Scientists from the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing in California came to the conclusion that metformin, which is now used to treat diabetes, can extend average life of a man almost twice - up to 120 years. Professor Gordon Lithgow concluded that metformin - a drug of reducing blood sugar...

A key location on the Pacific Ocean is far hotter than the highest temperature recorded during the 1997 El Nino.   El Nino this year could be among the most powerful on record, scientists say, which would be even higher than the 1997 El Nino record.   “This thing is still growing and...

Following a series of attacks on surfers, shark-tracking drones are being deployed to protect Australia’s beachgoers.   As part of a strategy by the New South Wales (NSW) government, the trial for the new technology would begin next week.   The new technology would also see...

A major new study supported by the national Institute of Health claims that loneliness can increase the risk of premature death in older adults by 14%. The results of the study shed critical light on the growing understanding of the potential for loneliness to damage physical health along...

Claiming that weakening of encryption would be “exploited by the bad guys”, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Twitter, Facebook and 56 other technology companies have joined together to reject calls for slackening encryption security.   Recently Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook’s had...

In what is being viewed as the first comprehensive estimate of threatened species in the world’s largest rainforest, a study claims that more than half the myriad tree species in the Amazon could be heading for extinction.   The Brazil nut, and wild cacao and açai trees - all important food...

For the first time ever, analyzing the special red light from space, astronomers have spotted a planet in the act of formation.   There is still much that scientists don’t know about how planets like those in our Solar System were first made, despite all that has been discovered about the...

A new discovery leads to “porous” liquid which can absorb carbon emissions and save the planet from getting polluted. This week, scientists reveal their new breakthrough whereby they successfully “developed” a “porous” liquid capable of capturing “harmful carbon emissions”. The first of its kind...

America's General Electric will develop a new family of turboprop engines for small aircraft, according to N+1 with reference to Aviation Week. The first new power plants will be sent to the American company Textron, which plans to create a new single-engine passenger plane. The new range of...