In PHOTOS: Space shuttle Endeavour's road trip

Space shuttle Endeavour has finally rolled into its retirement home at the California Science Center after it paraded through the streets of Los Angeles. After a 19-km road trip, Endeavour arrived......

REWIND: TOP photos of the week that was

Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 24 hours. A monkey sits on an idol of Buddha during celebrations on the birth anniversary of Buddha, also......

Americans can now go outside without a mask: CDC

New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is safe for people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be outside without a mask, but only in small groups.......

Roger Penrose, 2 others share Physics Nobel for black hole research

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was jointly awarded to three scientists for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole.   IMAGE: David Haviland,......

At $2.1 billion, Buffett is year's biggest philanthropist

The top 10 largest philanthropic donations of 2014 also include, Edward Meyer at 9th rank ($75 million donation to Weill Cornell Medical College) and Charles Munger at the 10th place ($65 million......

US starts receiving applications for H-1B visas

The US has started accepting petition for the much sought H-1B work visas, amid fear from industry experts and officials that the Congressional mandated quota of 65,000 might get filled up in the......

How sunflowers may help India meet solar energy target

Pallava Bagla explains the connection between the sunflower mystery and the 'rotatable solar trees' India plans to develop. One of the oldest scientific mysteries of the plant world as to what......

10 Indians in elite US engineering body

In his 30-year-plus career as a scientist, technologist and entrepreneur, Dr Kanti Jain has achieved many milestones, including developing fabrication technologies for microelectronics such as......

Angelina-Brad's love story in pictures

Hollywood's famous couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have called it quits. The duo, who were together for over 10 years, surprised their fans when they got married in a private ceremony in 2014.......

And the Oscar for 'Best Bollywood Film' is...

Indian Americanshave asked the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to introduce a new award category of 'Best Bollywood Film' for films made in India. Rajan Zed, a leader of the......

Why we admire Satyajit Ray so much

To his uninformed detractors -- including the late Indian actress Nargis Dutt -- filmmaker Satyajit Ray was a tireless chronicler of Indian poverty whose Pather Panchali captured the attention of......

Revealed! Final moments of Kobe Bryant's fatal helicopter crash

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) estimated Bryant's luxury passenger helicopter hit the ground at a speed of more than 2,000 feet (610 m) per minute. IMAGE: NBA......

Tiger eyes legacy away from golf

Tiger Woods has already established himself as arguably the greatest golfer in history, but he fervently hopes his legacy will focus instead on his contributions to society. He created the Tiger......

Marion Jones testifies in S.F doping probe

U.S. Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones, one of the world's best known athletes, on Thursday joined a growing list of sports stars called to testify before a federal grand jury probing doping......