018

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California wildfires: Death toll increases to 78, more than 1000 people still unlocated

Authority said on Saturday that slightly more than 50 per cent of the fire has been contained.

Nov 18, 2018

Rio Olympics 2016: Schooling creates history by qualifying for 100m butterfly final

Joseph Schooling breaks Quah Zheng Wen's record and Singapore clinch 2 medals at FINA World Cup

In the 2018 FINA World Cup, Schooling sets new national record in 50m Butterfly event and then broke Quah Zheng Wen's record in the 50m backstroke.

Nov 18, 2018

First rainfall after centuries in Atacama Desert brought death not life

These new findings will help scientists to understand that how microbial life evolved on Mars, as the Atacama has similarities with Mars.

Nov 18, 2018

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft launches on an Antares rocket at 4:01 a.m. EST Nov. 17, 2018, from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 10th contracted cargo resupply

Space station supplies successfully launched: US delivery will arrive one day later Russian shipment

Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, which will deliver supplies to ISS, lifts off from the launch pad at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island.

Nov 17, 2018

Nasa

UN expert claims ethical artificial intelligence is a pressing need

While the surge of Artificial Intelligence cannot be neglected anymore, a UN expert claimed that AI revolution also raises concerns, ranging from security to human rights abuses.

Nov 17, 2018

Artificial intelligence

Polytechnic and ITE students have to take financial education course from 2019

Ong Ye Kung said that the roll-out of the new curriculum follows a successful pilot project involving 7,000 polytechnic and ITE students earlier this year.

Nov 17, 2018

Education

Unusual hot spot found beneath Antarctica's ice; Radioactive rocks cause disappearance of huge area

The study researchers said that there might be many more of these localized hot spots than previously thought.

Nov 16, 2018

PM Lee Hsien Loong held a Joint Press Conference with US Vice-President Mike Pence at the Istana on 16 November 2018.

Singapore & US sign new deals: Cybersecurity training and bilateral exchange of tax information

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and US Vice-President Mike Pence also noted that there are still many other ways to collaborate.

Nov 16, 2018

Cybersecurity

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Italian supervolcano may be stirring from its long sleep to restart the deadly cycle

Almost 1.5 million residents of the Naples region can take a deep breath as scientists are not expecting any eruption recently.

Nov 15, 2018

Singapore: SATS officer dies after consuming food from Spize's River Vally outlet

72 people fell sick after consuming Deepavali special food from Spize's River Vally outlet in Singapore.

Nov 15, 2018

Astronomers sifting through data from the Gaia spacecraft have found a previously unseen dwarf galaxy lurking near the Milky Way. In this artist’s impression, the Large Magellanic cloud can be seen to the left of the Milky Way, center, while the newly dis

Astronomers discover new 'ghost galaxy' next to Milky Way by using ESA's Gaia

A team of astronomers can't fully explain the "ghost" galaxy that they spotted about 130,000 light-years from the edge of the Milky Way.

Nov 14, 2018

Space

Singapore: Father raped own teen daughter multiple times, faces jail term for 26 years

The 35-year-old man, who rapped own teenage daughter eight times gets imprisonment but is appealing against his sentence.

Nov 14, 2018

India's GSLV-Mk III to take off today; Final countdown for GSAT-29 launch has started

GSAT-29 will sling it into Geo Transfer Orbit (GTO) just over 16 minutes into its flight.

Nov 14, 2018

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