SCIENCE

The sun unleashed an extremely powerful solar flare, the largest in more than five years early Tuesday but is unlikely to affect the Earth, scientists say.

Paleontologists discovered the fossilized remains of an enormous prehistoric bird that lived in Central Asia more than 65 million years ago and lived alongside dinosaurs.

The dead white whale found off Queensland's Palm Island is not the famous albino humpback Migaloo, a marine expert says.

Astronomers report having observed a rare celestial event- a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole.

THE tiny glass bottle in my hand is filled with what looks like crude oil, but it's actually oil's nemesis. If it works, this black sludge will transform the rechargeable battery, doubling the range of electric cars and making petroleum obsolete.

A plan to solve drought-stricken Third World countries by tugging massive icebergs from the polar ice caps could soon become a reality.

Now you can sip on a cold beer when you're gazing at the wonders of the cosmos. A Sydney microbrewery has created the world's first beer that can be drunk in space.

Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss!

Back in the olden days, houses were constructed with hefty foundations and in areas where airflow was required, high stilts (eg. The Queenslander style) formed an airy, high and usable cavity where fresh breezes circulated. Old-fashioned idea, but now, it is being seen as a very practical design not just in Australia but all over the world.

Competition time! We love our washing lines and clothes lines around here at My Green Australia. So we want to celebrate this love and also welcome Spring and Summer time!

Dark finger-like features on the surface of Mars indicate that there is water on Mars according to scientists Thursday.

The moon maybe palely alone in the night sky today but according to scientists it is possible that the there was a second, smaller moon 4.4 billion years ago.

A preacher saw the so-called ‘End Times’ when a Texas lake almost dried up and turned bloody-red in the ongoing American summer but experts insisted that the searing drought merely deprived the water of oxygen, thus leaving thousands of fish dead and floating too.

The US space agency said on Monday that it has started perusing the incredible images from one of the asteroids orbiting the zone between Mars and Jupiter, which were provided by the spacecraft Dawn that reached the asteroid belt early in July.

Mysterious crop circles that have been attributed to aliens and UFO's are actually the result of physics, at least according to Professor Richard Taylor.

Brain O'Leary passed away last week (July 28th, 2011). A former NASA astronaut and PhD recipient from the University of California at Berkeley (1967), Dr. O'Leary was more recently known for his research and advocacy into alternative energy (free energy).

Russia and its partners plan to sink the International Space Station in the Pacific Ocean once it is no longer needed, according to a Russian space official on Wednesday.

A new study conducted by Chinese experts pointed to the likelihood that Archaeopteryx, long regarded as one of birds’ probable ancestors, would lose its more than a hundred year reputation and be re-classified as one of the many flying dinosaurs.

The International Space Station (ISS) will end its mission by 2020 but Russia assured that the huge orbiting object will not add up to the increasing numbers of space junks circling above Earth, according to the Roskosmos space agency.

For 150 years the famous winged fossil Archeopteryx has enjoyed being called the world's oldest bird, until a chicken- sized dinosaur fossil found in China proved that the species is just another feathery dinosaur.

Researchers from Oxford University are asking the public for help in translating the millions of fragments of ancient texts that could possibly be a lost gospel.

A group of researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has declared there will be no machine that can travel through time, because they have proved that nothing can be faster than the speed of light.

Researchers have discovered a new miniature frog species in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Scientists in the United Kingdom are warning future researchers that the lack of ethical rules could lead to the humanizing of animals and a possible scenario much like the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes, in which scientists inadvertently create a new breed of ape with human-like intelligence.

Physicists working with large hadron collider believe that they may be close to finding the long sought Higgs Boson, the "God particle" by 2012 or disprove its existence entirely.

Amidst radical and hotly debated strategy for maintaining biodiversity, researchers from CSIRO, University of Queensland and United States Geological Survey are presenting a pragmatic decision framework for determining when, if ever, to move species in the face of climate change.

Pluto may not be part of our solar system's planets anymore but that doesn't mean that it has stopped being interesting. On Wednesday, NASA astronomers discovered another hidden gem to this tiny dwarf planet: a new moon.

A new study presented at the World Health Organization's (WHO) 1st International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) in Geneva, Switzerland, has revealed that the use of antimicrobial copper surfaces in hospitals helps reduce the rate of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) by 40 percent. The metal also effectively kills 97 percent of bacteria, as well as many viral and fungal pathogens.

NASA has invited the public to share a virtual dinner with the final space shuttle crew on Thursday, July 14, encouraging everyone to prepare grilled chicken, barbecue brisket, baked beans and southwestern corn at home using NASA's recipes.