Scientists have found that whales known as narwhals, sometimes called ‘unicorn of the sea’ because of their long, ivory tusk that spirals several feet on the top of their heads, can help in their efforts to preserve Arctic waters.
Genalyn Corocoto
Nov 02, 2011
Society nowadays is obsessed with their health and how they look. With people paying loads of money for experts for nutritional and dietary counsel, more and more are looking for an easier way to watch how they eat.
Lord Jorrel Polintan
Nov 02, 2011
The NASA has made a deal with the Boeing Co., among other private partners, in connection with the use of its Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Genalyn Corocoto
Nov 02, 2011
An Australian study of bird flights could provide improvements on pilot-less aircraft, particularly for navigation through environments such as canyons, gorges or under bridges.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 01, 2011
The successful launch of China's first-ever docking mission Monday could stir speculation that China is bent on becoming a space superpower. The Shenzhou 8 spacecraft aims to test technologies for that China will use to build a space station by 2020.
Genalyn Corocoto
Nov 01, 2011
Insect-borne diseases like dengue and malaria, including agricultural pests, may soon be controlled with the use genetically engineered insects.
Genalyn Corocoto
Nov 01, 2011
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.
Arlene Paredes
Nov 01, 2011
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.
Windsor Genova
Nov 01, 2011
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.
Lord Jorrel Polintan
Nov 01, 2011
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.
Genalyn Corocoto
Nov 01, 2011
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.
Windsor Genova
Nov 01, 2011
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.
Genalyn Corocoto
Nov 01, 2011
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.
ranina sanglap
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Joseph Alan Alonso
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Windsor Genova
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Windsor Genova
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Lord Jorrel Polintan
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Lawrence Villamar
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Lawrence Villamar
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Lord Jorrel Polintan
Oct 31, 2011
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?
Lord Jorrel Polintan
Oct 31, 2011
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.
Lord Jorrel Polintan
Oct 28, 2011
The Halloween bug has bitten everyone, including three astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 28, 2011
Colliding galaxies happen more often than previous estimates suggests according to recent study by astronomers.
Oct 28, 2011
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).
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 28, 2011
