Scientists in the Swiss city of Basel have identified a mysterious mummified body after more than 40 years and discovered that the woman was a relative of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.


Boris Johnson 'descendant' of mummified Swiss woman


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Global surface temperatures increased by a record amount from 2014 to 2016, boosting the total amount of warming since 1900 by more than 25 per cent in just three years, new research has found.


Spike in 2014-16 temperatures largest since 1900


Google Lunar XPRIZE, a $30 million global competition to develop a spacecraft and explore the Moon, will end with no winner as the five finalist teams, including one from India, failed to raise funds, the organisers said.


Google's lunar competition to end with no winner


Award-winning US science fiction and fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin has died, her family said. She was 88.


US fantasy author Ursula K Le Guin dies


Researchers have found that the loss of heat that comes up from the interior of the Earth melts the Greenland's ice sheet from below and triggers the sliding of glaciers towards the sea.


Earth's heat loss pushing Greenland's ice sheet towards sea


Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satyapal Singh on Monday defended his comment on Darwin's theory of evolution and termed the controversy around his statement as "unnecessary".


Controversy over my views on Darwinism unnecessary: Minister


He aims to cross the Antarctica, not merely to become the first Indian to traverse both the poles -- North and South -- in under one year, but for a larger cause: Raising awareness about climate change.


Aiming to be first Indian to traverse both Poles in a year


Title: Sex, Botany and Empire; Author: Patricia Fara; Publisher: Icon Science/Icon Books; Pages: 176; Price: Rs 399


The strange trio of Sex, Science and the State -- and its consequences (Book Review)


Prominent scientists across the country have dismissed Union Minister Satyapal Singh's views on evolution as "illogical" and "untenable" and came out strongly in favour of the Darwinian model of the evolution against the "creationist" one he championed.


Scientists term Union Minister's evolution remarks 'illogical', 'polarising'


Screening all women over 30 years age for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations can be cost effective and could also prevent more of these cancers than just screening those at genetic high-risk, suggests a study led by an Indian-origin researcher.


Screening all women for cancer genes may be cost effective


The Zika virus disrupts oxygen supply to a pregnant woman's placenta, leading to impairment in foetal development and also increases the newborns susceptibility to additional infections, scientists have found. A Zika virus outbreak in Brazil in 2015 had led to widespread concern after rising incidents of microcephaly were noticed in children born to mothers infected with the virus.


Decoded: How Zika virus impairs foetal development


A team of scientists at Stanford University, including a researcher of Indian origin, has shown how nanotechnology can be used to create crystalline silicon (c-Si) thin-film solar cells that are more efficient at capturing solar energy.


Scientists showcase how to create low-cost solar cells


An incubator "Centre of Excellence for Virtual and Augmented Reality" (VARCoE) will be set up on the IIT-Bhubaneswar, campus, said an official on Friday.


IIT-Bhubaneswar to have incubation centre


The operator of the Japanese nuclear power plant Fukushima Daiichi on Friday introduced a telescopic arm with a camera into No. 2 reactor of the disaster-stricken plant, in an attempt to probe its condition for possible decommissioning.


New camera to probe condition of Fukushima reactor


Underwater archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the worlds largest flooded cave, a report said.


Largest flooded cave discovered in Mexico


The Madrid region in Spain was on Thursday selected to be the new home of the security monitoring centre (GSMC) for the European Union's global navigation satellite system Galileo after Brexit, said EU sources.


Post Brexit, EU's satellite centre to move to Madrid


Innovation has played a major role in bringing India and Israel closer, and sentiments of mutual development is crucial for a better future of both countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday.


Spirit of innovation pulled India, Israel closer: Modi


A Chinese university has launched a new deep ocean scientific research ship in Shanghai.


China launches new scientific research ship


A leading Chinese science-technology institution announced Tuesday that it was going to establish a deep-space lab in Luxembourg.


China to build deep-space lab in Luxembourg


India and Israel on Monday pledged to fight terror as the two countries sought to broadbase their relationship on the silver jubilee of establishment of their diplomatic ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inviting Israeli companies to take advantage of the liberalised FDI regime in defence sector and to make more in India.


Modi invites Israeli defence firms to make in India, both countries pledge to fight terror (Roundup)


India and Israel have agreed to enhance cooperation in the areas of agriculture, science and technology and security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

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