SCIENCE

David Suzuki gave his thoughts about Tony Abbott's firing of Tim Flannery as Flannery launches new Climate Council.

With the recent discovery of the NASA Curiosity Rover that there is no methane gas on Mars’ surface, can this lead to the end of the all-time hit discussion that there is extraterrestrial life in the planet?

People wanting to live longer and breathe in fresher, cleaner air may want to get out from mega cities in China, India, Indonesia and Europe and migrate to other regions in the world. A map recently released by NASA has specifically and graphically pinpointed where air pollution is at its deadliest around the globe.

On September 4, the Towercam of ABC’s KLKN television affiliate captured a flickering diamond-shaped UFO that appeared over Nebraska. The UFO sighting has sparked curiosity after previous reports revealed similar sightings that happened in Colombia.

Seeking closer cooperation with India in space data, Australia has expressed keenness to collaborate with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for sharing scientific space data to guard its 59,736-km-long coastline against tsunami and storms.

Ever wonder if there’s a job that requires you to just stay in bed, do nothing and still get paid £11,000 by NASA?

A New Zealander found a foreign live insect larva inside a tobacco pouch. He was preparing to smoke when he saw the bug crawl out. The foreign live insect larva could have devastating effects to New Zealand's agriculture if it starts to infest crops.

NASA is willing to pay $18,000 to anyone who will do nothing but lie down and sleep for 70 days straight. This news is not a hoax. According to NASA, the human test subject will participate in a study to determine how much a human body for 70 days can be like an astronaut's body during a space flight. The human test subject is expected to lie with the body tilted down slightly, with feet up and head down, 24 hours a day for 70 days.

An ancient forest was discovered beneath a melting glacier in Alaska by scientists who believed it was more than 1,000 years old. Parts of the ancient forest can be seen underneath the thawing Mendenhall Glacier in the southern part of Alaska, United States. Some of the old trees were still standing in their original position complete with bark and roots.

Australia has more pet than people, with domesticated animals numbering 2 million more or about 25 million of the four-legged creatures or fins living with 63 per cent living in Australian homes.

Whether or not you are into snails, then for sure you have not seen anything like this before which has a transparent shell.

HIV researchers and scientists have found another way to battle HIV and this one will actually make the virus kill itself without disturbing any healthy cells.

Fukushima Prefecture, already reeling from the problems brought about the by radiation contamination at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, has been struck by a 5.3 magnitude earthquake early Friday morning.

Still days away from the expected impact, but China, Hong Kong and Taiwan has sounded all the distress alarms as it braces for the wrath of Typhoon Usagi, dubbed 2013's strongest storm yet.

In what has to be its most drastic move yet to rein in its country's pollution crisis, the Chinese government will be coming out with a monthly list of 10 most polluted cities and 10 cities with cleanest air. Australia could be at risk with this as China has likewise ordered coal-reduction targets for its provinces.

The most recent findings reduce the possibility of life on Mars. It also means that the ambitions of human beings living on Mars have also been dwarfed

September has never been this better especially for fans of various sky phenomena with three amazing sky events to expect this week, Sept 16 to 21, 2013.

New Zealand is hoping to join the ranks of oil and gas-producing countries in the world by beginning a 40-year cycle in oil and gas exploration.

Several endangered bird species were possibly included in about 7,500 migrating birds that were attracted to the gas flare emitted by the Canaport Gas Plant.

An HIV/AIDS cure is finally coming in less than 2 years, according to medical researchers. The statement came after extensive analysis of a tree bark in Samoa which is used to make medicinal tea. This new finding will add to the two prominent HIV vaccines currently undergoing clinical trials, which will hopefully lead to the end of the HIV pandemic.

The world's leaders may be failing in the fight against global warming, according to one of the officials of the United Nations. UN top climate official Halidor Thorgeirsson told reporters that people should pressure their respective politicians to take a stronger commitment against global warming.

Fossil Data Show Birds Originated From Dinosaurs

Aviation regulators from around the world had dismissed New Zealand's jetpack as a "flight of fancy" that didn't need special rules to guide its operation. However, the planned jetpack launch in 2014 has officials scratching their heads as the jetpack creators in New Zealand revealed that the jetpack can fly up to 7,000 feet in the air with a speed of 50 miles per hour.

The video of Vsauce in Youtube debuted yesterday and it had begged some really serious questions about owning properties in the outer space and the laws which had to go along with it

Waving Typhoon Man-yi as a reasonable enough excuse, the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has again dislodged contaminated water, this time in the guise of rainwater, into the Pacific Ocean

A group of scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Queensland, and Stanford University have come out with a new roadmap identifying the areas or Earth regions that are most vulnerable and least vulnerable to climate change.

A volcano in Peru which had been erupting since Sept 1, had a major explosion on Monday, releasing a cloud of smoke that reached up to 2,500 metres above the crater.

New Zealand celebrities joined protests against proposed laws that will remove the requirement of public consultation on applications for deep-sea gas and oil drilling activities. The proposed law will also abolish the right to conduct a protest at sea. Actors and celebrities like Lucy Lawless, Sam Neill, Robyn Malcom and Sir Ted Thomas, a former Supreme Court judge among others, supported the protests by Maori and environmental groups to urge New Zealand's government not to pass the law.

The Swedish National Food Agency has come up with an idea that a beaver’s anal secretions can possibly be used for creating a vanilla-like taste.