indian scientists have digitally mapped rich flora spread over an area of about 84,000 square kilometres of thick forest. The first phase of this exercise was

Urbanisation takes its toll on farmlands

A voyage into space for a three dimensional monitoring of the polluted environment

The view from space of a bright blue Earth is becoming marred by smoke and dust as environmental destruction grows increasingly visible, reported the commander of the International Space Station,

The world's first solar-powered aircraft, Helios, has made a world altitude record. It reached 24.7 km, five hours and 16 minutes after its launch from the us navy's Pacific Missile Range

How to get those malfunctioning satellites back home?

an italian microbiologist who has been monitoring hygiene on the Russian space station, Mir, says that filthy conditions have caused its occupants to suffer from food poisoning and other

A project to conserve the Asian

Cosmonauts aboard the damaged space station Mir, are cleaning up the ship and are preparing to return home after the most troubled mission in the space station's 11-year history. They are waiting for

the first crop of wheat plants was