SCIENCE

The UK Met Office has released a new report indicating a strong El Niño is now underway, and years 2015 and 2016 are more likely to have record-breaking global temperatures.

Pacific leaders and Australian officials have been raising protests against Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton due to his “insensitive” joke on the situation of Pacific countries experiencing climate change.

Pacific leaders warned a possible walk out or to ask Australia to leave the Pacific Islands Forum happening this week if it insists on compromising the new goal to curb warming by 1.5°C.

Another 12-year-old girl from UK has outperformed Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking in a modern IQ test, setting a new maximum IQ score of 162.

A heavy sandstorm has hit the Middle East, impacting the Syrian air strikes and leaving hundreds of people in the hospital.

The California State Senate has passed a bill to ban the use of plastic microbeads in personal care products to prevent water pollution.

The animal protection group is seeking a stop to annual driven hunts in South Africa, two months after the killing of Cecil the lion.

A global call from campaigners on green earth urges billionaire Bill Gates to divest investment in fossil fuel.

Scientists have extracted DNA from a pair of kangaroos that was found in a cave in Tasmania and is said to have died 45,000 years ago.

A protein BDNF controls the heart's functioning.

A new chemical agent, BDNF, has been found to control fear and anxiety.

A drink a day may not be bad for the heart.

Computers beat everyone at identifying great films.

Two treasure hunters caught a footage of a shipwreck in Lake Michigan, which they believe is of the 17th century ship called the "Griffin."

A team of researchers noticed a radio burst through space live for the first time ever and it is said that the source of it could be 5.5 billion light-years away.

An language far removed from its closest cousins has been declared to have ancient origins.

An egg a day can actually be a preventive against diseases.

Latest discovery of "ghost particle" by British researchers hint at the existence of aliens.

A team of NASA scientists have arrived in New Zealand for the first time as part of the Spaceward Bound project. NASA's prototype rover Junior is also in the country to carry out tests.

On Jan 26, Australia Day, an asteroid named 2004 BL86 will pass near Earth, flying about 745,000 miles or thrice the distance of Earth and the Moon.

Family ailment had delayed British singer Sarah Brightman's return trip to Russia, but after some delay she is now back in the country to prepare for her trip to the International Space Station (ISS), Yury Lonchakov, head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia, said on Monday.

18 researchers conducted a study that showed that human activity had led for the Earth being put in a danger zone.

It may be easier to quit smoking during the end of the period.

A photo of a fox shark giving birth to a young one was captured by an Australian photographer and has been published in the journal Coral Reefs.

There does not seem to be a strong link between genes and asthma, a new study indicates.

To reset your body clock, all you might need are pills.

A study by Danish scientists found that boys who were circumcised below the age of 5 had double the chance of being affected by autistic spectrum disorder.

Plant ecologists have figured out a sustainable and economical method in weed control that guarantees high crop yields.

Time to rethink your dependence on energy drinks