SCIENCE

Australia a Major Contributor to Global Carbon Emissions

Australia, a country largely recognized as the world's biggest coal exporter by volume and a major contributor to the rise of developing economies, has been found also a major contributor to the global environment's rapid deterioration.

Researchers Seek Better Measurement of Vaccination Drives

Better management of data could substantially raise vaccination rates, U.S. public health researchers say. A group of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimated that the coverage of vaccination around the world could be significantly improved by combining administrative data with survey data.

Heavy Metal Linked to Depression

Young people at risk of depression are more likely to listen habitually and repetitively to heavy metal music. University of Melbourne researcher Dr Katrina McFerran has found.
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Undergraduates Help People Live on Bread Alone

A group of college undergraduates from the Johns Hopkins University has developed yeast - an ingredient which helps bread rise - that has been tweaked to contain vitamins, called VitaYeast.

Rare White Wombat Rescued in Australia

A rare type of white wombat rescued in Ceduna, Australia was able to recover and regain its health back. The baby wombat was found a month ago near the town. He was alone and in a very poor condition – exhausted, dehydrated, and almost dying.

Chargers Solar Powered Charger: Going Green Goes Social

At first glance, German-based start-up Changers offers nothing new. Solar powered chargers have been on the market before but Changers offers more than a green way to charge up your electronic devices. It wants you and your friends to join the greenest social network on the internet to date.

Thailand Floods Intensify; Domestic Airport Closed Down

With knee-deep floodwaters enveloping Bangkok, high tides from the sea are pushing the Chao Phraya River's level in the central city to as high as 2.6 metres above mean sea level, above a 2.5-metre concrete floodwall, the chief of the Thail Navy's Hydrographic Department said Wednesday.

Preparing for Tsunami Trash

Tons of wreckage from the March 11 Japanese tsunami are reported heading across the Pacific Ocean toward North America.

Scientists Puzzled by Strange Hollows Sighted on Mercury

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has observed strange hollows with reflective walls and peculiar depressions that range in size from 60 feet to over a mile across and 60 to 120 feet deep. What's even more peculiar is that NASA scientists are stumped as to how these hollows got there.

NASA Scientists Solve 2,000-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery [PHOTOS]

Chinese astronomers recorded a mysterious "guest star" that appeared in the night sky in 185A.D. The ancient cosmic event which was described in the Chinese historical book "Book of the Later Han" had only been determined by scientists in the 1960s as the first ever recorded observation of a supernova. Now observations from NASA's Spritzer Space Telescope and the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have pinpointed the star that the Chinese astronomers saw 2,000 years ago....

74-Year Old Woman Caught Selling a Piece of the Moon on Black Market

NASA caught an old woman selling a piece of moon stone in black markets. Joann Davis, 74, claimed that the little piece of moon rock, smaller than a grain of rice, was owned by her late husband. She said that Neil Armstrong gave the little piece of rock to her late husband when he was still an engineer on a company NASA built during Apollo era.

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