SCIENCE

For years, it has been a tough challenge for various astrophysicists to discover other planets that can serve as the second version of Earth. Most of the exoplanets spotted turn out to be some chunks of rock or maybe gigantic bodies of gas.

The 2014 Mini Moon or also called the “Micro-Moon” is set to peak on Wednesday night, January 15. Sky watchers will be able to observe the Full Moon appearing approximately 250,000 miles away, 14% smaller and 30% dimmer than the Super Moon, a full Moon having its closest distance to the planet Earth in orbit.

There will be another effort to be made for installing cameras on the International Space Station in the next couple of weeks

Amid cost-cutting measures, Canada has closed seven of its 11 Department of Fisheries and Oceans libraries across the country. Around 1,000 scientists lost their jobs in the process. But what's saddening were the books which observers claimed never got digitized. They believed the books have been all together damaged and burned.

Fish caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have been detected 124 times highly radioactive than the accepted limit, a report by the Asahi Shimbun said.

T memory stem cells have been discovered as possible long-term viral HIV reservoirs that can be used as potential targets of advanced treatments. Experts found that these infected cells prevent antiviral therapy effectiveness even for several years of treatment..

Residents at Northern Territory have been advised to prepare necessary precautions as a cyclone could potentially ram into the region on Wednesday.

Australia’s science agency has lived up to its promise. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation apologised to the nation for failing to create a dragon after a seven-year-old girl asked for it. But now, CSIRO has indeed created a dragon, albeit a toy variety.

NASA expert revealed that northern lights didn’t appear on Thursday morning but can appear Thursday night. Generally, northern lights or aurora borealis are not visible in the U.S. However, on Tuesday a solar storm appeared. If the storm is big enough to push the lights southward then people can watch this natural wonder.

Massive earthquakes are most likely to strike off the east coast of New Zealand. Researchers, led by an Australian professor from Melbourne, have published a study with a global map indicating where giant earthquakes might strike next.

New vaccine developed by Finnish company FIT Biotech might be the solution to effectively treat HIV for good. It is designed to lower the viral load of current HIV patient, stop progression of AIDS or even make it too low to be detected.

It does not happen every day when Science and religion meet in one place. But with the latest x-ray capture of the NASA Hand of God space image, then no wonder it will instantly be a viral thing online.

Health experts have advice men not to wear very tight underwear because a warm environment in the groin area could affect the sperm negatively. Hence, some males prefer the looser boxer shorts over figure-hugging brief.

A research institute in Wellington, New Zealand wins international praise after cancer immunotherapy was recently named the world's biggest scientific breakthrough in 2013. Science, a top medical journal selected cancer immunotherapy and acknowledged the efforts of Wellington's Malaghan Institute for focusing on the treatment for 20 years.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reactivated the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) that became less active after completing its primary mission of scanning the skies for asteroids. The latest reports on the spacecraft claim that it has spotted a “potentially hazardous” asteroid at a distance of 43 million kilometers from planet Earth.

Because of Egyptians' belief in certain deities, there are some anomalies surrounding the mummification of King Tutankhamun which a new study links to Osiris, the Egyptian god of the underworld.

Australia’s science agency is apologising to the nation for failing to invent dragons. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has promised to accelerate their dragon R&D program after a seven-year-old girl asked the scientists if they could make a dragon for her.

A mysterious shipwreck discovered off the coast of New Zealand may be the key to rewriting the island nation's history. Scraps of wood taken from the site may have probably come from a Dutch ship in the early 1700s, according to the results of carbon dating tests and research reports.

Until recently, news from China about its environmental concerns and problems were highly censored. But because it can no longer literally put a lid to control its spreading and unmanageable air pollution, China has admitted the smog haze situation in the country has already claimed thousands of lives.

Some suburban areas of Christchurch may be under the water within 100 years due to rising sea levels. In a Taylor & Tonkin report, experts have warned that South Shore, South New Brighton, Summer and Brooklands could sink if current sea levels continue to rise. The city council is making plans to prepare for a worst case scenario of a great change on Canterbury's coastline due to melting ice in Antarctica and Greenland, storm surges and warming seas.

Canada's prevailing bitter cold temperature conditions has created a massive travel chaos all over the country, with air and road travel pretty much suspended on Tuesday. The freezing weather has likewise given birth to "frost quakes," giving off panic and tension to already anxious residents.

Even with the major setback in the quest for functional cure against HIV/AIDS, world-renowned AIDS researcher Dr Robert Gallo sees effective cure versus the deadly disease possible - going realistic is the only way to achieve such goal.

Canada's cloaked in a massive, deep and bitter cold weather conditions that has frozen everything it has touched with. It has disrupted flight plans of major airliners, prompted school bus service cancellations and yielded power outages. The prevailing weather condition is likewise threatening oil drilling and fracking operations.

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake has struck Adelaide before 8:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, after an earthquake rattled nearby Flinders Ranges in South Australia (SA) at 4:31 a.m. on the same day.

Russia has barred some 132 used Japanese cars from entering the country due to radioactive pollution concerns.

H1N1 and HIV have joined forces in 2014 pandemic convergence infecting lives without any guaranteed cure. The outbreak has been declared in Canada as H1N1 is continuously spreading, making HIV patients vulnerable. Here are six facts you should be aware of why both are related to each other.

The year 2013 has been recorded as New Zealand's second hottest year, according to Auckland University climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger on Monday.

Officials have warned residents in Western Australia, particularly Perth, to take necessary precautions against the smog haze currently enveloping the state. The smoke emanated from a bushfire that started on Friday. Authorities have issued a corresponding alert versus life and property.

Inland Australia continues to deal with rising temperatures as the Bureau of Meteorology declares 2013 the hottest year on record with average temperatures at 1.20 degrees Celsius higher than the long term average of 21.8C. According to the bureau's Neil Plummer, the statistics point to a warming trend in Australia. He added it is not only in Australia where rising temperatures have been recorded but in other parts of the world as well.