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Super typhoon Haiyan (local name: Yolanda) hit the Philippines on Friday morning, carrying stronger winds of 235 mph, up from previous reports of 195 mph sustained winds and gusts of 235 mph.

With the expected entry of megastorm Haiyan (Local name: Yolanda) in the Philippine area of responsibility by Thursday night or Friday morning, the Philippines will once more reaffirm its unfortunate title of natural calamity capital of the world.

Lady Gaga is all set to be the first musician in the history to perform in space.

The level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased rapidly in 2012 compared to its average rise in the past ten years based on a new report. The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has broken records, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

One more skeleton of a dinosaur has been found in the southern part of Edmonton. This is the second major discovery in Alberta within a month.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has clarified no island composed of debris from the Fukushima tsunami is heading towards the U.S. coast of California.

Scientists discovered something new on HIV and it is an 'invisibility cloak' used to hide itself inside cells of the body which doesn't trigger natural defence of the immune system. Latest discovery helps an effective drug which will 'uncloak' HIV to trigger immune response.

Based on a new survey citing the world's most polluted places, the lives of at least 200 million people are at risk. These areas are believed severely hazardous to man's health spanning Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

About 13 million Filipinos stand to get affected by the possible ill effects of Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda), which has morphed into a Category 5 super typhoon, the world's strongest so far in 2013.

Katy Perry’s new deluxe edition “PRISM” album, which is ARIA Chart’s no. 1 album, has been considered a biological hazard (biohazard) by the biosecurity officers of the Department of Agriculture in Australia.

According to the reports of geophysicists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on November 4, pumping carbon dioxide into the Earth may be used for ditching the greenhouse gas

An 8-year-old girl from China's Jiangsu Province has developed lung cancer, a fine testament to the seriousness of the country's smog pollution problem. The alarming PM2.5 and smog have been blamed as the underlying causes of her condition. Apart from the growing health hazard, the smog has likewise been identified as a threat to national security.

The Philippines has placed nine regions, including recently quake-devastated Bohol province, under blue alert as it braces for the wrath of Typhoon Haiyan, which is expected to develop into a Category 4 hurricane even before it makes landfall on the country on Friday morning.

A new potential and powerful treatment against HIV has been discovered by researchers which can disable the AIDS-causing virus, impose prevention and better treatment.

So how is it really to benefit from the mercury retrograde period?

A polar bear which has been orphaned is not getting settled at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg

Poverty, hunger, sickness and violence will worsen as man-made global warming continues in the coming years, according to a leaked international climate change report.

For Nathan Gray, a Canadian young boy, discovering a supernova at 10 is an achievement that beats his sister. Kathryn Gray, Nathan's sister, is the youngest to determine a supernova in 2011 and even met Neil Armstrong as part of her reward.

If you think weight loss may add excitement to your love life, then it is a myth according to a new research.

On Tuesday afternoon, the race to conquer the space gets all the more exciting as India gears to blast into space its probe rocket Mangal­yaan.

Texting overload is bad for relationships, a new study shows. The title of the study is “Using Technology to Connect in Romantic Relationships: Effects on Attachment, Relationship Satisfaction, and Stability in Emerging Adults.” It was published in Volume 12, Issue 4 of the Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy: Innovations in Clinical and Educational Interventions.

Some of the greatest climate experts in the world claim that solar energy and wind power are not going to be enough to counter the extreme nature of global warming.

Paul O’Leary has invented a pair of underpants called ‘Shreddies’ which prevent the bad odour of farts from going into the nostrils of people around.

Sex burns calories claimed a lot of researches, but a new report by Canadian researchers has discovered just how many calories on an average person burns during sex.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which was documented at the end of February 2003, reportedly comes from Chinese bats, according to a team of researchers and scientists. A study entitled “Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor,” found that Chinese horseshoe bats from the Rhinolophidae family are indeed the natural “reservoirs” of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV).

A professional photographer named Justin Ng in Singapore has shared to EarthSky a captured time-lapse video of the 2013 Comet ISON journey that he obtained at a total exposure time of 69 minutes on Sunday, October 27. Justin reportedly utilized a telescope and special camera in order to capture the remarkable view of the “Comet of the Century” as it makes a close approach to the Sun and Earth.

Outlined images of witches riding a broomstick may not be visible to some people this Halloween weekend as a rare hybrid solar eclipse happens on Nov 3, Sunday.

Whether or not you’ve been feeling its effects, here’s a follow-up represented in 10 Rs to help you stay out of all its wackiness.

The United Nations and renowned astronauts plan a global resistance against the asteroid striking Earth on 2032