SCIENCE

A secretive robotic space place, a project of the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, is about to set its own space-endurance record. The project was planned for a 9- month-plus mission, and officials said they are close to that now.

The NASA Kepler Mission has discovered a new exoplanet similar in size to Earth but with a temperature nowhere near the habitable zone.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has conducted a new experiment involving the firing of laser pulses between satellites to track greenhouse gases as part of the agency’s need to understand global change, one of today’s most pressing scientific challenges.

The Senate Committee of Rural Affairs and Transport recommended on Wednesday the suspension of all new coal seam gas (CSG) projects in areas where it would tap into the Great Artesian Basin. The 12 recommendations are based on the potential of CSG ventures to contaminate underground water.

In a study presented at the 17th U.N. conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa, an alliance of environmental groups warned that efforts will be in vain as long as banks are willing to finance expansion of the coal industry, one of the world's biggest sources of greenhouse gases.

Heart attacks can happen to almost anyone, that means any gender, age, or even sex. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. But if the disease can strike on anyone, why are women more at risk than men?

The mining sector is going digital to avoid or minimise the incidence and scale of the impact of dust mines on the environment.

NASA’s nanosatellite that deployed the agency’s first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit has successfully completed its Earth Orbiting Mission.

Beautiful graphics, realistic sounds, story plots that can leave a person hanging - these are just some things that can hook an individual to play video games all day. But aside from getting entertained and getting involved in the game, do people really know what they're getting themselves into?

Beware of buying things from the internet. You could be buying something that should not be sold in the first place, like the RL-10 rocket engine that is owned by NASA.

There is an expression that people say: "If wishes were fishes, the world will be an ocean." But more importantly, if wishes were fishes, then the world would have a lot of healthier people - this is because eating fish is good for the body, but not only that, it's also good for the mind. Though eating fish is only popular for those who are going on a diet, those humble sea creatures can serve a plate-full of benefits.

Pluto’s small moons may pose a serious threat to NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft once it reaches the planet in 2015.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), in its annual briefing to the UN climate summit, said that the Earth’s surface continues to get warmer, and the warming is due to human activities.

In line with global trends for more environment-friendly vehicles, the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) picked on Wednesday the Ford Falcon EcoLPi as one of the best cars in the country.

Archeologists led by the University of Birmingham along with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection uncovered two giant pits around Stonehenge suggestive of a ritual site long before the standing stones were put in place.

Giving birth to a child is one of the most miraculous things that can happen in a woman's life. Delivering a child, and sometimes children, is also one the most anticipated events in the lives of couples, especially those who are moms-to-be. However, dangers in child delivery can turn what should be a dream come true into a nightmare.

Planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres, even if they are far from their parent star, can generate enough heat to keep liquid water on their surfaces making it habitable.

The European Space Agency’s latest attempts to send commands to the Phobos-Grunt have not been successful as the spacecraft did not raise its orbit and remained on track for its re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere.

Canadian scientists are developing super algae that can be used to clean up greenhouse gasses.

An amateur astronomer captured the shot of his life when he took a picture of forming solar system.

Future bugs will be harder to swat down especially when they're cyborg versions of the insects of today. Scientists at the University of Michigan are developing enhanced insects that can be used to scout out environments that are dangerous to humans.

Researchers have found what could be the oldest known fossils for two single-celled microbes, the tube-shelled foraminifera and the hairy ciliates.

A new study has uncovered a region of DNA that can boost the growth of stem cells and lead to safe cell therapies.

A new study shows that the combined effects of warming and predation could lead to more widespread marine biodiversity loss than are currently predicted, as animals or plants are unable to shift their habitat ranges.

Movies nowadays have it made in terms of modern equipment, especially with sci-fi movies or computer generated, or C.G., films that help build characters from top to bottom. But thanks to that technology, modern medicine now has the hand it needs to build real life characters' faces for human face transplants.

A new study said wood-based biofuel, which creates fewer greenhouse gas emissions and requires less water to produce, could become a competitive alternative to fuel made from corn by 2020 but commercial production requires government support to be economically viable.

Russian space officials face threats of fine and/or criminal prosecution due to the failure of several projects, particularly the Phobos-Grunt mission, the most ambitious Mars mission so far.

When people go on a diet, majority of them will say it is because they want to lose weight. But when it comes to diabetics, that is not the case - instead of trying to lose weight, going on a diet could mean curing their disease.

In a corner of a typical urban shopping centre tucked away in Florida sits what looks like a tiny service lane way. Except behind the timber gates is an entry into another world. Its been transformed into something else.