`Epic` alluring and amazing

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 14:41

`Epic` is a 3D animated science fiction fantasy film with ample amount of action and adventure.

US museum educates visitors about bugs

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 11:33

Beetles, centipedes and tarantulas are among the insects that visitors to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, or NHM, can learn about.

United Nations urges hungry world to eat bugs

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 12:55

The United Nations has issued an official advice suggesting that insects can help combat food-insecurity worldwide, as they are a virtually "untapped" source of food for people.

`Epic` to release in India before US

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 17:48

Hollywood film ‘Epic’, a 3D animated adventure comedy, will hit Indian screens May 17, a week before it opens in the US.

Scientists seek new ways of fighting bugs in space

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 16:12

Scientists are carrying out ultra sensitive experiments on board the International Space Station (ISS), which could pave the way to cutting edge approach in treating and preventing infectious diseases

`Destructive beetle altered climate of Canada by one degree`

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 20:58

A beetle species has increased the summer temperatures in Canada`s British Columbia by one degree Celsius after wiping out huge forest area, researchers claim.

Bugs ate 200,000 tonnes of oil spill: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 15:58

Hydrocarbon-eating bugs in the Gulf of Mexico cleared over a period of five months at least 200,000 tonnes of oil and natural gas that had spewed into the water body from a ruptured 2010 deepwater well, say US researchers.

Sunbathing keeps north American bugs healthy: Study

Last Updated: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 18:50

Canadian scientists have discovered how a group of insects use sunbathing to fight off germs.

New software bugs drain smartphone batteries while not in use

Last Updated: Thursday, June 14, 2012, 13:15

Researchers, including two of Indian origin, have proposed a method to automatically detect a new class of software glitches in smartphones called “no-sleep energy bugs”, which can entirely drain batteries while the phones are not in use.