WASHINGTON: Chinese hackers accessed US government computers containing personal information on all federal employees, the New York Times reported Thursday. The hacking occurred in March and the perpetrators appeared to be targeting the files of people who had applied for … read more
Melbourne: Changes in the winds blowing over Antarctica are warming the waters under the continental ice shelf, says a new study. The changing winds have been linked to a drying climate in southern Australia and now it appears that they … read more
WASHINGTON: NASA on Wednesday launched a satellite designed to track carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that is responsible for global warming. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 took off aboard a Delta 2 rocket at 2:56 am Pacific time (0956 GMT) … read more
Washington: Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered two new objects beyond Pluto for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to visit. Analysis of an initial 200 Hubble images, taken between June 16 and June 26, showed that at least two … read more
London: Many of the Caribbean’s coral reefs could vanish in the next 20 years, according to a new report which found that healthy coral reefs have declined by about 50 per cent in the past four decades. The report, published … read more