SCIENCE

It was a bad year of Australia's insurance industry which had to pay out more than $4 billion in insurance claims due to the natural calamities that battered the country in 2011.

One of the most intriguing mysteries in the Bible is the location of the Star of Bethlehem, the star that led the Three Wise Men to the manger where Jesus was born. Astronomers have proposed countless theories about what the star might have been and where it could be located in the galaxy.

Could the next generation touch screen be made from paper?

A new study finds that limiting food intake can activate genes linked to longevity and brain function, which could lead to new treatments to extend life, improve memory and reduce risk of dementia.

NASA’s ongoing “Smart SPHERES” experiment has demonstrated how a smartphone controller can serve as remotely operated assistant after it successfully transmitted motion data gathered by a free-flying robot on the International Space Station to its astronaut handler.

Fiscal crisis stricken Germany, by far the eurozone's largest single investor in renewable energy, is all the more getting serious to wipe out its coal usage by 2020.

Researchers hope to assess the potential impact of global warming on marine ecosystems by examining tiny worms that inhabit the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has discovered two small Earth-sized worlds orbiting a star in the Cygnus constellation. They're the smallest exoplanets found to date and an encouraging sign that Kepler could find planets as small as Earth.

The stressful life of today has got some people’s blood either boiling or their blood pressure shooting to the roof. However, new research might change things as those who have hypertension may need to dial it down to save their life.

ET watchers may be able to find an alien world through telescopes that may spot artificial lightings “out there.”

The La Niña in 2011 (reported to be one of the strongest to occur in recent years) was a major factor in several natural disasters that occurred all around the globe.

A new study has bolstered the medical use of maggots in cleaning wounds by removing dead and unhealthy tissues.

Findings of a new study showed that, contrary to long ago assumptions that destruction of giant volcanoes along subduction zones could add to earthquake risks, the opposite could be true.

Every day scientists and inventors are discovering new technologies that will change the world in ways that we can't imagine. Here are some of the current technologies that will inevitably change the way we live in the future.

Science can possibly predict if a song will likely “make it” in the hit chart by using a state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms, research shows.

Spring time will soon come and plant life will start to bloom once more. And as sure and as pleasant as that sounds, there is also the one thing that rouses every spring - ticks. Spreading everywhere, from animals, pets, to humans, ticks can be a minor nuisance. However, a good percentage of these ticks can transmit a disease that can cause major trouble.

Scientists have found clues on the formation of the mysterious Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, also known as “ghost mountains, that is buried deep beneath the ice sheet surrounding Dome Argus, the highest ice feature in Antartica.

Majority of Australians will have as their New Year's resolution to keep fit. Expected to cash in from this personal promise are gyms, fitness centres and personal trainers.

oybeans, widely grown and eaten around the world, are commonly used to make essentials like tofu, soy sauce, and soy milk. As good a reputation that they already have, new research findings suggest that the humble soybean can do more than just sate appetites - it can also help treat cancer.

Knee pains are one of the most debilitating punishment people can take on their joints. Plaguing both sexes, but more so for women, it is to be expected as one reaches middle age. With such crippling pain, a new 12-year study done may offer insights as to how much this really affects women.

Effective Jan. 1, China will start implementing a modified Vehicle and Vessel Tax Law that imposes a corresponding higher tax levy for vehicles with an engine size of 2 liters and above.

Recession has taken its toll even on the NASA which stands to lose an additional $325 million under the omnibus spending package that will soon be voted upon in the U. S. Senate.

New study claims that letting babies cry — without intervening — could lead to higher incidences of ADHD, anxiety and developmental disorders.

Republicans in Congress have delayed part of a 2007 law that would require U.S. light bulbs to be more energy-efficient, scoring a symbolic victory.

Typhoon Washi, locally known as Sendong, struck the Philippines hard late last Friday and caused landslides and flash floods that killed over six hundred and fifty people.

Climate change will result to a massive shift in the Earth’s vegetation by 2100 when the world’s greenhouse gas emissions would have doubled, a new study revealed, based on a computer model to project how the world’s vegetation would shift in the next three centuries.

Embryonic cells and sperm collected from two species of coral that live in the Great Barrier Reef are being preserved in frozen repository that could someday restore some of the corals to the reef.

A new study has found that the hydrogen and helium gases that made Jupiter a gas giant is destroying the planet’s very core, leading astronomers to believe that most massive extrasolar planets have no cores at all, changing the view scientists have long held of these distant worlds.

Cancer has become a normal occurrence in the world nowadays. And as unfortunate as it is, cancer can occur in different parts of the body. However, one in four cancers being diagnosed around the world involves the lung, and is still one the contributors when it comes to the most common cancer-related cause of death among Americans.