SCIENCE

CISRO's 94-metre science ship, RV Investigator, aims to put Australia into the marine science big league.

Smitha Nambiar Sep 10, 2014

tephen Hawking in the preface of a new book, "Starmus," warns that the "God particle" (Higgs boson) would destroy the universe.

Sarah Thomas Sep 10, 2014

Scientists have discovered that there are far lesser galaxies visible from the telescope in the Milky Way than the actual number that must be there.

Sarah Thomas Sep 10, 2014

Passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 refuse to believe that their loved ones are dead. Girlfriend of Philip Wood believes authorities are interfering with the findings.

Jaskiran Kaur Sep 10, 2014

China successfully launched the Yaogan-21, remote sensing satellite and the Tiantuo-1 was launched from the rocket.

Sarah Thomas Sep 10, 2014

A large ring shaped Viking fortress has been discovered in Denmark.

Sarah Thomas Sep 10, 2014

The Oakley Trinity Housing Association set aside its plan to operate a 24-bed facility for alcohol-dependent people on its Nazareth House site in Bishop Street. The group scrapped the idea due to negative response from residents who opposed the project.

Vittorio Hernandez Sep 10, 2014

Fresh data released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) showed that on an average day, 3.2 million young adults used marijuana, 57,304 used heroin, 51,319 used cocaine, 46,179 used hallucinogens and 17,868 used inhalants.

Vittorio Hernandez Sep 10, 2014

A true spectacle, scientists have discovered a new planet forming around a star about 335 light years from Earth.

Sarah Thomas Sep 09, 2014

Researchers will benefit from the appearance of the supermoon on Sept. 9 to study the effect of elevated tidal levels on low-lying cities like Christchurch in New Zealand.

Reissa Su Sep 09, 2014

The International Space Scientists usually launches CubeSat microsatellites from a cannon after being triggered by scientists.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Sep 09, 2014

A suspected meteorite, with a trail of fire, lit up the skies of Spain and was feared to be a burning UFO heading for Earth.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Sep 09, 2014

Two fissures gushing out lava was seen in Iceland on Sep. 4 which hould be seen even from space.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Sep 09, 2014

If one who is infected with the disease needs to have diagnosis early, each hours delay in treatment increases the risk at 8%.

Bindu Jacob Sep 09, 2014

A Pakistani sailor had jumped into crocodile-infested waters during war games off the Northern Territory. He managed to avoid the crocodiles and swam away.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Sep 09, 2014

Men in Australia are more likely to be attacked by sharks than women, maybe because of staying long in the water.

Smitha Nambiar Sep 09, 2014

Poor and inadequate sleep leads to shrinkage of the gray matter in the brain over a period of time, researchers from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom said.

Smitha Nambiar Sep 09, 2014

A small meteorite his Managua on Saturday night, creating a 12-metre wide and 5-metre deep crater near the international airport of Nicaragua. There were no injuries caused by the meteorite, which probably broke off from an asteroid that passed close to Earth.

Vittorio Hernandez Sep 09, 2014

Christine Stapleton, a columnist at PsychCentral.com and a recovered alcoholic, had to make a big decision over a decade ago to fix her alcohol problem. One that involved accepting that she was depressed and had to enter therapy.

Vittorio Hernandez Sep 09, 2014

Russell Edwards, who describes himself as an "armchair detective," claims to have solved the mystery behind the man who committed the gruesome murders.

Sarah Thomas Sep 09, 2014

Handsome men or men with masculine faces have lower quality of sperm, suggests a study conducted at the University of Valencia in Spain. The findings were published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Smitha Nambiar Sep 08, 2014

Forty-year-old Amanda Davey, from Southport ran and fell down, nearly breaking her neck, after participating in an ice bucket challenge.

Smitha Nambiar Sep 08, 2014

Sleeping on animal skin or animal fur, especially in the first three months of a baby’s life, reduces the risk of developing asthma and allergies, reveals a study.

Smitha Nambiar Sep 08, 2014

The final supermoon of the three supermoons of 2014 will be seen on the night of Sept. 9, and the next opportunity to see it would be on Jan. 20, 2015.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Sep 08, 2014

An asteroid flew frighteningly close to the Earth at 2:18 pm ET on Sept. 7, when it passed over New Zealand.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Sep 08, 2014

A Pakistani sailor appears to have jumped into the crocodile infested waters during his participation in the war games off the Northern Territory coast.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Sep 08, 2014

Warnings are being given by the wildlife campaigners that cousins of the kangaroo, bettongs and rock-wallabies, are on the verge of extinction.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Sep 08, 2014

Scientists have conducted researches and investigations on the "sailing stones" in Death Valley since 1940s -- and found that an underlying pond may be the reason.

Sarah Thomas Sep 08, 2014

The story of this large hairy creature has cropped up, and this time with two evidences.

Sarah Thomas Sep 08, 2014