SCIENCE

The WWF has strongly urged governments to stop destructive activities on world heritage sites.

Channel Nine's new program would have us believe a powerful hypnotist can make us do whatever he says and we are powerless to resist or even realise. This is inconsistent with science.

Science Web sites debunk speculations that the moon would appear green for 90 minutes on April 20 or May 29 because of planetary alignment.

In light of the recent coral bleaching events, scientists have also found out that fish are protecting the Great Barrier Reef corals from bleaching, predators and storms.

Apart from its weird greenish eyes, the bizarre sea creature had three gills on each side of its head as opposed to sharks’ five and seven gills on each side.

Homo sapiens appeared around 200,000 years ago in Africa. Later they spread out in other parts of the world where they came across Neanderthals and possibly hobbits from Indonesia.

In 2015, Australian government spent close to $100,000 sending officials to different parts of the world to convince World Heritage Committee members not to place the reef on the “in danger” list.

A mysterious celestial object hit Jupiter, and scientists believe it was a comet or an asteroid. However, the explosion was extremely powerful.

Pictures of Pluto taken from New Horizons have revealed features possibly carved by liquids. The photos also show a possible frozen lake located just north of Sputnik Planum.

About 10 percent of the almost 100,000 stars observed by scientists had magnetic fields which strength was either weaker or similar to that of the Sun’s magnetic field.

Rising global temperatures may soon make famous wine-growing regions such as California and France redundant. Production will have to shift to other regions like Canada and China.

New study revealed that some of Saturn’s moons formed less than 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs were still roaming Earth. The study can help in assessing ages of other moons.

Like former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Miles wants current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to show same level of commitment by visiting The Great Barrier Reef and then taking appropriate actions.

Cichlid selfing is an extreme case of bizarre sexual reproduction. The breeding took place in the mouth of the fish. The fertilisation took place inside the mouth.

Three new green products provide users more safety as well as savings.

The study, published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, showed that certain plant types could increase temperatures in China and Europe from three to five degrees Celsius.

The puppy remains were found on the banks of the River Syalakh in the Sakha Republic. DNA analysis has revealed that the remains are that of a dog and not of a wolf.

The reef is turning white and the main cause of it is the rising ocean surface temperature. It reached 33 degrees in February due to the strong El Niño weather system.

Mars became inhabitable due to a lack of a magnetic field protection like that of Earth. Mars is barren and vulnerable to Sun’s intense solar winds.

The astronomers used High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) telescopes in Namibia to detect the high-energy gamma ray source. The gamma rays act as a “tracer” for cosmic rays.

Norwegian scientists forward the theory that methane gas explosions from the ocean floor explain why aircraft and ships disappearing when passing the Bermuda Triangle.

The exciting Mars mission may be extremely dangerous as any form of life discovered on mars and brought back to earth may contaminate our home.

American astronaut Scott Kelly, along with his Russian cosmonaut companion Mikhail Kornienko, landed on Earth last week after spending 340 days in space, the longest US space mission on record.

The US and Canada will work together to reduce methane emissions by 40-45 percent of 2012 levels.

Brian, the newly discovered species of spider, is endemic to freshwater streams around Brisbane. It can sit under water for an hour to kill and eat preys, even three times its size.

Parts of the Great Barrier Reef are facing permanent destruction due to the current El Nino. Award-winning environmental photographer Gary Braasch died documenting the climate change impact on the reef.

High levels of carbon monoxide readings trigger speculation on possibility of big quake rocking California.

Scientists believed the experiment wouldn’t be fruitful as Challenger Deep is supposedly the deepest, hence, the quietest place on Earth. But they were wrong.

Asteroid 2013 tx68 may pose a threat if new observations made during this month’s pass reveal its diameter to be larger than expected. This time, it’s not hitting Earth, though.