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Japanese scientists find new dinosaur species

In the current study, a group of researchers led by Professor Yoshitsugu Kobayashi of the Hokkaido University Museum conducted comparative and phylogenetic an...

Toyota GA-B platform unveiled, likely to underpin new Yaris

Like the GA-C and GA-K versions of TNGA, the GA-B platform is designer to "deliver a confident and natural drive", as Toyota explains. Most significantly, t...

Star India network to telecast Chandrayaan 2 landing across 100+ countries

Now Chairman of the National Design and Research Forum, he termed the present Chandrayaan-2 mission, which seeks to make soft-landing of Vikram on the unexplore...

Fossils shed light on animal movement

The origins of movement in animal species remains fairly murky, though there is evidence of "directional movement" as early as 560 million years ago. It was a...

Genetic secrets of left-handedness revealed as part of huge study

The result? Left-handed male players performed more shots overall, more shots per minute, and most importantly, scored more goals than right-handed players. T...

Reps. Crenshaw, Ocasio-Cortez spar over the wisdom of lending guns

The Texas Republican highlighted a local news story of a woman who stopped a robbery after she pulled her gun and fired at her would-be assailants, injuring o...

Hurricane Dorian Wreckage In Bahamas Draws Relief Pledge From Disney

Floridians showed up in droves on Tuesday to give cans of food, bottles of water and boxes of diapers to members of two historically black churches, whose volun...

Scientists and Engineers from United States and Europe Grouping Up to Deflect Asteroids

It will take place on September 11 to 13 at the Aula Ottagona in central Rome. DART can perform its mission without Hera - The effect of its impact on the ...

Next Nintendo Direct set for September 4th, 2019

Little Town Hero is releasing for Nintendo Switch on October 16. A 40-minute Nintendo Direct has been scheduled for September 4 at 3pm PT (6pm ET, 11pm ...

Hurricane Dorian is sending bricks of cocaine to Fla. beaches

The officer said the package was "wrapped in a way that is consistent with a kilo of illegal drugs", CBS News affiliate KYTX reports . Written on the outsi...

Gov. Northam issues state of emergency for Virginia ahead of Hurricane Dorian

Parts of Virginia are expected to feel Dorian's wrath beginning Thursday. Forecasters noted that even if Dorian doesn't make landfall, it's likely to bring un...

Cory Booker unveils $3 trillion climate change plan, creating 'Environmental Justice Fund'

Replace all residential, school, and daycare lead drinking water service lines and remediate all housing units and schools that contain peeling or chipping lead...

Zapper Trap coming soon to Fortnite: Battle Royale

The game's latest update brings us two for the price of one. It is also expected to bring some map changes to the game. It appears that the issue stems from p...

Dorian keeps churning off Florida's east coast toward Georgia, the Carolinas

Residents of Freeport ventured out for the first time on today (NZT) since Hurricane Dorian came ashore as a Category 5 storm battering the Bahamas. "We're de...

Extinction Rebellion to protest Leeds Bradford Airport expansion at council meeting

Others lay down in the street outside Manchester Arndale. A group of Extinction Rebellion protesters also gathered outside Manchester Civil Justice Centre w...

Why Hurricane Dorian lingered for so long over the Bahamas

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for . Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up t...

Follow live as 'monster' hurricane Dorian pounds on Bahamas, moves towards Florida

Top sustained winds have decreased slightly to 165 miles per hour, but is still a powerful and very unsafe storm. Disney Cruise Line later added to the statem...

Dorian leaves 5 dead, 21 injured as havoc on Bahamas continues

Houses in a neighborhood in Freeport on Grand Bahama Island were engulfed by 6 feet (1.8 m) of water. Bahamian officials received a "tremendous" number of cal...

Hurricane Hunter plane captures stunning images inside eye of Category 5 Dorian

As of daybreak, Dorian's winds had dipped to 120 miles per hour (193 kph), making it a still highly risky Category 3 hurricane , and the storm was barely movin...

How Disney and other Florida parks are handling the threat of Dorian

It is expected to stay put until at least later in the morning. In a press conference, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis of the Bahamas asked for prayers as offi...

SpaceX Satellite Nearly Caused Collision With European Satellite

Without the manoeuvre, the satellites could have collided high above Earth, ESA warned. The last-minute manoeuvre occurred after space detritus experts discov...

Indian landing module ready for touchdown on moon surface

The lander is now located in an orbit of 119km x 127km, while the orbiter continues to circle the moon in its existing orbit. Vikram is expected to touchdown on...

Hurricane Dorian claims life of an 8 y.o. child in Bahamas

The hurricane will move dangerously close to Florida's east coast tonight through Wednesday evening, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its...

Oklahoma Red Cross deploying to Florida ahead of Hurricane Dorian

His decision to forgo the first leg will be a blow to Poland , which saw Mr. Trump as the star of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of ...

China's lunar rover finds something weird on far side of moon

Up till now, there are still no details about the nature of the newly discovered substance. The find prompted mission scientists to cancel other exploration p...

Latest update on Hurricane Dorian

Once the storm finishes deluging the Bahamas it was expected to head toward Florida , where mandatory evacuation orders were issued. Evacuations of the bar...

Meet The Mind Behind The Black Hole Photo

Bouman also was also key to development of a new algorithm to produce the first-ever image of a black hole as a grad student at MIT's Computer Science and Artif...

What You May Not Know About Spring

ET). During the equinoxes (spring and fall), the rays of the sun are directed exactly at the equator. The effectively means today marks the start of the Aut...

Blue Jays rookie Bo Bichette's doubles show continues

But nine walks and a hit-by-pitch against probably the best lineups in baseball? Clay Buchholz secured his first victory and Cavan Biggio went 2-for-3 with a ...

Listen to Post Malone's New Single "Circles"

His newest offering brings a deep side of Post's psyche, where he feels like he's literally running in circles . On this new one, Post catches more of an i...