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Fuel-free flight: The Solar Impulse, a solar-powered plane, at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California.(Photo: Jim Wilson/NYT)
Voyager Bertrand Piccard was part of the team that was the first to circumnavigate the globe nonstop in a balloon. When a propane shortage nearly ended...

An apple a day keeps wrinkles away

Research Stem cells from a rare variety of Swiss apple, 'uttwiler spatlauber', are known to have excellent age-delaying and anti-wrinkle properties...

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Scientists have been trying to decipher the colours of feathered dinosaurs by studying pigmented structures called melanosomes in the animals' fossilised...

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Sakshi, wife of Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni, during an IPL match against RC...

Sakshi, wife of Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni, during an IPL match against RC...

A rare baby tortoise found at Mushalpur in Assam on Sunday.

A rare baby tortoise found at Mushalpur in Assam on Sunday.

A man offers water to a lion in a zoo in Solapur on Sunday.

A man offers water to a lion in a zoo in Solapur on Sunday.

People enjoy in Rambir Canal in Jammu on Sunday.

People enjoy in Rambir Canal in Jammu on Sunday.

Cars set on fire by miscreants outside a polling station at Maan village in Mukatsar district ...

Cars set on fire by miscreants outside a polling station at Maan village in Mukatsar district ...

Co- owner of KKR Juhi Chawla watches her team's match with Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 6...

Co- owner of KKR Juhi Chawla watches her team's match with Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 6...

Actress Yami Goutam at a promotional event in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.

Actress Yami Goutam at a promotional event in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.

British rock band The Rolling Stones perform during their '50 & Counting' tour in Anaheim.

British rock band The Rolling Stones perform during their '50 & Counting' tour in Anaheim.

Cast member Justin Timberlake poses during a photocall for the film 'Inside Llewyn Davis'...

Cast member Justin Timberlake poses during a photocall for the film 'Inside Llewyn Davis'...

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seen during the flagoff world 10k run 2013 in Bengaluru...

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seen during the flagoff world 10k run 2013 in Bengaluru...