SCIENCE

Glaciers from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet pose a grave threat to global sea levels as it recently started an irreversible state, two new studies show. Scientists say the recent melting of the Thwaites glacier was faster than they anticipated.

Crew members of an Australian TV production has captured on film the sighting of two UFOs swiftly flying over Queenstown, New Zealand. The Australian TV production crew was in New Zealand to film for the seventh season of “Colour In Your Life” series.

For years it was believed that red wine has several health benefits due to antioxidant resveratrol, which has been cited as a possible explanation for the 'French Paradox."

The ice sheet of the West Antarctica had begun melting.

A new study has shown that the last of a species of Kangaroos known as the musky rat-kangaroo may not have a home for too long if the current rate of global warming is not arrested. The musky rat-kangaroos are mostly found in the northeast region of Queensland.

Drinking red wine and eating chocolates, however frequent, may not make a person have improved health, a study released on Monday by U.S. researchers said.

A major network of methane gas and frozen methane was discovered by New Zealand and German scientists. The methane network, located in New Zealand's sea floor off the East Coast, has been causing underwater landslides and greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. has reported its second case of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a male patient currently confined in an Orlando hospital.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the sale and distribution of the "DEKA Arm System."

Researchers from the Australian National University have discovered the reason why Australia keeps recording droughts, while Antarctica remains colder. The study, published in Nature Climate Change, found that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were strengthening the winds in the Southern Ocean which usually bring rain to Southern Australia. However, the carbon dioxide has pushed the winds closer to Antarctica.

The possibility of a magnitude 9 earthquake happening in the Pacific Ocean will be studied as GNS Science will begin placing seismometers or quake warning devices on New Zealand's most threatening faults.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released videos of their astronauts training underwater for their upcoming asteroid mission in Houston. On Friday, May 9, astronauts Stan Love and Steven Bowen can be seen in the videos testing the new suit and numerous tools in an underwater asteroid drilling practice at the space agency’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the Johnson Space Centre.

Monoamniotic twins or often referred to as "Mono Mono" are identical twins who share both a placenta and an amniotic sac, but have separate umbilical cords.

After magnitude 5.8 earthquake has cracked some of its granite and marble stones in August 2011, the Washington Monument will reopen anew to the public.

Saudi Arabia has recently registered three new cases and three new deaths from the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection.

A remote-controlled research submarine that costs a whopping $8 million has gone missing off the coast of New Zealand.

On Friday, May 9, 2014, Ohio woman Sarah Thistlethwaite gave birth to identical twins. She delivered rare “mono mono” twins just two days before Mother’s Day who are doing well. Could it be more beautiful?

Transport operators of planes, trains and passenger ships in Canada have been ordered to guarantee the safety of the clean water they offer to their passengers by making sure they adhere to the latest industry or scientific standards.

A viral video of dead mermaid making the rounds of social networking sites is likely another hoax story on the Internet that netizens would still be interested in despite all signs the carcass is an art work only.

Fourteen new species of “dancing frogs” have been discovered in India. Scientists fear that the species found in the south Indian jungle-mountains may become extinct soon.

In what could be a historical milestone related to the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown in March 2011, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) has been slapped with a lawsuit by no other than a worker who used to work in the crippled facility.

According to researchers, the Bow City crater – the ancient ring-shaped structure situated in southern Alberta in Canada was likely to have been formed after a meteorite hit the Earth.

Not only will climate change affect the temperaments of weather patterns, it elevates sea levels and hampers crop production, the rising levels of carbon dioxide are also bound to affect the nutritional value and content of basic foods.

East Antarctica, largely receiving small attention before, has now become the focus of a study where if it succumbs to global warming and melts could push sea levels to rise by 10-13 feet high, enough to drown coastal cities from Tokyo to Mumbai to New York.

A powerful earthquake that measured 6.4 magnitude hit Mexico on Thursday. It was so strong that it sent office workers scrambling outside of their buildings and destroyed a bridge in the south.

Colin Pillinger, the British planetary scientist who was best known for the Beagle 2 Mars mission in 2003, passed away at 70.

An unidentified flying object has reportedly attacked a Taliban camp.

While the big bang theory mentioned about the sun bursting into pieces with one enormous thud, NASA's recent satellite video of the huge explosion on the sun's surface revealed that the sun is just dancing and twisting as it should be. The amazing video was recorded using the state-of-the-art instruments aboard the NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

Recently, "WATERisLife" foundation, and researchers from Carnegie Mellon at the University of Virginia invented the first ever water filtration system that comes in the form of a book, called the "Drinkable Book." The "Book" aims to solve the problem of contaminated drinking water that causes diseases in impoverished areas around the globe.