Science

In safe Singapore’s ‘cursed’ town, ghosts and odd happenings

Local politicians say there are rational explanations for these events and statistics show crime rates… Read More

BIEK announces intermediate science pre-engineering results

It is pertinent to mention here that intermediate annual examinations were not conducted in the… Read More

If you do not snooze you lose

Researchers said they conducted a statistical analysis on data from more than 60 sleep studies Read More

Diabetes drug improves survival in kidney disease patients

The British drugmaker said Farxiga was shown in a study to cut the risk of… Read More

‘Govt increases science ministry’s budget up to 600 per cent’

Fawad Chaudhry said that his ministry is eyeing into an increase of science-related budget up… Read More

Dogs have a type of ‘infrared sensor’ in the tip of their nose

Dogs have a type of infrared sensor in the tip of their nose which enables… Read More

Fawad says ‘trying to establish a research system with civil-military interface’

Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, has urged for the establishment of a… Read More

Court sentences ‘gene-editing’ scientist to three years in prison

A Chinese court sentenced the scientist who created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies to three… Read More

Spotify to suspend political advertising in 2020

Spotify Technology said on Friday it would pause selling political advertisements on its music streaming… Read More

2019: The year the world woke up to the climate emergency

Spurred on by Swedish wunderkind Greta Thunberg -- virtually unknown outside of her homeland a… Read More

Whatsapp infestation deleting chat history, crashing group chats

The Whatsapp vulnerability could lead to app crash in loop forcing users to reinstall the… Read More

A piece of skin can now be printed in less than a minute!

A piece of skin about the size of your thumbnail can be printed in less… Read More

WhatsApp adds shopping catalog feature, courting e-commerce

Facebook has been trying to boost revenue from higher-growth units like Instagram and Whatsapp, which… Read More

Cooking food alters the microbiome

Scientists at UC San Francisco and Harvard University have shown for the first time that… Read More

Lab grows mustard plants for Mars

The team has already succeeded in growing mustard plants, salad leaves, radishes and herbs like… Read More

The science of zombies: Will the undead rise?

Hordes of brain-munching undead terrorizing neighborhoods make for fun television and movies, but zombies could… Read More

Space: a major legal void

Experts debated the subject at length this week in Washington at the 70th International Astronautical… Read More

Scientists identify ancient baby bottles – and some are cute

Ceramic vessels, sometimes fashioned in whimsical animal forms, were used thousands of years ago as… Read More

Pakistani engineer manufactures country’s first voice-operated wheelchair

Pakistani student Faaiz Arbab from Lahore has manufactured a wheel-chair that can be controlled by… Read More

‘Iron dragon’ soared over Australia

Ferrodraco means “iron dragon,” an apt name, according to the researchers. Read More