SCIENCE

Defying odds, US space agency NASA will relaunch today a satellite that will track the global warming-inducing carbon dioxide levels and its effects around the world.

A new study released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has said the maddening climate change will drive the iconic emperor penguins to extinction by end of the century.

Without expensive testing, it is difficult to diagnose genetic diseases but now a new computer program is designed to help diagnose rare genetic diseases by using family photographs.

Climate change predictions say that tropical countries like Singapore will turn hotter and wetter.

A new planet, 'Gliese 832C', most similar to our planet, Earth, has been discovered by the astronomers from the University of South Wales.

On Wimbledon High Street, Sharapova opened 'Sugarpova Candy Lounge' to sell treats during the Wimbledon championships on June 16. The world's richest female athlete, Russia's tennis champion, Maria Sharapova opened in 2012 a sweet firm called Sugarpova, a premium candy line.

It is said that women take care of their body but tend to neglect their heart health.

Buoyed by a large helium balloon, NASA floated a saucer-shaped, UFO-like prototype spacecraft off a launch tower at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Facility in Kauai, Hawaii on Saturday, June 28, 2014 to test the landing systems for future manned mission to Mars.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off near the uninhabited islands of the South Sandwich Islands far off South America in the South Atlantic Ocean early Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.

There are 34,000 UFO enthusiasts in Australia, making it 6th in the world with the most number of UFO volunteers

At least 200,000 are now displaced in Paraguay, forced to flee their homes after floods caused by incessant torrential rains inundated the Paraguay and Parana rivers.

A mysterious X-Ray signal has been discovered by NASA. The discovery was made using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton. Scientists are of the opinion that the X-ray may be coming from dark matter, a substance that is not fully understood by scientists yet.

Dr Antonio Vega Vega, a central Queensland urologist who removed the wrong kidney of a patient, will be hearing the result of his appeal on June 27.

NASA seems to entering the flying saucer industry.

The World Meteorological Organisation, the UN's weather agency experts, has placed at 80 per cent the chances of an El Niño weather event recurring in the Pacific Ocean by year-end, between October and November.

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that got crippled by a tsunami in March 2011 after a magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan's shores, has voted down motions to permanently close all its atomic plant projects during its annual general meeting on Thursday.

A faint white dwarf star that crystallized into an Earth-sized diamond as been identified by astronomer who suggest that this could be one of the strangest stars in the galaxy.

A new study by the University of Oregon in the U.S. suggests that the smartphone contains thousands of micro-organisms and these can be a mirror to the bacteria, fungi and virus that are present in our body and in the surroundings.

Fabien Cousteau is all set to break his grandfather, Jacques Yves-Cousteau's record of the amount of time spend living underwater.

Despite the rains and floods, the match between the U.S. and Germany for World Cup 2014 supremacy will go on as scheduled in the city of Recife, Brazil.

An earthquake measuring 4.8 magnitude struck New Zealand's lower North Island on Thursday.

Australian owners of light vehicles are now mandated to adhere to new emissions standards that could help the country achieve a year's worth cut of carbon pollution of 59 tonnes by 2030, the Climate Change Authority said on Thursday.

The burgeoning climate change could cost U.S. businesses multibillions over the next 25 years, a bipartisan report released on Tuesday said.

Migaloo, a rare white humpback whale migrating north along Australia's east coast, is being monitored for skin cancer by experts as red marks were found on the whale.

Eating unhealthy food results in chronic diseases, noted a research by the University of Adelaide.

In the remote forests of Papua New Guinea, new species of mammals have been found by Australian scientists.

Glow is an enterprise that has an ability to analyse data and use it to empower women and couples to take charge of their reproductive health. The App has an interesting concept and gets one hooked on to it. It is available for download for Windows, Android and iPhone users. Here is an excerpt from a converstion with the CEO of Glow, Mike Huang.

Glow is an enterprise that has an ability to analyse data and use it to empower women and couples to take charge of their reproductive health. The App has an interesting concept and gets one hooked on to it. It is available for download for Windows, Android and iPhone users. Here is an excerpt from a converstion with the CEO of Glow, Mike Huang.

With the FIFA World Cup 2014 going on, looks like the whole world seems to be soccer crazy. Three astronauts, two from United States, Reid Wiseman and Steve Swanson, and one from Germany, Alexander Gerst, played soccer in space.