China advances to AI-powered future
Tianjin: On a stage, a grey human-sized robot named Titan sang the theme song of "The Transformers" with moving lips...
Science &Technology
Why can’t some people remember their dreams?
I am standing outside my childhood primary school, near the front gates and the teachers’ car park. It is a...
Trump declares national emergency over IT threats
President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from "foreign adversaries".He signed an executive order...
US Senators question how to roll out 5G without Chinese technology
San Francisco: With the imminent arrival of 5G to more US cities, several United States senators expressed concern over how...
UK government reviews radio’s future
London: The UK government has embarked on a radical review of digital radio under the auspices of Margot James, minister...
Traces of crawling in Italian cave give clues to ancient humans
Rome:’Evidence of crawling in an Italian cave system sheds new light on how late Stone Age humans behaved as a...
First coal-free week in UK for a century
London:: Britain has had its first week without using electricity from burning coal since the 1880s, according to the National...
Wasp — are smarter than we thought
Summer is approaching in the northern hemisphere, heralding the return of that great scourge of al fresco diners everywhere: the...
F.D.A. Approves the First Vaccine for Dengue Fever, but Limits Its Use
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine for dengue, Dengvaxia, but placed significant restrictions on its use...
Black hole jets shoot out material at 60% of the speed of light!
Nearly 8,000 light-years away from Earth, astronomers have discovered a black hole that keeps rapidly swinging out jets of plasma...
90% of the marine viruses not classified !
The oceans contain almost 200,000 different viral populations, according to the latest count.Marine viruses were found from the surface down...
Russia floats out first nuclear sub that will carry Poseidon strategic underwater drones
SEVERODVINSK, The Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod that will be the first carrier of Poseidon strategic underwater drones was...
Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks wiped out
Emperor penguins need a reliable and stable platform of sea-ice.Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which...
Zelensky ..THE PRESIDENT! securing over 73% of vote
KIEV, Ukraine’s front-running presidential contender Vladimir Zelensky increased his lead in the runoff election, with 90.25% of ballots counted. According...
Millions using 123456 as password, study finds
Millions of people are using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts, suggests a study.The analysis by the UK's National Cyber Security...
First ever civilian helicopter-plane hybrid is coming next year
They're called tilt-rotor aircraft. They hover like helicopters -- but they fly faster and farther -- like airplanes. The military...
Artificial intelligence to spot potentially dangerous travellers and detect smuggling, but can this technology be trusted?
International travel is increasing at a rapid rate. In 2017, a record 1.4 billion tourists visited other countries last year...
First ever black hole image released
The first ever picture of a black hole: It's surrounded by a halo of bright gas.Astronomers have taken the first...
China top foreign visitor country at Germany’s Hannover Messe
Hanover: Germany's Hannover Messe, the world's largest industrial fair, concluded, with China becoming its top foreign visitor country this year....
Pakistan concerned over space debris generated by India’s ASAT test
Islamabad: Pakistan has noted with deep concern the assessment of relevant organizations and international experts on the threats resulting from...
NASA’s TESS mission making incredible discoveries
Islamabad: NASA’s planet-hunting TESS mission has only been surveying the sky since July, but it’s already making incredible discoveries. In...
Self-destructing asteroid captured by Hubble Telescope
Washington: Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories have captured a self-destructing asteroid spinning so fast that it throws off material....
Preparing for a flight to Mars
New York: The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) aircraft, a technology demonstration that will launch with NASA's next Mars rover in July...
Seven ways the world is not designed for women
When a last-minute spacesuit switch saw the cancellation of Nasa's all-female space walk, it sparked bigger conversations about how women...
3G internet launched in Bajaur
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday that 3G internet service has been launched in Tehsil Khar in Bajaur district...
Pakistan ranked top for provision of most affordable telecom services
Pakistan has been ranked number one for the provision of most affordable telecom services among 139 countries in World Economic...
Planet Jupiter: Spectacular picture of Jupiter’s storms
This beautiful picture of Jupiter was assembled from three separate images acquired by Nasa's Juno spacecraft as it made another...
US detects huge meteor explosion
Artwork: The fireball was the kind of event expected to happen only two to three times per century A huge...
Dinosaurs were flourishing when asteroid hit
Islamabad: Dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike. Scientists largely agree...
China sends new communication satellite into orbit
Xichang: China Sunday sent a new communication satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan...
