SCIENCE

Prince Charles, on behalf of the royal family, donates a substantial amount to the Australian Red Cross

The Rural Fire Service’s investigation found out that Defence training exercise started State Mine fire at the Blue Mountains

Did you know that apart from the fact that the scares are set to happen this Halloween, astrologers are saying that everyone should be aware of the bad luck that may happen between Oct 21 to Nov 10, 2013?

The 2013 Orionid meteor shower occurs every year in mid-October whenever planet Earth passes through the stream of dust that the wake of Comet Halley left. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) all-sky fireball camera network was able to capture a video of the Orionid meteor shower peak on Sunday, October 20.

Parents and kids, watch out! Halloween is truly scary after all because of how dangerous it really is! At least, to one’s health, according to an Australian study published by The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) for the Australian Medical Association (AMA).

It may be difficult to believe, but a team of Australian researchers from CSIRO has found that in dry conditions, eucalyptus trees, as they search for moisture, can actually point to miners the location of massive gold deposits just by looking at their leaves.

Google Launches Australian Fire Crisis Map

A study by researchers from the University of British Columbia's School of Population and Public Health has found that at least 21,000 Canadians die each year due to air pollution.

Ask any scientist where life on our planet came from, and they'll usually give you a one-word answer: "Evolution." Immediately thereafter, they will usually give you a condescending look that also implies you're an idiot for not knowing this "scientific fact" that everyone else has accepted as true.

Baldness and hair loss are some of the problems that concern human race largely. For a long time now, humans have been rummaging through science to find a permanent treatment for baldness and hair loss. But the good news is that scientists have found the possible treatment for baldness and hair restoration.

Argentine scientists have found a way to convert gas produced by bovine digestive systems into a fuel source, reported Reuters on Monday, though they do not expect the method to be practical for at least another 30 years.

Japan is now in a frenzy to hunt and rescue more survivor's from last week's Typhoon Wipha amidst warnings of another potentially disastrous strong Typhoon Francisco could strike the country in a few days.

Harbin City, capital of China's Heilongjiang province of 11 million people, has been enveloped by a chockfull of smog so thick authorities have been forced to cancel flights and suspend classes. Residents are scared out of their wits as the smog, expected to last for at least the next 24 hours, could become recurring as the country enters the winter season.

Australia battles out the worst wildfires that have hit the country terribly. Australian Fire Services claimed that several parts of New South Wales are suffering from the worst conditions in the past 40 years.

Medical experts are currently checking all possibilities to produce a functional HIV vaccine to save millions of lives. Five prospects are carefully being studied that may unlock the much-awaited effective treatment against the deadly virus of the modern era.

NSW bushfires likened to a doomsday rising as Pope Francis prays for NSW victims as forced mass evacuation underway

While Virgin Galactic, owned by Sir Richard Branson, currently caters to a small but rich markets made up of billionaires who want to travel to space, the aviation firm said over the weekend that it wants to grow its market by coming up with moon cruises.

Unidentified Submerged Objects or USOs are deemed by ufologists as the less popular marine counterparts of flying saucers.

Do dreams have any meaning? People try to understand them for many purposes. A recent report of Daily Mail suggested that experts believe a person's dream may reveal something about his health.

Ukrainian astronomers have just discovered a 1,350-foot-wide asteroid which they warned would collide with Earth on Aug 20, 2032.

Even NASA is all set for the Halloween. With all the haunted hotels, restaurants and other places featured worldwide, currently there is the Launch Complex-34 for the space agency.

Another remarkable sky display will occur on Friday evening, October 18, with the 2013 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse. What the viewers can observe is the slight darkening of the Moon’s lower part as it passes through the lighter shadow right after it has risen.

Scientists and amateur astronomers expect the fast approaching 2013 Comet ISON to shine brightly and become visible through telescopes by the end of October which refutes initial reports regarding the fizzling out of the “Comet of the Century.” The amateur astronomers were able to spot and capture images of the approaching comet with the use of professional telescope lens.

Climate change brought by global warming will greatly affect the world's oceans and the effects will dramatically be felt by 2100.

Residents living in Bulgaria and Poland may want to consider relocating. The latest annual air quality report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) disclosed on Tuesday that the two countries have the worst and dirtiest air quality among all of Europe.

Cockroach farms are on the rise in China as breeders hope to earn big money on the dreaded pests with as much as $20 per pound. Dried cockroaches are in-demand in China as cockroach farmers sell them to pharmaceutical companies as a key ingredient to Asian medicine and cosmetics.

Experts are asking you to eat chocolates if you want to lose weight, stay slim, and live a longer life.

It rains, not men, but diamonds. However, before you start bringing out large pails and containers to catch these sources of wealth, be informed that the rain of diamonds take place not on Earth but on other planets, including Saturn and Jupiter. American scientists explained on Monday that lightning storms in the two planets will turn methane into soot that hardens when it fall into pieces of graphite and then eventually become diamonds. But these hail stones later melt because of Saturn's a...

The brand new London head office of Al Gore located in Regent Street will take advantage of NASA’s fuel cell technology.