SCIENCE

Electronic cigarette or e-cigarette refills contain concentrated nicotine and swallowing a few drops can be very dangerous to toddlers, say experts.

Created by Michael Tolley and his team at Harvard University, the soft robot has no skeleton and withstands fire, snow, acid.

The ozone layer, which protects the Earth from various harmful cosmic rays, has started its recovering process, the United Nations reported.

CISRO's 94-metre science ship, RV Investigator, aims to put Australia into the marine science big league.

tephen Hawking in the preface of a new book, "Starmus," warns that the "God particle" (Higgs boson) would destroy the universe.

Scientists have discovered that there are far lesser galaxies visible from the telescope in the Milky Way than the actual number that must be there.

Passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 refuse to believe that their loved ones are dead. Girlfriend of Philip Wood believes authorities are interfering with the findings.

China successfully launched the Yaogan-21, remote sensing satellite and the Tiantuo-1 was launched from the rocket.

A large ring shaped Viking fortress has been discovered in Denmark.

The Oakley Trinity Housing Association set aside its plan to operate a 24-bed facility for alcohol-dependent people on its Nazareth House site in Bishop Street. The group scrapped the idea due to negative response from residents who opposed the project.

Fresh data released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) showed that on an average day, 3.2 million young adults used marijuana, 57,304 used heroin, 51,319 used cocaine, 46,179 used hallucinogens and 17,868 used inhalants.

A true spectacle, scientists have discovered a new planet forming around a star about 335 light years from Earth.

Researchers will benefit from the appearance of the supermoon on Sept. 9 to study the effect of elevated tidal levels on low-lying cities like Christchurch in New Zealand.

The International Space Scientists usually launches CubeSat microsatellites from a cannon after being triggered by scientists.

A suspected meteorite, with a trail of fire, lit up the skies of Spain and was feared to be a burning UFO heading for Earth.

Two fissures gushing out lava was seen in Iceland on Sep. 4 which hould be seen even from space.

If one who is infected with the disease needs to have diagnosis early, each hours delay in treatment increases the risk at 8%.

A Pakistani sailor had jumped into crocodile-infested waters during war games off the Northern Territory. He managed to avoid the crocodiles and swam away.

Men in Australia are more likely to be attacked by sharks than women, maybe because of staying long in the water.

Poor and inadequate sleep leads to shrinkage of the gray matter in the brain over a period of time, researchers from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom said.

A small meteorite his Managua on Saturday night, creating a 12-metre wide and 5-metre deep crater near the international airport of Nicaragua. There were no injuries caused by the meteorite, which probably broke off from an asteroid that passed close to Earth.

Christine Stapleton, a columnist at PsychCentral.com and a recovered alcoholic, had to make a big decision over a decade ago to fix her alcohol problem. One that involved accepting that she was depressed and had to enter therapy.

Russell Edwards, who describes himself as an "armchair detective," claims to have solved the mystery behind the man who committed the gruesome murders.

Handsome men or men with masculine faces have lower quality of sperm, suggests a study conducted at the University of Valencia in Spain. The findings were published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Forty-year-old Amanda Davey, from Southport ran and fell down, nearly breaking her neck, after participating in an ice bucket challenge.

Sleeping on animal skin or animal fur, especially in the first three months of a baby’s life, reduces the risk of developing asthma and allergies, reveals a study.

The final supermoon of the three supermoons of 2014 will be seen on the night of Sept. 9, and the next opportunity to see it would be on Jan. 20, 2015.

An asteroid flew frighteningly close to the Earth at 2:18 pm ET on Sept. 7, when it passed over New Zealand.

A Pakistani sailor appears to have jumped into the crocodile infested waters during his participation in the war games off the Northern Territory coast.