SCIENCE

A new study recently published by science journal PLoS ONE has indicated that shark population in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may be witnessing a sharp decline due to unregulated fishing activities in the area.

Residents of New South Wales Blue Mountains have declared their area a nuclear-free zone, a federal government report released on Wednesday said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday disclosed that 2 million people from more than 1,000 cities across 91 countries die each year because of the effects of massive air pollution.

The inner dynamics of a person's nose can be likened to a household, with separate teams doing their own separate tasks. Nasal molecules that respond to pleasant smells hold a different location from molecules that respond to unpleasant smells. This was the result of a study that aimed to test the hypothesis that "the organization of the olfactory epithelium reflects olfactory perception."

Females who want to get rid of depression can now find solace in drinking caffeine-laced drinks although researchers based in Harvard claimed that more research is necessary before they can recommend that drinking several cups a day can be considered as therapy.

A medical study released online on Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that certain individuals afflicted with asthma will not be capable of responding to inhaled steroids which are used for long-term asthma control.

A few days after alarming levels of radioactive cesium and iodine 131 were reported near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, local officials plan to decontaminate homes within 60 kilometers, NHK World News reported.

China is launching its first space laboratory module at the end of the week, with final preparations for the Tiangong-1 spacecraft launch in full swing.

In the first India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue held in Beijing, Indian delegates headed by Deputy-chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia told media the dialogue serves as a "knowledge transfer" conveying substantial benefits to both countries, The Hindu reported.

As Google's Internet Evangelist, one of the "Fathers of the Internet," Vint Cerf, recently spoke before brilliant children at a charity forum. Asked about his thoughts on what lies ahead for the internet, he expressed optimism and says there are exciting things ahead.

Ever want Harry Potter's Cloak of Invisibility? Science fiction fantasy may just become a reality as Spanish researchers have developed an magnetic cloaking device that could hide objects from magnetic fields.

Undergoing prostrate cancer biopsies, which take only 15 minutes, has become more hazardous for men, according to a recent research in the U.S.

A Virginia resident last week sent in proof of the this next step in the evolution of the cane toad with five legs. Five legged cane toads have been discovered before most notably back in 2007 with a five legged frog by the name of Jake the Peg in Tumbling Waters near Darwin River.

Women account for 75 percent of the agricultural producers in sub-Saharan Africa, but the majority of women farmers are living on only $1.25 per day, according to researchers from the Worldwatch Institute.

Starting on September 1, 2011 the official single use plastic bag ban has begun in the Northern Territory. Some people are cheering and happy but others are now scratching their heads… what do we now use to line our rubbish bin?

Hydrogen-based energy technology currently lacks the ability to effectively and efficiently produce hydrogen on a large scale apart from the heavy input of fossil fuels which defeats the purpose entirely.

UARS is the biggest spacecraft to fall uncontrolled in 32 years. Note that anybody hit by 300 pound chunk could probably be annihilated and unable to call the police.

A new video of the crashing NASA satellite UARS has emerged even as the U.S. space agency has yet to disclose the crash site on fears of a mad scramble for parts that survived the heat and impact of its fall from orbit on Friday.

Just weeks after a NASA's UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) has scattered its pieces somewhere on Earth, the planet is now in for another round of space junk landing. This time, its pieces are more likely to hit someone.

The defunct UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite), has fallen from space over the weekend, and experts share thoughts on where its pieces could have fallen.

Researchers working for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) were caught by surprise with a fantastic finding during one of their routine experiments in Switzerland.

The falling NASA satellite bypassed Australia late this afternoon according to astronomers who have been keeping track of its descent.NASA expects the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite or UARS to crash back to Earth within the next 24 hours but hasn't been able to pinpoint where in the world it would land. So far the possible landing area covers the entire populate planet except for Antarctica.

The federal government stamped its environmental approval on the Chevron-led Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project that experts said would lead to billion-dollars of investments but could disrupt the marine eco-system off the coast of Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming has teamed up with British business tycoon Richard Branson in convincing Chinese citizens especially the affluent families against eating shark fins emphasizing the government must be strict in implementing the law on their trade and use.

It resembles the plot line of a cheesy horror flick, but the idea that a new generation of vicious "mutant" dogs will one day spawn from puppies still living in and around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster zone is something that Japanese officials are taking very seriously.

A 17-year-old mysteriously wanders into Germany's capital from a nearby forest, adding to the long and often tragic history of kids raised in the wild.

Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss

Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a warning to Honshu residents for constant vigilance as Typhoon Roke blasted into the region late Wednesday.

This weekend, there is one-in-3200 risk that the speeding debris of the defunct 6-tonne, 35-ft NASA satellite the size of a school bus would hit someone on Earth. What do you do if you got "lucky?" NASA says, "Don't touch it."