SCIENCE

The mission to colonize the red planet continues. While more than 200,000 people have applied for this epic-like attempt to conquer Mars, a short list of 1000 applicants for the Mars One Mission has already been released. A student of Rutgers is among those shortlisted.

In a recent NASA report handed out on March 31, the Midwest region of U.S. was shown to have gained the biggest percentage in terms of photosynthetic activity during the Northern Hemisphere's growing season.

A United Nations report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC has released the Fifth Assessment Report. The report highlights the effects and potential dangers of climate change and the options available to governments to combat the problems.

Japan has reopened the Miyakoji area of Tamura and has called on its former 357 residents to come back to the place which three years ago underwent evacuation because of the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown.

Mark the calendar! A “Full Pink Moon” is set to appear on Tuesday, April 15. The Moon will not really have a pink or red colour but the name of the upcoming 2014 Lunar Eclipse came from the springtime bloom of the moss pink spring flower, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

It was a promising celebration of the Earth Hour on Saturday, March 29. In addition to common people and celebrities turning their lights off for an hour to save electricity, major landmarks around the world did the same.

Tokyo Electric Power Co's dumping of groundwater from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, already approved by local fishermen on Tuesday, will begin in May, Japan's industry minister said on Sunday.

As the world's temperatures continue to warm up, so does the tempers globally. Hot tempers may exacerbate global security issues as people fight over resources, particularly water and energy, which could lead to civil wars and strife between nations and refugees, a report by a recent United Nations climate panel due for release said.

New Zealand is not ready for the effects of climate change especially when sea levels rise by half a metre. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report said that the island nation has a significant "adaptation deficit" against a man-made global warming by 2100. The climate change report said the human-influenced global warming will have an increase of temperature between 2 and 4 degrees Celsius. The sea level rise in New Zealand might turn a once-in-a-hundred year flood to ...

The crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Japan has claimed its first death. But it wasn't due to radiation-related reasons. A worker involved in the plant's excavation work died after getting buried in a mudslide on Friday.

A study made by the University of Adelaide in Australia may spell bad business for manufacturers of Viagra, Cialis and other medication that allows men suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED) to rise to the occasion again.

A witness identified as Denise Poole shared her puzzling UFO sighting experience of a mysterious flying saucer floating over a nearby Guernsey college in the UK. The 52-year-old witness recounted that she spotted the unidentified flying object in her daily live weather Webcam feed.

Australia remains unmatched in Asia-Pacific Nature Index

A dwarf planet has been discovered and it happens to be the most distant object in the solar system that scientists know about.

The East Coast in Canada has been paralyzed by an enormous spring blizzard. Strong winds along with heavy snow disrupted normal life. Also, there were warnings of continuing storm.

Hubble Space Telescope turns 24. In celebration of its twenty four years spent observing in space, Hubble released a new image of a small portion of Monkey Head Nebula, also known as NGC 2174 and Sharpless Sh2-252, which looked like a beautiful spread of twinkling stars.

A worker who used to work for the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant will be releasing a manga comic book that depicts the lives of workers inside the radiation-laden facility.

The Brisbane City Council issued on Thursday morning a heavy rain alert which could result in flash flood hitting the city. A trough is forecast to drift south and dump 50 to 150 millimetres of rain from Thursday afternoon through early Friday morning.

New Zealand is rich in dust infused with iron. Researchers said this can help explain how the Earth cooled after the last Ice Age. Scientists travelld to New Zealand's Southern Alps in an expedition to gather dust samples and study their link to Earth's last Ice Age which occurred about 22,000 years ago.

New Zealand is rich in dust infused with iron which researchers said can help explain how the Earth cooled after the last Ice Age. Scientists travelled to New Zealand's Southern Alps in an expedition to gather dust samples and study their link to Earth's last Ice Age which happened approximately 22,000 years ago.

No reverse in the Earth's global warming conditions is expected as this scenario will continue for centuries, according to the UN World Meteorological Organisation.

Robin Beaman, an Australian marine geologist said that it is bad timing for Australia to lead the search for MH370

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that Australia will search MH370 until there is no more hope

A dramatic video captured by a fisherman in Canada shows a pod of killer whales hunting sea lions. The YouTube video has gone viral as the footage recorded seems to be quite a rare one.

In Southern Alberta, Sam Martine reported about the UFO sighting she experienced with her daughter on Sunday night, March 16. The mother-daughter duo recounted in the CBCNews report about the two bright lights that they spotted in the sky at around 11 p.m. close to their Nanton home.

Climate cientists have predicted that Australia will get hotter in the latest UN climate change report. The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change draft report has a significant impact to Australia. According to the draft, Australia is exposed to potential environmental risks.

The flash flood that hit Sydney on Monday afternoon has killed a man while two others were rushed to the hospital after being struck by lightning.

A group of 20 researchers continued to hunt on Sunday for the meteorite believed to have fallen in the fields of St. Thomas in Ontario, Canada.

Environment Minister Greg Hunt violates Australia’s World Heritage Obligations court hears