Wool odor could be key to protecting sheep from flystrike

A global research project led by The University of Western Australia in collaboration with the Department…

New software helps plant breeders bring out their best

Broccoli is in the eye of the beholder. A head of broccoli that might appeal to…

More Basra water crises unless Iraq govt fixes 'failures': HRW

Human Rights Watch on Monday warned of a repeat of last year’s deadly water crisis in…

Portugal wildfires '90 percent' under control

Huge wildfires that have ravaged a mountainous region of central Portugal and left dozens injured have…

India launches historic bid to put spacecraft on Moon

India launched a bid to become a leading space power Monday, sending up a rocket to…

Chandrayaan-2: India launches second Moon mission

The $150m Chandrayaan-2 is aiming to become the first space mission to land on the Moon’s…

India's moon mission lifts off, hopes to probe lunar south pole

India launched a rocket into space on Monday to perform a soft landing of a rover…

New hard X-ray eclipsing polar identified

Using ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Swift spacecraft, astronomers have found that a hard X-ray source known…

Asteroid 2019 OD to flyby Earth at 0.93 LD on July 24 – the largest of the year

A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 OD will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.93 LD…

As NASA's Apollo Space Program Grew, Alabama Was Pressured To Desegregate

Hundreds of thousands of jobs were created for the Apollo space program. As the program ramped…