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HONG KONG: Fiords from Alaska to Norway soak up potentially damaging carbon from the atmosphere, making the steep-sided inlets an...

New findings on whale tongues may lead to insight on human nerve damage

MEXICO: Scientists discovered rorqual whales have "stretchy" nerves in their moth and tongue that can double in length and spring...

Radiation exposure on the journey to the Red Planet may cause brain damage

WASHINGTON: Living on Mars might prove safe enough for future colonists, but a new study shows that radiation exposure on...

High school students discover pulsar with widest orbit ever detected

LONDON: A pair of high school student researchers located a pulsar with the widest orbit ever seen around another neutron...

Russian space vessel progress M-27M is falling towards Earth

NEW YORK: A Russian spacecraft is spinning uncontrollably around Earth after it broke down travelling to the International Space Station...

Team of researchers discovered salty groundwater beneath Antarctica’s dry valleys

MEXICO: An international team of researchers discovered salty groundwater beneath the Dry Valleys region of the world’s coldest and driest...

Fjords are unexpected natural allies against climate change: study

LONDON: Fiords from Alaska to Norway soak up potentially damaging carbon from the atmosphere, making the steep-sided inlets an overlooked...

Heat stress costs Australian economy billions

SYDNEY: In the 2013/14 financial year heat stress cost the Australian economy an estimated $6.9 billion through reduced productivity and...

NASA’s space probe crashes into Mercury

LONDON: NASA's latest Mercury space probe has crashed into the planet at just over 14 000 kilometres per hour. The...

Sense of touch plays vital role in addition to echolocation for bat to catch their prey: study find

WASHINGTON: Bats fly with breathtaking precision because their wings are equipped with highly sensitive touch sensors, cells that respond to...

NASA’s New Horizons space craft suggest that Pluto has a polar cap made of some kind of ice

WASHINGTON: The latest images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft show a bright spot near the dwarf planet's poleImages from NASA’s...

Hawaiian volcano explodes as crater wall collapses causing flaming lava lake blast

CANADA: Molten lava, rocks and gas went flying through the air on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano after an explosion was caused...

NASA craft falls from orbit into planet

LONDON: The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing Thursday. NASA's Messenger plunged...

Underwater volcano eruption again, Geologist predicts

MEXICO: An underwater volcano 300 miles off the Oregon Coast appears to have erupted again, just as an Oregon State...

New technology may make interplanetary travel in space

NEW YORK: At NASA’s Eagleworks Labs, located at the Johnson Space Center, scientists are working on a new space travel...

Nepal earthquake anticipated since 1990s, says US expert

LONDON: The M7.8 (magnitude of 7.8 on Richter scale) earthquake that shook Nepal on April 25, 2015, was anticipated as...

Whales have ‘bungee cord’ nerves that allow them to open wide and feast on fish

FRANCE: Researchers from the University of British Columbia have discovered that the largest animals alive – whales – have nerves...

Extreme heat poses a billion dollar threat to Australia’s economy, study

PERTH: Heat stress cost the Australian economy more than $6 billion in the 2013 financial year through lost productivity and...

Now the International Space Station fully equipped

BRENT: Samantha Cristoforetti had an espresso on Sunday that was out of this world, and she did it in the...

New ‘Jupiter-sized’ exoplanet challenges planet formation ideas