SCIENCE

The Bureau of Meteorology has asked people not to use the telephone during a thunderstorm.

A team of scientists from ETH Zürich turns gold into foam.

The real hard work starts at COP21 as delegates agree to emission reduction target to limit global warming.

Taking 10 micrograms of the drug LSD every fourth day before starting work helps in out-of-the-box thinking, says American psychologist and writer James Fadiman.

Scientists at World Meteorological Organisation say that 2015 is likely to be the hottest year ever and have urged world leaders to take immediate action post Paris climate change meet.

Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren show viewers how they celebrate Thanksgiving in space.

NASA says that the temperature in the Antarctic region has been decreasing.

Mars’ biggest moon Phobos has already started fall apart due to gravity and will eventually blow itself to debris encircling the parent planet like a Saturn ring.

Scientists at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, made one species of flatworm grow the head and brain of another.

Thrill-seekers can have an out-of-the-world experience of space travel in two years as Jeff Bezos successfully tests its unmanned passenger rocket “New Shephard.”

Pseudo-scientists may not like Albert Einstein’s “General Theory of Relativity” for not being related to everyday life but his genius is being celebrated world over.

Humane Society International (HSI) opposes the government’s decision to implement harmful smart drum lines.

SpaceX has secured its first crewed mission to ISS, the second of four guaranteed orders, under CCtCap contract with NASA.

A new species of anthropoid primate dubbed Apidium zuetina has been found in Libya by a team of scientists led by Kansas University.

Experts warn that more than half of the world’s primates are on the brink of extinction as a result of an extensive habitat loss.

NASA cannot handle long-term space explorations and possible manned mission to Mars due to its lack of countermeasures to combat possible problems.

South Australian Agriculture Minister Leon Bignell held a meeting with state government officials and 50 farmers to discuss possible ways to deal with the droughts.

Prince Charles believes that climate change is one of the causes behind the current Syrian turmoil that has already resulted in the loss of hundreds of civilians.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego has designed a new tool that can be used to remove drug-carrying nanoparticles from the blood stream of the recipient.

The Australian government has decided to provide a $20 million funding to Sydney Harbour Federation Trust to rebuild the Platypus site into a public park.

In their report, “The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters,” UN claims that natural disasters have occurred more frequently over the past two decades, affecting Asia the hardest.

The Australian Antarctic Division and RAAF have successfully flown C-17A Globemaster III, the largest aircraft to have flown to Wilkins Aerodrome in Antarctica, in a joint operational mission to East Antarctica.

The fossil fuel industry seeks to oppose a US lawsuit over climate change against President Barack Obama's administration.

Mars could still host new formations of pools today despite its harsh environment, which easily evaporates or turns water into solid ice.

Kepler-438b, the most earth-like exoplanet discovered on Jan 6, 2015, may be uninhabitable due to radiation blasts from its parent star

NASA’s Curiosity rover is about to create history as it is going to be the first to explore active dunes in the solar system except that of Earth.

The International Space Station crew, headed by Commander Scott Kelly, is safe despite the minor power issues in one of the eight power channels of the ISS.

Researchers have proved the current climate change that has resulted in shrinking of massive glaciers in Antarctica is actually favourable for the cold-loving penguins.

ARENA’s announcement about its large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) competitive round worth $100 million attracts 77 eligible expressions of interest (EOIs).