NASA has released a series of pictures from satellite data visualizations that show how tens of millions of fires look from outer space. The fire observations by the MODearate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS for short, help scientists understand the effects of fire on the Earth's environment from local to global scales.
Oct 21, 2011
Researchers have forecasted a continuous rise in water level in the coming centuries due to global warming.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 21, 2011
Studies have shown that computer games are the latest therapy in treating Parkinson’s disease. A study led by the UCSF School of Nursing along with Red Hills Studios, a California games developer, found out that physical therapy computer games can help victims of Parkinson’s disease to enhance their balance and improve their gait.
Karen Mae Cordon
Oct 21, 2011
Oxygen-breathing bacteria may have lived on land 100 million years sooner than previously thought.
ranina sanglap
Oct 20, 2011
Despite the criticisms that the Labor government received for the proposed carbon tax, four major global green investment groups backed the carbon tax and said it will provide economic benefits to Australia.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 20, 2011
Mark your calendars. October 21 is the end of the world, at least according to U.S. Christian broadcaster Harold Camping
ranina sanglap
Oct 20, 2011
Recently, scrotal elephantiasis caught the attention of people, especially men, worldwide. This happened after Wesley Warren Jr, a brave man from Los Angeles, exposed his unusual condition on Howard Stern’s radio and even on national television. He is hoping to raise $1 million for a surgery that will treat his swelling scrotum.
Karen Mae Cordon
Oct 20, 2011
Several research studies have revealed cave-like formations about a meter deep in the moon which scientists believe were actually entrances to a complex labyrinth of lunar tunnels.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 20, 2011
The formation of the youngest plant from gas and dust was captured by a University of Hawaii astronomer Adam Kraus.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 20, 2011
More Australians are taking public transportation to move around and biking to reach their destinations. The shift toward more environment-friendly and healthier transport options is one of the findings of the State of Australian Cities 2011 report released on Thursday.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 20, 2011
German satellite ROSAT is expected to fall directly on earth this weekend. A month ago, scientists and space experts were all worried about a deadly collision with the UARS satellite from NASA. And ROSAT is another falling junk that people should worry about.
Karen Mae Cordon
Oct 20, 2011
Space tourists will soon be able to fly to suborbital space to experience moments of weightlessness and feel the thrill of seeing the Earth.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 20, 2011
Some people panicked when soothsayers predicted that the approach of Comet Elenin would trigger catastrophic earthquakes and tsunamis, or worse, suggesting that Elenin was not a comet but a rogue planet called Nibiru that would usher in the Apocalypse.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 20, 2011
The impact of a giant meteorite hitting the Earth may resemble a volcanic eruption.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 20, 2011
Will government regulation on laser hair removal protect people from being burned as they have unwanted hair removed? If you asked consumer magazine Choice Australia, the answer will be yes.
Lawrence Villamar
Oct 20, 2011
Looks like the Space Race isn't over after all. The United States may have put the first man on the moon by Russian scientists and cosmonauts are now looking to start the first lunar base.
ranina sanglap
Oct 20, 2011
Oil and containers that have fallen off the ill-fated cargo ship Rena have begun washing up more than 130 kilometres away on scenic East Cape beaches.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 19, 2011
Newsweek releases its 2011 Green Rankings. What other U.S. companies are seriously green?
Jamelle Agbuis
Oct 19, 2011
Northern Queensland received a record 112 millimetres of rain on Tuesday in just 13 hours from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. The rainfall broke the 1964 record of 86.6 mm.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 19, 2011
A 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck Adelaide CBD, waking up residents at 2:22am Wednesday. The shallow quake was felt across the city for about five seconds, with the epicentre believed to be in the south eastern suburb of Upper Sturt, according to ABC news.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 19, 2011
Earlier this year, Enrique Lucero Leon, a fisherman in California, brought home something unexpected after fishing – a 22 inch albino Cyclops shark. It happened in July but photos released on the internet are still catching people’s attention.
Karen Mae Cordon
Oct 19, 2011
Controversy appears to await Queen Elizabeth even before she arrived on Wednesday night in Canberra. An animal rights group is threatening to hold a protest while Queensland flood victims feel slighted by the non-inclusion of their area in what could be the royal's last visit to Australia.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 19, 2011
Governments and private health institutions around the world have been engaged in a battle to fight Malaria, a disease that kills more than 1 million people annually and second to Tuberculosis in as far as effects on world health is concerned.
Joseph Alan Alonso
Oct 19, 2011
The latest controversy about the lost Da Vinci Masterpiece could have made Christie’s auction house $21,000 richer. Martin Kemp, an art historian from the University of Oxford, believes that the mystery painting came from a wedding book. The book was believed to be Da Vinci’s gift to the Duke of Milan’s daughter on her wedding.
Karen Mae Cordon
Oct 19, 2011
A dead taxi driver from the U.K. became the first man in 3,000 years to be mummified like ancient Egypt's pharaohs; his body will not decompose for several millennia.
Windsor Genova
Oct 19, 2011
Commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has officially opened its spaceport in New Mexico, USA to serve as the jump-off point of space tourists 12 months from now.
Windsor Genova
Oct 19, 2011
In 500 years some of man's greatest cities, like London and New York will be underwater. Unless the effects of global warming can be reversed, rising sea levels will continue to rise in the next 500 years and flood most cities on the coast.
ranina sanglap
Oct 18, 2011
Climate change and its menaces should be dealt with promptly to reduce possible threats to the well-being of people worldwide.
Joseph Alan Alonso
Oct 18, 2011
The Orionid meteor shower is the second meteor shower astronomers can look forward to in October. The more dramatic Draconid meteor shower blazed its way across the night sky in early October but for those who missed the Draconids, the Orionids offer a more reliable stargazing experience that is no less spectacular.
ranina sanglap
Oct 18, 2011
Robots still have a long way to go before they can rival humans in visual perception. A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences proved that machines still struggle with interpreting visual patterns as compared to their human counterparts.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 18, 2011
