SCIENCE

Bill Gates has decided that even the simple mosquito net deserves a radical high tech upgrade. Gates is investing $1 Million in a laser defense barrier to keep mosquitoes away.

The health risks associated with eating well-done meat may have been underestimated.It has long been known that heat-processing of food, like grilling or frying, can lead to the formation of carcinogenic substances, the so-called food mutagens. But a new study has found that the harmful effects of consuming well done meat may have been underestimated.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have sued SeaWorld marine parks arguing that the park was keeping whales as slaves and that the animals should be set free under America's 13th Amendment.

Since MV Rena crashed into Astrolabe Reef on the early morning of Oct. 5 off Tauranga in New Zealand, authorities have organized continuing efforts to clean up the resulting oil spill and pump out the remaining 358 tonnes of oil from the cargo vessel to a barge to avoid further marine life damages.

Small planes and army helicopters on Sunday began rescuing tourists stranded since Tuesday in the town of Lukla in northeastern Nepal due to bad weather.

Australian men’s water polo coach John Fox has named a reduced 17-man squad for next month’s second Aussie Sharks training camp to be held in Sydney from November 13-16.

There is no reason to panic when Asteroid 2005 YU55, passes by the Earth on Tuesday.

China now has its fifth space outside of its territory with the acquisition of a space tracking station in Dongara, about 350 kilometers north of Perth in western Australia.

Floodwater in Bangkok has crossed the Lat Phrao intersection on the northern edge of the city center and is closing in on bus terminals, subway stations and Skytrain stations on Sunday, according to reports.

Environmental News You Shouldn't MissA report commissioned by the coal seam gas industry into its own greenhouse gas emissions, and held as commercial-in-confidence for months, shows that Australian gas exported to China is likely to be little better for the environment than coal.

Arianespace will launch its sixth satellite for Optus by 2013 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. The rocket will launch from Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, Paul O'Sullivan, Optus Chief Executive, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, announced in Sydney, Australia.

Nature has spawned pretty strange creatures in its day from long-necked dinosaurs to the dodo. Another one of nature's weird children have been found by scientists, the bone-eating "zombie" worm. Traces of the zombie worm, Osedax was found on a 3-million-year-old fossil whale bone from Tuscany in Italy.

A laser treatment procedure known as Lumineyes can instantly make brown eyes blue in just 20 seconds. Learn more about Lumineyes in this article.

The world’s most powerful particle collider Large Hadron Collider, has surpassed its objectives for 2011, according to a statement released by CERN.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge found a new way to make brains glow, literally. The team created this fluorescent chemical for the convenience of surgeons during brain tumor surgeries.

Afraid of getting old? Fear no more. A recent study has shown that removal of senescent cells or old ‘zombie’ cells can slow down the aging process, including a person’s predisposition to age-related diseases.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Australia and now, in a major boost for drug development, scientists will be able to mimic its effects in a petri dish after identifying a new, reliable way of producing heart cells in the laboratory.

People with higher blood pressure may respond inappropriately to emotions in other people.

Climate change has been the subject of debate for the longest time. Scientists bicker about whose fault it is. Why some still want facts to be sure, others point towards humans for the fault.

Research published in Science today reveals that the first individuals settling on new land are more successful at passing on their genes than those who did not migrate.

A recent study by international researchers has found that humans played a part in the extinction or near extinction of large groups of mammals during the Ice Age.

A massive sunspot, called AR1339 which measure 50,000 miles long has been spotted by NASA's solar observatory and its turning to face Earth in five days time.

Humans have been consuming omega-3 fats from natural fish, nut and seed sources for countless generations.

The most remarkable thing about these two health strategies is that it safeguards the physical condition of people and helps in preventing loss of lives.

It will take 30 years and US$14 billion to fully do away with the contaminated radioactive materials from the Fukushima nuclear plant, according Japan's environment ministry.

China achieved another milestone in its space program with the successful docking of its two spacecrafts on Thursday. The Shenzhou-8 and space lab module Tiangong-1 made the historic docking at 1:36 a.m. local time, according to Wu Ping, spokeswoman for the country's manned space program.

Could Martians be hiding underneath Mars' surface? A new study from NASA released on Wednesday brought up the possibility that life on the planet Mars would have occurred not on the surface of the Red Planet but below in subsurface rocks.

Myanmar airlifted Thursday eight tons of emergency relief goods to Cambodia, which is suffering the same flood miseries for months as neighboring Thailand.

Labor is considering proposals to distinguish parts of the world's largest marine protected area with differing levels of environmental protection, reports said.