Science

Watch: Scientists Glue Tiny GPS Trackers On Bats That Carry Lethal Virus

Science | Lena Sun, The Washington Post | Saturday December 15, 2018

A team of scientists from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will track the movements of bats in the hopes that spying on their nightly escapades could help prevent the spread of one of the world's most dreaded diseases, Marburg virus.

Google Launches Thai AI Project to Screen for Diabetic Eye Disease

Reuters | Friday December 14, 2018

The eye screening programme in Thailand follows a similar Google programme in India and highlights a push by big tech companies to show the social benefits of new AI technologies.

NASA Seeks US Partners to Develop Reusable Systems for Moon Mission

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday December 14, 2018

NASA is planning to test new human-class landers on the Moon beginning in 2024, with the goal of sending crew to the surface in 2028.

Virgin Galactic Reaches Space and Is One Step Closer to Space Tourism

Christian Davenport, The Washington Post | Friday December 14, 2018

Virgin Galactic launched a spacecraft more than 50 miles high Thursday, reaching the US Federal Aviation Administration's definition of space.

Odisha CM Felicitates Budding Astronomers Of State

Education | Press Trust of India | Friday December 14, 2018

The YATS is an initiative of Tata Steel for high school students of the state, organised in association with Pathani Samanta Planetarium, under Odisha's Science and Technology Department.

After 41 Years, NASA Spacecraft Escapes Sun's Bubble, Enters Interstellar

Science | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Friday December 14, 2018

Ever since it left Earth 41 years ago, the Voyager 2 spacecraft has sailed across the solar system on a stream of energetic particles from the sun.

Pre-Cyclone Watch Issued For Andhra Pradesh Coast

Andhra Pradesh News | ANI | Thursday December 13, 2018

A depression has been formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal, said Union Ministry of Earth Science and a pre-cyclone watch has been issued for Andhra Pradesh.

Ericsson Opens Global AI Research Facility in Bengaluru

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday December 13, 2018

The Bengaluru facility will create 150 jobs for data scientists, engineers, machine learning (ML) and AI architects, and software developers in 2019.

Geminid Meteor Shower 2018: What It Is and How to Watch From India

Harpreet Singh | Thursday December 13, 2018

Geminid meteor shower will peak on Thursday night and you don't need any special equipment to view it

Google CEO Says Fears About Artificial Intelligence Are 'Very Legitimate'

Tony Romm, Drew Harwell, Craig Timberg, The Washington Post | Thursday December 13, 2018

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that new AI tools require companies to set ethical guardrails and think through how the technology can be abused.

Russian Cosmonauts Take Samples on 6th Hour of Spacewalk to Crack Mystery

Reuters | Wednesday December 12, 2018

Roscosmos has ruled out a manufacturing defect causing the 2mm-wide hole found in August on the Russian Soyuz capsule

NASA's InSight Mars Lander Sends Back First Selfie on Mars

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday December 12, 2018

On December 6, the InSight lander used a camera on its robotic arm to take its first selfie - a mosaic made up of 11 images.

NASA's InSight Sends Back First Selfie On Mars

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday December 12, 2018

Barely two weeks after touching down on Mars, NASA's InSight lander has taken its first selfie using the spacecraft's robotic arm, the US space agency has said.

NASA Scientists Discover More Glaciers in East Antarctica Are Losing Ice

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 11, 2018

While East Antarctica has the potential to reshape coastlines around the world through sea level rise, scientists have long considered it more stable than West Antarctica.

Maneka Gandhi Receives First Copy Of Children's Sci-Fi Book

Education | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 11, 2018

"I have a deep love for science fiction and possess over 500 books on the subject. I congratulate the author for bringing science to the world of ten year olds," she said.