Science

LONDON: The target to keep global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels – as agreed...

WASHINGTON: TWO blokes hunting for yabbies have nabbed a croc in the middle of outback central Queensland THE freshwater crocodile...

BEIJING: Just a quick story to make you feel better about your life achievements. A tiny android named Kirobo has...

FRANCE: A team of researchers has come up with a revolutionary material that has superior anti-penetration properties while remaining flexible....

CANADA: In the latest application for the wonder material graphene, light bulbs made with the one-atom-thick carbon material are expected...

WASHINGTON: When the first astronauts land on Mars, they will not use a conventional parachute or heat shield that has...

HONG KONG: Early next Saturday morning, Coloradans will experience the third total lunar eclipse of the current tetrad of lunar...

LONDON: Ask people what they know about Antarctica and they usually mention cold, snow and ice. In fact, there’s so...

LONDON: Global warming caused the northern tip of Antarctica to nearly reach room temperature last week, with a record-breaking high...

MEXICO: Researchers have found fresh evidence of the presence of groundwater on Mars. Investigators note that such conditions in a...

FRANCE: A group of astronomers headed by Dr Andreas Eckart from the University of Cologne, Germany, has made the best...

PERTH: Australians are in for an extra Easter show with the last of the three 2014-15 total lunar eclipses playing...

NEW YORK: What do butterflies, spiders and lobsters have in frequent? They are all surviving relatives of a newly identified...

LONDON: Super massive black holes at the centre of large galaxies could be powering blasts from deep inside the galaxy's...

NEW YORK: Two Earth-like planets could be orbiting a star in Alpha Centauri, our closest star system, astronomers have found....

PERTH: Scientists have released the results of the best study yet of the floating ice shelves of the Antarctic and...

MEXICO: A new study that is published in the journal Science combines satellite data in order to track the health...

MEXICO: In a study published in the journal Nature this week, a researcher shows a link between the X-ray wind...

HONG KONG: An asteroid over a large portion of a mile wide is situated to take off past Earth on...

LONDON: Imagine you are Sherlock Holmes bent on solving a mystery but the evidence is starting to crumble and eventually...