Impact

UN holds first global study of nature and human race: 100,000 species on path to extinction

With many species on Earth dying, the UN has released a study that was three years in the making.

Verizon report claims that data breaches are turning more complex and damaging

Data breaches are becoming more pervasive and damaging and are now affecting every department within an organisation - leaving a lingering, if not lasting, imprint on an enterprise, a new report said on Tuesday.

Researchers are working out how to deflect asteroids and prevent devastating impact events

A team of researchers is working out how to deflect the path of an asteroid to avoid the apocalypse.

India leads world in the digital transformation business impact

India leads the world in the digital transformation business impact scorecard, according to a global survey conducted by CA Technologies with Coleman Parkes.

Comet strike may have triggered ancient warming event, suggests research

A comet struck our home planet a long time ago and it could have triggered the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a rapid warming event caused by an accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide 56 million years ago, suggests new research.

Google patent glues pedestrians to self-driving cars

Google on Thursday had a fresh US patent for a sticky coating that could be applied to self-driving cars so pedestrians stick instead of bouncing off when hit.

World's largest asteroid impact zone found in central Australia

Scientists have uncovered in central Australia what is believed to be the largest asteroid impact zone ever found on Earth

DMK has indirect role in Rajiv killing: Jaya

I have been under death threats since 1991, says Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa.