SCIENCE

Residents at the coastal and island communities between Pardoo and Whim Creek, including the communities of Pardoo, Port Hedland, South Hedland and Whim Creek in Western Australia are forewarned of the intensity of the coming Cyclone Heidi, which is expected to hit tonight.

The fantasy over Spiderman is over: fans of the fictional hero are surprised after hearing about the making of real mega-strong spider silk that makes Spiderman swing off from building to building.

Sabotage by foreign forces may have caused the recent “unexplained” failures of Russian satellites, according to Russia’s space chief Vladimir Popovkin, even as the countdown for the predicted Jan. 15 re-entry of the failed Phobos-Grunt mission begins.

Climate change is changing the financial landscape of Australian insurance companies. The Insurance Australia Group (IAG), whose profit margin is expected to be hit anew by natural catastrophes, warned that the changing and less-predictable climate has the potential to reduce insurers' capacity to calculate, price and spread the weather-related risk.

Nicotine patches don't help smokers kick the habit and remain cigarette-free over the long haul, but it has positive effects on the brains of older people who are suffering from mild memory loss, new studies show.

Taking aspirin every day to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease or cancer mortality is not beneficial to individuals with no history of cardiovascular disease as it increases nontrivial bleeding events.

Celebrities having a baby are as much awaited as having a family member give birth to their own – awe inspiring and a story that should be told to everyone. The only difference is with family members we get to see the baby immediately, but when it comes to celebs, we stay tuned to the TV screens and computer monitors.

Researchers have discovered a way to outfit robobugs with electronic sensors which can give these cyborg insects a reliable power source.

Online retailers seems to be shopping from a "question of touch" which results from a higher return rate last year. So, here's a survey of the technology available right now that can help shoppers augment their online shopping experience to approximate physically interacting with the product.

Amidst the great news of celebrity power couple Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z having successfully conceived their first baby, Blue Ivy, Beyonce’s hubby comes out with his newest song “Glory,” which revealed shocking news of a miscarriage. With this latest bombshell making noise, people are left to wonder: “Could they have done something to prevent the miscarriage?”

A team of astronomers is on a search for moons, particularly the size of Earth moon, around extrasolar planets using available Kepler data.

Researchers have discovered genetic traces of a giant tortoise species believed extinct for 150 years in living hybrids on the Galapagos island of Isabela.

Astronomers have released a map showing dark matter and galaxies billions of light years across.

XPAL Power, the company behind Energizer and PowerSkin, has a solution to your phone's battery life with SpareOne, a super-cheap phone that runs on one AA battery

A new study has found that Australia and New Zealand have the highest rate of marijuana and amphetamine use in the world, while Asia boasted the lowest.

Scientists in search for extraterrestrial intelligence have narrowed their search by using data from newly discovered exoplanets.

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) killed last week about 300 Asian honey bees found on a cargo ship in Townsville, which came from Port Moresby. The operation was made after DAFF biosecurity officers inspected shipping containers and the vessel which subsequently led to the extermination of the bees.

Scary Spice Mel B. bids bye-bye to baby weight after passing her halfway mark to her goal and losing eight kilos after two months of Jenny Craig Program. But can dear, reliable Jenny really help those who are overweight or obese in eating off some pounds?

The Simplified Pathophysiology of Migraine Headaches. Patho what? Not interested, next page please! I understand that not a lot of people would really care about or rock their brains over technical and scientific mambo jumbo stuff such as the Pathophysiology of a disease or illness. These things are for the medical people go to school for to understand, give us a prescription on how to get rid of the pain, and get paid for.

The three anti-whaling activists, Geoffrey Tuxworth, Simon Peterffy and Glen Pendlebury, who were held onboard a Japanese whaling ship will not be charged and will be turned over to Australian authorities, reports said.

Dieticians from around the country have revealed what they consider to be three fad diets that you should avoid in the battle of the bulge.

American plastic surgeon Dr. McKay McKinnon successfully removed an 82-kilogramme tumour on a Vietnamese man's leg in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday and then removed another large-sized tumour on a woman's face in a separate operation the following day.

A NASA-funded effort hopes to produce a prototype robot, weighing only about 2 pounds and powered by microbes within the next 10 years. First year funding will come from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program.

A new study showed that individuals who were not properly nourished while in the womb have reduced ability to store fact correctly later in life, putting them at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other age-related diseases.

They seem like something straight out of a horror movie. Ants with huge heads and large jaws that is reminiscent of the creature features of the 50's. Unfortunately for those with deep seated phobias of ants, these giant headed insects are due for a comeback as scientists from McGill University in Canada have recreated these super-soldier ants by using ancient genes to trigger their development in modern day ants.

Australia's carbon tax scheme is put on the limelight again after China announced last week the adoption of a carbon tax scheme effective 2015. China aims to reduce its carbon emissions by as much as 40 per cent to 45 percent by 2020.

Amid a plan by China to start collecting a $1.55 per tonne carbon tax, the measure is becoming more unpopular in countries and regions where it has been imposed or would soon be collected.

The wire itself is measured in nanoscale is 20 times smaller than the smallest wire available commercially. With its size, it was expected to behave along the rules of quantum mechanics but is found to still follow the Ohm's law, which states that the resistance of a wire increases with its length. The wire behaves like any normal piece of wire.

The Australian government is in diplomatic talks with Japan to secure the release of three anti-whaling activists who are presently held on board a Japanese ship, Shonan Maru II, which they boarded around 16 miles off Australia’s west coast on Saturday night.