SCIENCE

Insect-borne diseases like dengue and malaria, including agricultural pests, may soon be controlled with the use genetically engineered insects.

NZ weather forecasters said water swells in the Bay of Plenty is expected to be as high as 5 metres today, turning for worse the condition of the ill-fated cargo vessel MV Rena, which has already been struggling with swells up to 3 metres Tuesday Morning. Fears of another episode of major oil or the large ship breaking up in half rise anew in these conditions.

Boeing announced Monday it is leasing the space shuttle processing hangar at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for use as operational base for its commercial manned spacecraft business.

Reducing the calories that people eat is often the best way to lose those unwanted pounds. But a study conducted by Mikael Molin of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology states that a person consuming less calories can also live a longer life.

The simulated mission to Mars will soon end and the six volunteer astronauts are set to ‘return’ home after a mock 520-day journey to the Red Planet.

China sent Tuesday an unmanned spacecraft to space to dock with its orbiting space station launched in September. It will be the first time the country will try to dock two spacecrafts together in space.

A 20 million ton asteroid, dubbed as “the continent killer”, is currently heading towards Earth and could be on a massive collision with the planet in approximately 25 years.

According to data from the United Nations Population Division the world would hit the seven billion population mark on Oct. 31, and it took humanity only a dozen years to add another billion to the planet. The steep population curve is likely to continue in the next few decades with demographers estimating that humanity will number at least 9.3 billion by 2050.

Leading Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is accused of changing his colors again, this time on one of the most sensitive global issues, climate change and human impact.

An underwater volcano near the Canary Islands has been pushing lava for the last three weeks and could create a new island on the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

Astronomers are not the only ones who will have a chance to closely observe an asteroid that will pass closer to Earth than the moon's orbit on Nov. 8. Anyone can see the 400-meter 2005 YU55 using a 12.5 centimetre telescope.

Amidst uproar and doubt over their experiment showing neutrino beams traveling faster than light, the scientists who achieved the shocking feat are repeating the measurement they used in a bid to prove they are correct.

Being diagnosed with cancer is always hard. Just the thought of undergoing medication and chemotherapy can certainly take its toll. But what's more disconcerting than having cancer, is having one that has no known cure.

Atlantic Ocean temperatures during the Late Cretaceous Epoch 70 million years ago, which is an example of greenhouse climate on earth, could help scientists understand the consequences of modern increases in greenhouse gases.

Southeast Queensland experienced severe thunderstorms over the weekend, but no major damages were reported. Meanwhile, thunderstorms predicted for Sydney over the weekend did not materialize.

Regular taking of aspirin reduces the risk of developing hereditary cancers, according to the findings of a decade-long study by scientists including those from Queen’s University, particularly bowel and womb cancers.

NASA congratulated Russia for its successful launch of the unmanned Progress M-13M spacecraft to the International Space Station on Oct. 30 , which sets the stage for the next manned mission planned for mid-November.

A climate sceptic has said that it is now time to end the debate over whether global warming is real after the most definitive study into temperature data gathered by weather stations over the past half-century.

There is a lot of useful material in otherwise dead space junk. Now the military's wing of crazy, cool geniuses is going to build mini-satellites to go get it out. Recycling goes space age.

Western medicine has always been conservative in its endeavors to cure and treat diseases, unlike its counterpart, alternative medicine counts on the odd and the outrageous in dealing with ailments.

Since the dawn of modern medicine, doctors and scientists have found a way to make things easier to swallow. Yes, drinking pills nowadays seem to be just what the doctor ordered, but who would have thought that the common fruit juice could have a leg up on those tiny poppers?

Smoking has been a normal part of life for some adults living in California. But this doesn't mean that it should also be part of their children's lives.

The Halloween bug has bitten everyone, including three astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Colliding galaxies happen more often than previous estimates suggests according to recent study by astronomers.

A space rock, asteroid 2005 YU55, will zoom by Earth inside the orbit of the moon on Nov. 8. As its closest approach, the asteroid will pass within 201,700 miles or 325 kilometers of Earth at 6:28 p.m. EDT (2228 GMT).

Growing up is essentially a hard thing to do. People deal with all sorts of problems such as family, financial, and parental issues. The important thing is how we recover from them.

Three whales, believed to be Gray’s beaked whales, have become stuck on a beach near Tauranga in New Zealand, close to the ill-fated MV Rena, which has been wedged in for over three weeks now on Astrolabe Reef in Bay of Plenty.

It seems even the beauty of space isn't enough to distract astronauts from playing with Angry Birds.

Recently, a Zimbabwean man was brought to court when he was found making love with a donkey tied to a tree outside his home in Zvishavane. Sunday Moyo, 28, claimed that he fell madly and deeply in love with a prostitute that he hired for $20.