New study suggests supervolcanoes erupted on ancient Mars

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 09:40

New images of the Red planet released by NASA suggest possible ancient supervolcanoes on Mars. The supervolcanoes are similar to the caldera that sits under Yellowstone National Park.

Museums are valuable source of history, heritage: Vice president

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 09:36

Good museums are an invaluable source of history and heritage, Vice President Hamid Ansari said here Wednesday after inaugurating northeast India`s biggest museum at the 112-year-old Ujjayanta Palace.

New California law lets teens erase online history

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 10:18

Teenagers` nightmarish propensity to post underage party hijinks, flesh-flashing and nasty commentary online have found a dream come true in California, which will soon let them erase their tracks.

Brain could exist even without the body: Stephen Hawking

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 16:16

Stephen Hawking has claimed that the brain could exist even without the body, but the thought of an afterlife is a fairy tale.

Stephen Hawking reveals trials, triumphs in new documentary film

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 09:37

Cosmologist Stephen Hawking tells the extraordinary tale of how he overcame severe disability to become the most famous living scientist in a new documentary film premiered in Britain.

Mount Zion dig reveals mansion possibly from Jesus` time

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 11:32

An archaeological dig on Jerusalem`s Mt. Zion has revealed the well-preserved lower levels of what the archaeological team believes is an Early Roman period mansion, possibly belonging to a member of the Jewish ruling priestly caste.

Climate change responsible for woolly mammoth`s extinction: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 21:25

Researchers have found that climate change, instead of hunting by humans, was responsible for the extinction of the woolly mammoth.

Julia Gillard takes up honorary post at University of Adelaide

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 10:24

Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard is all set to return to the university where she began her tertiary education.

Maratha history downplayed in NCERT textbooks: Maharashtra BJP

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 20:54

Maharashtra unit of BJP alleged that there has been "inadequate" representation of Maratha rulers and social reformers in the NCERT social science and history textbooks and demanded immediate inclusion of their achievements.

New site makes deleting web traces easy

Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 16:07

A new site has been reportedly developed which allows users to delete their web trace from social media to retailer databases with much ease.

Six sentenced to life in murder case

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 23:21

A local court on Wednesday sentenced six persons to life in the case relating to the murder of a history-sheeter six years ago.

The legendary Alfred Hitchcock and the 1938 Ashes series in England

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 16:28

Alfred Hitchcock, arguably the first great name in the genre of suspense and thrillers, was born on August 13, 1899. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at his exaltation at realising that the events of a Hitchcock movie had coincided exactly with an Ashes Test.