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Human mission to Mars 'stupid': Astronaut

Human mission to Mars 'stupid': Astronaut

24-12-2018  comments

London (IANS): Bill Anders, one of the first men to orbit the Moon has that it is "stupid" to plan human missions to Mars.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, Anders, lunar module pilot of Apollo 8, the first human spaceflight to leave…

Robotic surgeries to begin from January in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital

Robotic surgeries to begin from January in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital

23-12-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital is all set to start surgeries using robotic technology in the Urology Department from January 2019 onwards, with the aim to increase the number of treatments in OTs.

"Currently…

NASA's InSight lander places first instrument on Mars

NASA's InSight lander places first instrument on Mars

21-12-2018  comments

Los Angeles (IANS) NASA's InSight lander has deployed its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, marking the first time a seismometer had ever been placed onto the surface of another planet.

New images from the lander showed…

Google denies it altered YouTube code to slow down Microsoft Edge

Google denies it altered YouTube code to slow down Microsoft Edge

20-12-2018  comments

San Francisco (IANS): Google has denied it altered YouTube code to break Microsoft Edge, thus slowing down its performance while users streamed YouTube videos -- a claim made by a former Microsoft intern.

Microsoft Edge is a graphical web browser…

Google Assistant to soon predict flight delays on smartphones

Google Assistant to soon predict flight delays on smartphones

19-12-2018  comments

San Francisco (IANS): Using flight status data combined with Machine Learning (ML), Google Assistant will soon tell you over phone if your flight would be delayed even before the airline announces it.

According to Google, Assistant will notify…

India's IDRSS to be satellite communication hub in sky

India's IDRSS to be satellite communication hub in sky

16-12-2018  comments

Chennai (IANS): As part of its proposed manned space mission, India will launch the Indian Data Relay Satellite System (IDRSS) to improve data relay and communication links with its remote sensing/earth observation satellites, said a top official…

Experimental HIV vaccine found effective in monkeys: Study

Experimental HIV vaccine found effective in monkeys: Study

15-12-2018  comments

New York (IANS) Scientists have found that an experimental HIV vaccine strategy could be effective in non-human primates.

The goal of this strategy is to identify the rare, vulnerable areas on HIV and teach the immune system to make…

More power for parents to control kids' time on Chromebooks

More power for parents to control kids' time on Chromebooks

14-12-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): Google has introduced extra controls into its Chromebook laptops where parents will now have the ability to set screen time limits and bedtime hours, remotely lock devices and monitor app usage.

Google in 2017, launched the…

Kerala-based security engineer spots bug in Microsoft Office 365, Outlook

Kerala-based security engineer spots bug in Microsoft Office 365, Outlook

12-12-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): A Kerala-based application security engineer has won bug bounty from Microsoft for discovering a series of vulnerabilities that left over 400 million Microsoft users' accounts -- from Office 365 to Outlook emails -- open to hacking.

NASA probe finds water on asteroid Bennu

NASA probe finds water on asteroid Bennu

11-12-2018  comments

Washington (IANS) NASA's first spacecraft sent to collect the sample from an asteroid has found water locked inside asteroid Bennu -- a remnant from early in the formation of the solar system.

Launched in September 2016, the…

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