SCIENCE

Eight months after a magnitude 7.2 temblor, the Philippines' Central Visayas has been stricken anew with a major earthquake on Thursday early evening that measured magnitude 6.3.

A new NOAA-led study released by US researchers has presented a glimpse of potentially more droughts to countries near the Equator. It found global warming is pushing Pacific tropical cyclones away from the equator going toward the poles, potentially risking Japan and Korea peninsula and other regions with generally larger populations during cyclone season.

Kelp samples collected along the U.S. West Coast continue to test negative to possible ocean-borne radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant that was crippled by a tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in March 2011.

The Public Health Agency of Canada on Wednesday said the doctor who had contact with a MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus) afflicted patient in Florida and then travelled to Canada has tested negative for the virus.

Investigators of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 may be wrong in identifying the pings that were thought coming from the plane under Indian Ocean.

Researchers found the world's oldest sperm has been preserved in a bat poo at the Bitesantennary Site in the Riversleigh World Heritage area of Queensland.

Northern New Zealand will experience more droughts due to a change in Southern Ocean winds. A new study by the Australian National University revealed stronger westerly winds from the ocean. The force is believed to be stronger than any time in the last 1000 years. The winds are moving southwards and were observed to be concentrating around Antarctica.

A migrant ship carrying at least 400 people sank 100 nautical miles south of the island of Lampedusa, in Southern Italy. At least 17 people died while 200 have been rescued, according to the Italian Navy.

An earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude strength struck Panama on Tuesday.

The global aviation industry led by the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has vowed to make global tracking of flights "a matter of priority" after a recent two-day special meeting in Montreal where the bulk of the discussion focused on what happened to the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

Glaciers from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet pose a grave threat to global sea levels as it recently started an irreversible state, two new studies show. Scientists say the recent melting of the Thwaites glacier was faster than they anticipated.

Crew members of an Australian TV production has captured on film the sighting of two UFOs swiftly flying over Queenstown, New Zealand. The Australian TV production crew was in New Zealand to film for the seventh season of “Colour In Your Life” series.

For years it was believed that red wine has several health benefits due to antioxidant resveratrol, which has been cited as a possible explanation for the 'French Paradox."

The ice sheet of the West Antarctica had begun melting.

A new study has shown that the last of a species of Kangaroos known as the musky rat-kangaroo may not have a home for too long if the current rate of global warming is not arrested. The musky rat-kangaroos are mostly found in the northeast region of Queensland.

Drinking red wine and eating chocolates, however frequent, may not make a person have improved health, a study released on Monday by U.S. researchers said.

A major network of methane gas and frozen methane was discovered by New Zealand and German scientists. The methane network, located in New Zealand's sea floor off the East Coast, has been causing underwater landslides and greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. has reported its second case of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a male patient currently confined in an Orlando hospital.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the sale and distribution of the "DEKA Arm System."

Researchers from the Australian National University have discovered the reason why Australia keeps recording droughts, while Antarctica remains colder. The study, published in Nature Climate Change, found that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were strengthening the winds in the Southern Ocean which usually bring rain to Southern Australia. However, the carbon dioxide has pushed the winds closer to Antarctica.

The possibility of a magnitude 9 earthquake happening in the Pacific Ocean will be studied as GNS Science will begin placing seismometers or quake warning devices on New Zealand's most threatening faults.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released videos of their astronauts training underwater for their upcoming asteroid mission in Houston. On Friday, May 9, astronauts Stan Love and Steven Bowen can be seen in the videos testing the new suit and numerous tools in an underwater asteroid drilling practice at the space agency’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the Johnson Space Centre.

Monoamniotic twins or often referred to as "Mono Mono" are identical twins who share both a placenta and an amniotic sac, but have separate umbilical cords.

After magnitude 5.8 earthquake has cracked some of its granite and marble stones in August 2011, the Washington Monument will reopen anew to the public.

Saudi Arabia has recently registered three new cases and three new deaths from the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection.

A remote-controlled research submarine that costs a whopping $8 million has gone missing off the coast of New Zealand.

On Friday, May 9, 2014, Ohio woman Sarah Thistlethwaite gave birth to identical twins. She delivered rare “mono mono” twins just two days before Mother’s Day who are doing well. Could it be more beautiful?

Transport operators of planes, trains and passenger ships in Canada have been ordered to guarantee the safety of the clean water they offer to their passengers by making sure they adhere to the latest industry or scientific standards.

A viral video of dead mermaid making the rounds of social networking sites is likely another hoax story on the Internet that netizens would still be interested in despite all signs the carcass is an art work only.