SCIENCE

The Greens’ deputy leader, Larissa Waters, considers Australia’s current greenhouse gas emissions policy a “sham,” and critics of the policy believe it may become vague after 2020.

If your special Valentine’s Day 2016 treat is seafood, you may be consuming toxic pollutants that can have serious health hazards, though there is good news.

A mysterious weather system in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, known as MJO, hits the Earth with a collection of rainstorms and disappears after 45 days to rebuild.

Human-made global warming can explain the recent global heat records, but natural climate variations cannot, reveals the study.

One is sure to get baffled by this dead fish video but it is up to the viewer to decide whether it is a hoax or a real thing.

Jeff Bezos owned Blue Origin fired its New Shepard rocket, which reached a height of 333,000 feet and landed safely for a second time on their Texas launch pad.

The Nataruk massacre and skeletal remains suggest that prehistoric humans who were primarily hunter-gatherers were capable of extreme violence and did not spare even women and children.

Researchers have traced the space debris that fell into the Indian Ocean in November 2015 to NASA’s 1998 lunar mission.

The Indian government has decided to leverage space technology and drones to monitor and manage its national highways and road assets.

Scientists say that the large frill found in Protoceratops was used for showing off to potential mates and asserting social dominance, the same practice animals have today.

Acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, ranked first in the list, which includes accidental poisonings in babies, based on a report from the total calls to poison control centres.

Space could actually become a battleground for mining companies that venture into the deep space.

Global warming has delayed the onset of the next Ice Age.

New research shows that dark matter could be creating waves at the outer edges of the Milky Way.

Scientists have used the copper technique to find secret passages in Marie Antoinette’s letters to prove that she had a torrid love affair with Axel de Fersen.

There is a scientific basis behind the body of one person appearing to become an extension of another in a tango dance.

The amputation wound on the skeletal remains of an Austrian who died in the 6th century A.D shows an interesting medical history.

A new research claims a vast amount of methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times stronger than CO2, may be hiding in ice sheets.

The birth delivery mode and feeding method could impact long-term health in infants.

Palaeontologists have found the remains of Machimosaurus rex, a massive crocodile, which could prove that not all animals died during the theorised mass extinction.

Scientists have found significant anti-cancer properties in the popular painkiller Diclofenac.

Scientists found that hookah tobacco smoking, also known as pneumatic water pipe, gives off more toxicants than a regular cigarette.

The Helicobacter pylori in Ötzi, the iceman, uncovers secrets of European migration.

An ex-FBI official has warned that ISIS could be experimenting with chemical weapons for use in confined spaces such as shopping malls and movie theatres.

A new research shows that melting giant icebergs, which are indicators of global warming, are actually slowing down climate change.

Weird as it may sound, scientists have actually built the world’s first cinema meant only for insects.

Life on the Earth is possible only because the giant Jupiter and Saturn planets helped stabilise the solar system, suggest new simulations.

The dwarf planet Pluto continues to tantalise the world with new discoveries, the latest being a 'giant snail’ and a 'lava lamp’ on its surface.

Researchers from the University of Exeter observed that female burying beetles are more attracted to small partners because they are less likely to get into fights.