New study has revealed strategies to create new defense against AIDS-causing HIV in the form of a transplant drug which is normally used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs that could unlock a working cure.
Residents off North Queensland coast are being advised to brace for tropical Cyclone Ita which has left 16 people dead as well as massive floods in Solomon Islands.
Because of the painful bee sting on his nose, Michael Smith, a graduate student of Cornell University, was almost unwilling to have a third sting on his proboscis unlike 24 other body parts where he was bitten 5 times each as part of a science experiment.
This early, Filipinos have been told to prepare for another typhoon whose strength could be as strong as Haiyan (Yolanda) which hit the Philippines in November 2013. The strongest typhoon on record, Haiyan killed about 6,000 people and destroyed a lot of homes and infrastructure in the Visayas region, and until now, families are still rebuilding their lives and homes.
Noah's Ark from the Bible could have floated with two of every animal available during that time inside the boat.
On April 14 and 15, the Earth’s shadow will be darkening the full Moon for the startling celestial sky display, the 2014 Lunar Eclipse. Clear skies and no weather disturbances will offer the sky watchers a remarkable night view at the Geauga Park District’s Observatory Park in Montville Township, Ohio.
Experiencing at least 50 aftershocks per hour since Tuesday's big earthquake rumbler, Chileans from the port city of Iquique have started to flock uphill.
The first images of our planet through a couple of space cameras sent by Canadian company UrtheCast were released on Thursday, April 3.
April 15 will mark the first of the four lunar eclipses. It is known as "Blood Moon" because the much awaited celestial event will leave the moon appearing reddish orange, something blood-like.
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 mystery continues to disappoint the investigators and loved-ones of the victims.
April 2014 will be offering viewers a remarkable sky display starting with the lunar eclipse on April 15. Then, the 2014 Lyrids meteor shower will appear next starting on Wednesday, April 16, until April 25.
The first of four total lunar eclipses for 2014-15, the Blood Moon, suggests 2nd coming of Jesus, a prophecy claims
The Malaysia Airlines MH370, now a month still missing into oblivion somewhere, will be the focus of a global ministers meeting in Hawaii. The assembly was primarily called to bolster cooperation for humanitarian assistance efforts.
Thanks to hard-earned lessons in 2010, Chile was more than focused and prepared when it got hit again by a massive earthquake four years later in 2014. Commendable and worth emulating by other nations.
Authorities have raised a tsunami alert for Hawaii and told residents to brace for a possible onslaught. The warning came off following the magnitude 8.2 earthquake that struck off Chile on Tuesday night. At least five have died.
The research industry fears precedence will happen as conspiracy related climate change report was retracted due to minimal legal complaints
The mission to colonize the red planet continues. While more than 200,000 people have applied for this epic-like attempt to conquer Mars, a short list of 1000 applicants for the Mars One Mission has already been released. A student of Rutgers is among those shortlisted.
In a recent NASA report handed out on March 31, the Midwest region of U.S. was shown to have gained the biggest percentage in terms of photosynthetic activity during the Northern Hemisphere's growing season.
A United Nations report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC has released the Fifth Assessment Report. The report highlights the effects and potential dangers of climate change and the options available to governments to combat the problems.
Japan has reopened the Miyakoji area of Tamura and has called on its former 357 residents to come back to the place which three years ago underwent evacuation because of the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown.
Mark the calendar! A “Full Pink Moon” is set to appear on Tuesday, April 15. The Moon will not really have a pink or red colour but the name of the upcoming 2014 Lunar Eclipse came from the springtime bloom of the moss pink spring flower, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
It was a promising celebration of the Earth Hour on Saturday, March 29. In addition to common people and celebrities turning their lights off for an hour to save electricity, major landmarks around the world did the same.
Tokyo Electric Power Co's dumping of groundwater from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, already approved by local fishermen on Tuesday, will begin in May, Japan's industry minister said on Sunday.
As the world's temperatures continue to warm up, so does the tempers globally. Hot tempers may exacerbate global security issues as people fight over resources, particularly water and energy, which could lead to civil wars and strife between nations and refugees, a report by a recent United Nations climate panel due for release said.
New Zealand is not ready for the effects of climate change especially when sea levels rise by half a metre. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report said that the island nation has a significant "adaptation deficit" against a man-made global warming by 2100. The climate change report said the human-influenced global warming will have an increase of temperature between 2 and 4 degrees Celsius. The sea level rise in New Zealand might turn a once-in-a-hundred year flood to ...
The crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Japan has claimed its first death. But it wasn't due to radiation-related reasons. A worker involved in the plant's excavation work died after getting buried in a mudslide on Friday.
A study made by the University of Adelaide in Australia may spell bad business for manufacturers of Viagra, Cialis and other medication that allows men suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED) to rise to the occasion again.
A witness identified as Denise Poole shared her puzzling UFO sighting experience of a mysterious flying saucer floating over a nearby Guernsey college in the UK. The 52-year-old witness recounted that she spotted the unidentified flying object in her daily live weather Webcam feed.
Australia remains unmatched in Asia-Pacific Nature Index
A dwarf planet has been discovered and it happens to be the most distant object in the solar system that scientists know about.
