The Swiss Parliament has rejected a motion to allow the use of cannabis in scientific studies investigating the drug's effects.


Swiss Parliament says no to cannabis use in scientific studies


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Indian weather forecasting agencies will focus their energies on predicting dust storms, which have claimed more than 100 lives across north India this summer, a senior official said on Monday.


Indian weather forecasters to focus on dust storms


Archaeologists have confirmed that a rock painting discovered in the Lesser Khingan Mountains in China's Heilongjiang province dates back 12,000 years.


12,000-yr-old rock painting found in China


Global problems, including those related to climate and ocean sciences, warrant global solutions, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) chief scientist Craig McLean said here on Monday.


Global problems warrant global solutions: US scientist


The survival rate for cranial surgery performed by Inca surgeons in ancient Peru was twice more than those during the American Civil War, researchers say.


Ancient Peru's cranial surgeons highly skilled: Study


Researchers have found widespread uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers in 16 Indian states.


India's groundwater widely contaminated with uranium, say researchers


A coral fertility treatment designed to help heal damaged parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef is showing signs of success and now needs to be scaled up to create a bigger impact, the scientist told CNN on Friday.


Coral fertility treatment gives hope for Great Barrier Reef


An Australian scientific research agency announced on Friday that it will collect DNA samples from whale sharks at the country's Ningaloo Reef to determine the age of this giant elusive fish.


DNA samples seek to uncover whale shark secrets


NASA announced on Thursday that its robot explorer Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012 and has been exploring there ever since, found organic molecules in rocks formed three billion years ago, a discovery that could indicate that there was life on the Red Planet at that time.


NASA finds 3 bn years old organic molecules in rocks on Mars


Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday flagged off an exposure visit of top 20 winners of the Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) edition here.


Odisha CM flags off visit of budding astronomers


The Geological Survey of India (GSI), which is focusing on mineral exploration, is looking to complete its geochemical mapping by 2018-19 and geophysical mapping by 2021, an official said here on Thursday.


GSI to complete geochemical & geophysical mapping soon


Researchers have unearthed the nearly 600 million years old fossil footprints of animals, considered to be the earliest record, in China.


First footprints of animals discovered in China


Scientists have discovered that Zika virus infection that can lead to birth defects and other complications such as seizures and long-term deficits in brain structure and behaviour, also persists in adulthood.


Zika's effects on newborns persist even in adults: Study


An Orthodox priest on Tuesday blessed a Soyuz spacecraft ahead of the launch of a manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.


Orthodox priest bless spacecraft ahead of ISS launch


Ramveer Rauthela, a farmer in this small hamlet in Uttarakhand's Garhwal region, points towards a house with a rusting lock on its front door and sighs: "Earlier, they would often visit home; later, they returned during the harvest; now they even skip festivals."


Combating migration: How a climate initiative is reviving a Garhwali hamlet (June 5 is World Environment Day)


Bhopal, June 4 (IANS/Mongabay .com) After a two-year-long effort, a team of researchers from IISER-Bhopal has been able to sequence the genome of India's national bird, the peacock (Pavo cristatus).


Scientists unveil genome of India's national bird


Renewable power accounted for 70 per cent of net additions to global power generating capacity in 2017, the largest such increase in modern history, a report said on Monday.


World saw largest rise in renewable energy capacity in 2017: Report


India on Sunday successfully test-fired the nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V off the Odisha coast.


India test-fires nuclear capable missile


In a first, scientists have discovered evidence that humans from the Mesolithic period consumed fish and plants and also used their teeth for de-scaling activities.


Ancient tooth reveals Mesolithic man ate fish, plants


While loosing excess weight can be considered healthy, researchers claim that it may reduce bone density, bone architecture and bone strength in older adults.


Weight loss in elderly may harm bone strength


Unable to maintain weight loss due to your genetic predisposition to obesity? Take heart, an injectable drug widely used to lower blood sugar levels can help you fight overweight, suggest a study.

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