Science and Technology

A new global health emergency: What is mpox, where are the outbreaks and what is the WHO doing?

4 months ago

London, August 15: The World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders. ...

Construction of Dhalkebar-Loharpatti transmission line completes

4 months ago

Kathmandu, August 15: The 132-kV double circuit transmission line, considered as significant for quality power supply to Dhanusha, Mahottari and surrounding areas, has come into operation. According...

China firm claims world's fastest-charging EV battery

4 months ago

Deliveries of the new 2025 Zeekr 007 sedan are set to begin next week BBC Business, August 14: Chinese car maker Zeekr says its new electric vehicle (EV) batteries...

Earth hit by 'severe' solar storm

4 months ago

The Northern Lights. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Aug. 12 that Earth had been hit by a solar storm that could bring the Northern Lights to night skies...

What happens when astronauts get stuck in space

4 months ago

Richard Hollingham, August 11: The two Nasa astronauts overstaying on the ISS aren't the first astronauts to be stuck in space… and they probably won't be the last. We've...

Second hottest July breaks 13-month record streak, EU scientists say

4 months ago

BRUSSELS, Aug 8: Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record, breaking a 13-month period when each month was warmest, which had been in part fuelled...

Madhesh Province gearing up to deliver services through IT to the max

4 months ago

Janakpur: Information Technology will be used to the maximum in order to make the services delivered by public bodies of Madhesh Province effective. Discussion was held with the...

Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills

4 months ago

Philip Kreycik should have survived his run. In the summer of 2021, the 37-year-old ultra-marathon runner used an app to plot a roughly 8-mile loop through Pleasanton Ridge Regional...

Japan scientists make smiling robot with 'living' skin

5 months ago

Japanese scientists have used human cells to develop an equivalent to living skin that can be attached to robotic surfaces to flash a realistic -- if creepy -- smile. ...