SCIENCE

The adage that condemns a person who bites the hand the feeds him is applicable to what a saltwater crocodile at the Shoahaven Zoo in New South Wales did to its caretaker on Sunday noon.

Two oyster growers have temporarily stopped harvesting the molluscs after initial tests confirmed high level of toxins in the shellfish on Tasmania's east coast.

A glowing UFO was spotted over Terapaca, Chile and the Minera Collahuasi workers captured the sighting that reportedly lasted for over two hours. The Chilean government office that conducts UFO investigations released the analysis on the two high quality photos captured apparently showing genuine UFOs over a remote copper mine.

Low levels of coliform bacteria, found in the drinking water of residents in the township of Langley, B.C Aldergrove has led the Fraser Heath Authority to issue a boil water advisory.

Virgin coconut oil, prepared using the wet-milling method and heat, can cure acute arthritis, sid researchers in India. A few researchers in India have conducted a study to prove that the antioxidants in virgin coconut oil reduces inflammation causing arthritis more effectively than pharmaceutical drugs and medicines.

Blood donation reduces the risk of heart disease, say scientists. Donating blood is especially beneficial to shift workers, who are known to suffer from various heart diseases due to jetlag.

Cutting down on sugar plays an important role in healthy living.

Residents of Japan's Okinawa are being advised to take all necessary precautions as Neoguri has strengthened to become the world's first super typhoon of 2014.

'Consciousness' is a term that many scientists have been researching for more than a centrury, trying to figure out what it is and how it works.

Astronauts are keen to go on a one-way trip in Mars One by 2018.

Crews of power supply utility firms on Monday are racing to restore electricity to more than 250,000 homes and businesses groping in the dark in Atlantic Canada after tropical storm Arthur lashed through the area on Saturday morning.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the US to help eliminate the deadly tuberculosis completely by the year 2050.

The sharp growth in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma, U.S., have been found not to be borne out of natural seismic causes but due to the massive injections of wastewater by oil and gas extraction.

At least three people remain trapped when a gold mine in southern Honduras caved-in on Wednesday. Eight have been successfully rescued.

The world's top marine biologists and scientists have joined forces in calling for Western Australia to put an end to its shark cull policy.

Dementia sufferers and their care takers in Southland can now heave a sigh of relief as new dementia respite care has been set up in the city. People with dementia in New Zealand is 50, 000 and the number is expected to rise to 150,000 by the year 2050.

Omega-3 fatty acids are absolutely essential in one's diet.

Hurricane Arthur, the first hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, has forced the relocation of thousands in North Carolina as weather forecasters said it could reach Category 2 storm before it even makes landfall.

NASA is usually associated with fascinating jobs like that of astronauts, rocket ship engineers and scientists. A job, classified as weird, which joins this list of fascinating jobs is that of a staff sniffer.

Australian surgeons from Monash Children's Hospital have successfully carried out a complex procedure involving the removal of a huge growth from the face of a Filipino boy.

Nicole Scherzinger, ex-Pussycat doll and X-factor UK judge, has suffered from bulimia, an eating disorder, for eight years.

A Tucson-based start-up is planning to use a helium balloon to take passengers on a luxury space tour.

Whales are being sliced or cut open in Australia's waters because of passing ships. According to reports, images of graphically scarred whales surfaced which were taken by a whale tour operator and whale researchers.

People becoming affected by measles have reached an alarming 100 in the Waikato area of New Zealand. This, in turn, has led to a huge demand for measles vaccine in the Waikato and Auckland regions.

Coral reefs in the Caribbean are rapidly degrading because of pollution and overfishing, and not due to climate change.

Residents in the U.S.' North Carolina coast as well as Canada's Nova Scotia area have been advised to take necessary precautions as tropical storm Arthur continued to gain strength, potentially hitting hurricane level by Thursday.

A study in Biology Letters suggests that a walking kangaroo propels itself with its tail, essentially transforming the appendage into a fifth "leg".

High tech "reverse" vending machines have been installed in Sydney that lets people deposit recyclable waste like plastic bottles and cans in turn for rewards like bus tickets.

A new study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the frequency with which pain killers are prescribed varies from state to state whereas the medical conditions involving pain does not. The study shows that Alabama prescribes 143 pain killers for every 100 people, making it the top most state to prescribe painkillers.