SCIENCE

California-based SpaceX plans to land Falcon 9 rocket on a Pacific drone ship after the company successfully landed a booster on the ground in December 2015.

European scientists have warned that the world faces an imminent threat from a supervolcano erupting and killing millions of people, thus devastating the Earth.

An Indian scientist claims that Lord Shiva, a god revered in his country, was the world’s first environmentalist.

Vitamin D, which is used to strengthen bones and prevent fractures in older patients, can actually increase the risk of fractures and falls, suggests a new study.

The plans of using a portion of Tinian as a proving ground will destroy the entire species of the Tinian monarch.

Oral contraceptive use in early pregnancy does not cause birth defects.

According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, El Nino has likely reached its peak and is expected to return to neutral levels.

As defence experts raise doubts about the North Korean test being a Hydrogen bomb, a leading forensic seismologist says science could tell if it was really so.

Climate change poses an extinction threat to some of the popular foods, including wine, beer, coffee and chocolate.

The human brain can be computer-trained to regulate negative emotional reactions, suggests a new study.

It was touch and go for Australian scientists who had to race against time to recover a meteorite older than Earth before it got washed away by heavy rain.

The wage gap makes women more prone to depression and anxiety compared to men, according to a new study.

North Korea made a big deal out of its Wednesday hydrogen bomb test, but experts believe it was only boosted-fission bomb.

An Australian study suggests that climate change is having a detrimental effect on the mental health of farmers.

NASA has developed a set of new green technologies that can help US commercial airlines save billions of dollars.

Scientists claim that attempting to express emotions through music activates the brain’s creativity network.

Astronauts are trying to learn how to live and remain sane in the barren space above the Earth from exposure to the rough and tough Arctic terrain.

In a major discovery, scientists have found that clouds enhance the power of the devastating El Niño phenomenon two-fold.

Scientists have proved that people are capable of free will, contrary to previous research.

New research claims that climate change has caused Greenland’s ice sheet to melt faster than previously thought, speeding up the rise of sea levels.

Scientists reveal that Asia's largest ape, Gigantopithecus, went extinct because of the species’ inability to adapt to climate change.

In a move that could drastically reduce the cost of car batteries in the future, India has initiated a research to develop car batteries based on spacecraft technology.

Researchers say that the argument of sexual orientation being innate is not the most successful way to reduce homophobia.

Science textbooks around the world have gone got out-of-date with the addition of the four new elements to the periodic table.

While transportation offers us many benefits, these come at a price. Truck Locator has compiled just a few of the statistics which show the substantial impact transportation has on a global scale.

You don't need to be a geek or a nerd to admire these top scientific discoveries of 2015 that have the possibility of affecting human lives for the good.

A powerful storm pushes North Pole temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius above average for this time of the year.

Scientists have come up with a new method to measure gravity on distant stars, which could help identify planets capable of harbouring life.

NTU scientists have created Nadine, a human-like robot capable of holding conversations with eye contact, shaking hands and expressing emotions.