Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
A living creature in Mars? Or the discovery of a new planet perhaps?We will find out with the new missions to study the Earth, the sun, the Milky Way and Earth-like planets being undertaken in the future.
Monsoon rains in South Asia have suffered considerable cut backs over the past four decades, according to new research findings released on Thursday, which put much of the blame to aerosol particles spewed by human activities.
Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
Starting on September 1, 2011 the official single use plastic bag ban has begun in the Northern Territory. Some peole are cheering and happy but others are now scratching their heads... what do we now use to line our rubbish bin?
Women account for 75 percent of the agricultural producers in sub-Saharan Africa, but the majority of women farmers are living on only $1.25 per day, according to researchers from the Worldwatch Institute.
NASA has captured once again enchanting images of Aurora Australis from the International Space Station while passing over Indian Ocean on September 17. One of the Sept. 17 videos now circulating on the web shows wildfire images in Australia.
Australian astronomers have located the Milky Way, which apparently sits like a bead in a cosmic thread in the great cosmos.
Officials of the Jiuquan Satellite in Northwest China have set off the Chinese Long March 2FT1 rocket that will convey the country’s first archetype space laboratory into course on Thursday.
A study being conducted by an international group of researchers has found out that plants use up carbon dioxide 25 percent more rapidly than it was previously known.
Are you a NASA Twitter follower?Then this might be your chance to witness the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, explore for yourself the Kennedy Space Center, and even speak with NASA scientists.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which recently shocked physics by reporting particles moving faster than light, hopes to crack one of the greatest mysteries of the cosmos.
Diesel oil spilled into the Brisbane River near the commercial business district. The spill, near Eagle St Pier, was reported at 5:30 a.m. and is estimated to have spread 150 to 200 metres along the river's northern bank.
A company in the U.S. achieved a major breakthrough by transforming agricultural waste into fuel for motor vehicles and other useful chemicals by treating the waste with compacted water heated to extremely high temperature.
Another satellite is expected to crash into earth after NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell into the Pacific Ocean a few days ago.
It's one of the most famous stories in the literary field: how Mary Shelley woke up from a dream to write the iconic "Frankenstein". Now a group of astronomers have proved that the author's account of how the moon shone through the window of her room in Villa Diodati is actually true.
A new study recently published by science journal PLoS ONE has indicated that shark population in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may be witnessing a sharp decline due to unregulated fishing activities in the area.
Residents of New South Wales Blue Mountains have declared their area a nuclear-free zone, a federal government report released on Wednesday said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday disclosed that 2 million people from more than 1,000 cities across 91 countries die each year because of the effects of massive air pollution.
The inner dynamics of a person's nose can be likened to a household, with separate teams doing their own separate tasks. Nasal molecules that respond to pleasant smells hold a different location from molecules that respond to unpleasant smells. This was the result of a study that aimed to test the hypothesis that "the organization of the olfactory epithelium reflects olfactory perception."
Females who want to get rid of depression can now find solace in drinking caffeine-laced drinks although researchers based in Harvard claimed that more research is necessary before they can recommend that drinking several cups a day can be considered as therapy.
A medical study released online on Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that certain individuals afflicted with asthma will not be capable of responding to inhaled steroids which are used for long-term asthma control.
A few days after alarming levels of radioactive cesium and iodine 131 were reported near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, local officials plan to decontaminate homes within 60 kilometers, NHK World News reported.
China is launching its first space laboratory module at the end of the week, with final preparations for the Tiangong-1 spacecraft launch in full swing.
In the first India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue held in Beijing, Indian delegates headed by Deputy-chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia told media the dialogue serves as a "knowledge transfer" conveying substantial benefits to both countries, The Hindu reported.
As Google's Internet Evangelist, one of the "Fathers of the Internet," Vint Cerf, recently spoke before brilliant children at a charity forum. Asked about his thoughts on what lies ahead for the internet, he expressed optimism and says there are exciting things ahead.
Ever want Harry Potter's Cloak of Invisibility? Science fiction fantasy may just become a reality as Spanish researchers have developed an magnetic cloaking device that could hide objects from magnetic fields.
Undergoing prostrate cancer biopsies, which take only 15 minutes, has become more hazardous for men, according to a recent research in the U.S.
A Virginia resident last week sent in proof of the this next step in the evolution of the cane toad with five legs. Five legged cane toads have been discovered before most notably back in 2007 with a five legged frog by the name of Jake the Peg in Tumbling Waters near Darwin River.
Women account for 75 percent of the agricultural producers in sub-Saharan Africa, but the majority of women farmers are living on only $1.25 per day, according to researchers from the Worldwatch Institute.
