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Scientists reverse ageing in mice

Scientists have reversed signs of ageing in middle-aged and elderly...
SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew splashes down off Florida

The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the...
SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew set for splashdown

The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the...

Bangladeshi water engineer in top 2% of the world scientists

This list has been prepared by Stanford University by analysing...
What life is like aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule

The first space tourism mission by Elon Musk's SpaceX blasted...
Mars rocks collected by Perseverance boost case for ancient life

Both samples, slightly wider than a pencil in diameter and about...

NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock

NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in...
Bacteria, and Other Gut Feelings

Our behaviour may directly affect the bacteria in our gut.
Chinese researchers propose deflecting 'Armageddon' asteroids with rockets

Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's...

What Does Asteroid Mining Look Like?

They brought iron. They wiped off dinosaurs. It’s payback time.
Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract

Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on...
Meet Grace, the healthcare robot Covid-19 created

The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sues NASA over Moon lander contract

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sued the U.S government over NASA'...
AI apocalypse: Will AI replace radiologists?

Artificial Intelligence, in its simplicity, includes processes that...
3 Bangladeshi researchers named in Asian Scientist 100 list

Three Bangladeshi researchers have been included in the sixth...

Musk's SpaceX wins NASA's $2.9 billion moon lander contract

NASA awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's space...
Sea slugs lose heads to rid bodies of parasites, Japan researchers show

Japanese researchers have shown that a type of sea slug are able to...
Elon Musk to offer $100m prize for 'best' tech to capture carbon dioxide emissions

Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday...

Elon Musk's Neuralink shows monkey with brain-chip playing videogame by thinking

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's brain-chip startup...
UAE's 'Hope' probe sends home first image of Mars

The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of...
Bangladesh to get its first space observatory in Faridpur

The government is all set to build the “Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...

Mars long ago was wet. You may be surprised where the water went

Mars was once a wet world, with abundant bodies of water on its...
Rich countries fall short in sciences gender equality: UNESCO

Women still face a massive gender bias in science careers worldwide...
Bangladesh-born scientist M Zahid Hasan to receive US Department of Energy award

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will confer the Ernest Orlando...

Hawking appears as hologram in Hong Kong

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has spoken to a Hong Kong audience by hologram, showcasing the growing reach of a technology which is making inroads into politics, entertainment and business.
Chinese scientists breed world's first 'space mangoes'

The embryonic cells of the mango brought back by manned spacecraft Shenzhou XI last November after the 33-day space mission have now grown new tissues at a lab in South China's Hainan province.
Hoard of coins extracted from sea turtle

Thai veterinarians remove 915 coins from a 25-year-old sea turtle which had been swallowing items thrown into her pool for good luck, eventually limiting her ability to swim.
Fossils point to life on Earth 4 billion years ago

The oldest fossils ever found are "direct evidence" of life on Earth 3.8 to 4.3 billion years ago when our planet was still in its infancy, researchers report.
NASA inks deal with Boeing for extra rides for astronauts

NASA will pay Boeing Co up to $373.5 million for rides to fly up to five astronauts to the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz capsules, the US space agency said on Tuesday.
‘India may meet its energy need from Moon by 2030’

India may look forward to meeting its energy demand by using helium found in the moon.
New Zealand part of sunken 'lost continent'

New Zealand sits atop a previously unknown continent -- mostly submerged beneath the South Pacific -- that should be recognised with the name Zealandia, scientists say.
Fossil shows pregnant sea monster with developing embryo

An extraordinary fossil unearthed in southwestern China shows a pregnant long-necked marine reptile that lived millions of years before the dinosaurs with its developing embryo, indicating this creature gave birth to live babies rather than laying eggs.
Scientists turn food poisoning microbe into powerful cancer fighter

Scientists modify Salmonella bacteria to trigger a particularly powerful immune response against human cancer cells implanted in mice, shrinking the tumors and—for the first time—preventing them from metastasizing.
Gel alternative to vasectomy 100% effective in monkeys

A gel squirted into the sperm ducts of monkeys has been effective at preventing pregnancy, says a study which offers hope of a solution for men reluctant to go under the knife for family planning.