SCIENCE

NASA and its Kepler space telescope has discovered a whopping number of 715 new planets outside our own solar system.

Krista Guarino is a 9-year-old little girl but her activities may challenge the guts of any adult.

New Zealand scientists from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) have discovered a new crustacean species that may unlock the secrets of the deep sea. Previously unknown until now, the sand-hopper was found inside another deep sea organism from the Chatham Rise. This is the part of the ocean floor east of New Zealand.

The government of Ontario in Canada is seeking to legalise a bill that would ban the importation as well as spread of the invasive Asian Carp species, a kind of fish that reproduces rapidly and have been found to have infested U.S. waterways throughout the South and Midwest.

The fear of Flesh Eating Disease caused a public panic in the Philippines after a media report that a "mysterious flesh-eating disease" is spreading in Pangasinan, a town in the northern part of the country. What is flesh-eating disease, and why rumors of it can spark a national panic similar to an apocalyptic doom? Below are 10 facts that you should know about flesh-eating disease.

Pro-circumcision groups got a boost with the results of a survey made by AdamAndEve.com on female preference in terms of having the foreskin of their male partners cut or not.

Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy continued to maintain the nuclear leak that came out from a nuclear waste plant in New Mexico poses no hazards to the health of nearby residents, even as levels of airborne radioactivity had been found to be "slightly elevated."

Canada, the U.S. and Denmark, three of the five-member Arctic nations, want to impose a fishing moratorium in the region as the ice starts to melt, and fast.

HIV and hepatitis C are now treatable according to latest reports of two "miracle cure machines" developed by Egypt's armed forces. The machines can detect the disease for a minute and cure it for only 16 hours with 95 to 100 percent guarantee.

An expert observed that lice among teens became common after selfies got popular

Water samples collected off the coast of Canada had revealed traces of radionuclides linked with the radiation leak at the crippled Japanese nuclear plant Fukushima.

With the smog enveloping Beijing already on its sixth consecutive day, the World Health Organisation said the current levels of air pollution in China has reached a crisis.

If sea levels continue to rise as many climate scientists have predicted, island sanctuaries in the Pacific, including those in New Zealand could be submerged in water. According to a new study, the world's rarest animals could disappear along with the islands. Researchers in the University of Auckland said conservation projects on islands free from pests could be undone since many of the low-lying islands may be underwater when sea level rises by up to 2.3 metres by 2100.

Australia could be the first country in the world to create a bionic brain

Astronomers from Spain on Tuesday released a video showing the impact of a giant meteorite crashing into moon's surface on September 2013.

More fuel would likely be added again to the heated debate on whether to cut or not the foreskin of male infants. The trigger this time is a study that links the rise in number of sexually transmitted infection and drop in rates of childhood circumcision with an increase in rate of cancer of the penis.

A new study has shown that particles released into the air during volcanic eruptions reflected sunlight, altering temperatures to drop. The recent spate of volcanic eruptions, particularly those in Indonesia, may have caused massive damages but on a global scale, such nature's wrath has done more good than harm to the world's rising mean temperatures.

Experts are looking into possibilities of AIDS cure from HIV-infected patients called "controllers" who contracted the virus but never got sick. The Immunity Project aims to create free HIV vaccine for global population based on the blood from HIV controllers.

Crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant again dispensed some 100 tonnes of highly radioactive water on Thursday. Its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) blamed human error for the latest overflow.

Who will think that even the totally destructive nuclear bomb which we only see as a threat to human existence has a good side actually? Recent developments found that it can be used the other way around – save humanity; this time, from an external enemy.

Professional tasters as well as scientists endorsed that the “poop” sausages were equally tasty even though they were much healthier.

A Canadian hospital created history when it displayed live tweets with videos of an on-going heart surgery on Thursday, Feb 20.

Due to the recent heavy rainfall in the UK, sinkholes have opened up and swallowed buildings and caused roads to collapse. A portion of the M2 road in Kent was closed after sinkhole measuring 15 feet was found in the central reservation. On Feb 2, a deeper sinkhole measuring 30-feet deep had opened up on a family's driveway and swallowed the car of a teenager in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

The controversial anti-HIV pill is going to be tested in Toronto to figure out how much it is effective in reality.

Taronga Zoo is saddened to announce that Casey the Leopard Seal had to be put down due to health condition

Australia's Perth is expected to experience more days and nights of scorching heat as the second longest dry spell continues. Weather reports predict temperatures as high as 37C will be reached in Perth. The Australian city is already feeling the heat as the dry spell drags and expected to peak again in February 23, Sunday. Records in Perth revealed that the city had only 0.2mm of rainfall. The current dry spell in Perth reached another new record as Feb 19 marked the third longest stretch wi...

Flight plans of hundreds of travelers were again disrupted on Thursday as poor visibility surrounded New Zealand's Wellington airport for a second night due to fog.

There might be a massive death scenario among starfishes along the Pacific shores of North America, but scientists said this was hardly a fault of the Fukushima radiation spill.

A new set of researchers are locking on two drugs which can kill HIV on infected host cells by inducing cell death. Both drugs are also approved for human use in Europe and the United States which makes further developments faster and cost-effective.