Find the fountain of youth; get a million dollars

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched a $1 million (Rs 6.2 crore) prize challenging scientists to discover the ‘elixir of life’ and push human lifespan past its apparent maximum of......

Land rover on moon, get paid $30 mn on earth

Internet search giant Google has offered $30 million (Rs121 crore) in prize money for companies to compete in landing a privately-funded robotic rover on the moon and send back high-resolution......

SpaceShipOne wins $10 million prize

A privately funded rockethas won a $ 10 million US dollar prize for the first commercially viable manned spacecraft, report agencies. SpaceShipOne, commanded by test pilot Brian Binnie touched down......

Will Virgin Galactic's crash end space tourism?

The wait for paying passengers to see Earth from the vantage point of space looked a lot longer on Friday, following the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic’s first spaceship, but aspiring space......

his univ targets the world's pressing problems

Consider this: An intensive 9-week, 10-day, or 3-day programme involving ten future-looking technologies and disciplines. If you are interested in the 10-week course, you need to be a super-smart......

SpaceShipOne is Time's 'Invention of the Year'

SpaceShipOne, the world first privately developed spacecraft that first entered the space in October, has been named '2004 Invention of the Year' by Time magazine as a part of its annual 'Coolest......