SCIENCE

A new study shows that material purchases offer more frequent happiness over time while experiential purchases provide more intense happiness on individual occasions.

A team of researchers from MIT use wifi signals to turn the fantasy of x-ray vision into reality, improving health care management and security.

Humans haven’t learned anything when it comes to religion and politics, according to researchers.

Scientists have programmed computers to help Facebook and other social media users predict which of their photos would be most memorable as posts.

Scientists from James Cook University have discovered a short-nosed sea snake and leaf-scaled sea snake, previously thought to be extinct.

NASA, together with Fusion and MIT, will release Mars 2030, a virtual reality experience that will give users the most realistic Martian environment possible in 2016.

Contradicting existing theories and new NASA research shows that the Earth’s temperature has decreased where heavy industrialisation has taken place.

Curiosity found silica on Mars, a probable proof that water flowed in the Red Planet.

Brain science may have found why so many young Somali Americans with no religious affiliations are willing to kill and die for the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.

Researchers say that consumers who support environmental causes do not necessarily practice a green lifestyle.

A new research suggests that ancient Egyptian documents are a mine of information on some of the major astronomical events of those times, such as the period of eclipsing binary Algol.

Lakes warming at alarming rates will have disastrous impact on global supplies of food and freshwater.

New findings by NASA show a history of glacial activity on Pluto over the past several years.

According to a new study, dogs are capable of exhibiting human-like altruism, a trait commonly seen in only humans and apes.

The social class in the US determines genetic influence on intelligence but this is not the case in Australia and Western Europe.

The Arctic is now warmer than it has been since 1900, thanks to global warming.

There’s a direct link between the Earth’s tilt and climate change, suggests an international research based on data of 282,000 years.

Scientists believe that using the genetics of a close relative of Pinta tortoises will offer a path to reviving the extinct species.

Russia is reportedly using its next-generation satellites and mighty space power to attack the ISIS and other militants in Syria.

Chinese buy up bottles of fresh air from Canadian start-up company Vitality Air.

In a fascinating cosmic event, a team of researchers at NASA has captured gamma rays older than Earth travelling across the universe.

Australian scientists have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet outside the Solar System.

A new study by Brian John, Dr Dyfed Elis-Gruffyd and John Downes says that glaciers transported the rocks of Stonehenge to the landmark’s current location.

The travel booking site, Kayak, has started offering space flights for travel in 2016 through XCOR Space Expeditions.

NASA began on Dec 14 the search for future space explorers who will carry out deep-space missions that will advance a human mission to Mars.

Fly-bag, developed by a company from the University of Sheffield, will prevent bombs from exploding aboard an aircraft.

A new research shows elected heads of the government live fewer years than those who lose.

A New York University graduate student has designed a robot that can help Tinder dating app users find “guaranteed” true love.

The air quality in the United States and Europe has significantly improved, but they are still among the largest emitters of nitrogen dioxide, according to trends mapped by NASA scientists.