SCIENCE

China, the world's chief emitter of carbon dioxide greenhouse gases, is poised to invest 1.7 trillion yuan (AU$298 billion) to remedy the growing air smog pollution problem lording over its horizons which has killed thousands and sickened hundreds over the years. Specifically, the amount will be used to institute programmes and measures to combat the smog situation in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province.

The set used in the 1990s movie Jurassic Park would look like a miniature model when Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer builds the world's largest dinosaur park.

Researchers from the University of St Andrews in Scotland discovered that marine mammals use a unique whistle to identify one another. The proof of this is that the animals responded when they heard their unique call - which is similar to the function of a human name - played back to them.

According to a report released on Thursday by the US Department of Energy, rising temperatures can reduce production at power plants. Power plants may reduce their power generation or shut-down temporarily.

Medical researchers are closing in to find a cure for HIV/AIDS and the medical world formulated the possible output from many positive results and development globally. The United Nations's main goal is to halt and reverse the spread of AIDS by 2015.

Our blue planet, Earth smiled from far away distance of Saturn and posed to the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The image captured Saturn's rings and Earth with its moon in the same frame.

Scientists have discovered a fossilized tooth of the biggest and oldest aquatic reptile in Australia in Gippsland.

One of the highlights of a tour of New Zealand's Parliament building in Wellington, more popularly called the Beehive, is a short video clip on the building being earthquake-proof.

Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969 and nearly 600 million television viewers watched the historical event live across the world, including a five-year-old Jeff Bezos, now the CEO of Amazon. A day before the 44th anniversary, Bezos disclosed that the two rocket engines that his team had found from the depths of the Atlantic are from Apollo 11.

Medical researchers have found a new way fight HIV/AIDS by using bone marrow treatment and cell engineering. The so-called Berlin patient opened a new hope towards possible cure and end the war against a worldwide epidemic.

A 12-year old boy with HIV and leukaemia died after a historic cell transplant at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital aimed to get the same result of three men cured of HIV and blood cancers.

Two separate men "cured" from HIV after a surprising side-effect from cancer treatments and encouraged researchers and medical experts to look into possible potential method as HIV/AIDS treatment.

A strange horned dinosaur from the Cretaceous period was discovered in Utah that is believed to have evolved in North America. Meanwhile in Florida, a tooth of the Tyrannosaurus rex was found in a tail of a plant-eating dinosaur

Sun observers will be treated to some spectacular solar effects in the coming days as waves of particles from an enormous coronal mass ejection (CME) would pass Earth within three days. The solar phenomenon is called a geomagnetic storm, which is a normal event and would not directly harm humans.

Research scientist and sex expert Debby Herbenick is working on a new project, “What do you like about your Vulva and Vagina?”

Scientists rejoiced at the phenomenal discovery of fossils that are possibly millions of years old in the northern part of Brisbane. The scientific discovery at a work site was hailed as the world's first to include a rare collection of 50-million-year-old fossils, including crocodiles, fish, frogs and plants.

A survey from The Australian Academy of Science found that Aussies did not know if humans lived at the same time as dinosaurs

GPS (global positioning systems) signals messed up during storms are indeed tricky and risky for drivers and pilots. But undependable they may be during weather disturbances, this very same haywire activity could prove useful to NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Scientists from both institutions have discovered that the wind speeds and wind strength of tropical cyclone storms can actually be predicted by just how messed up the actual GPS satellite signals are.

Google may be to blame for the young Australians' lack of basic scientific knowledge. Today's Generation Y depends on the popular search engine rather than own brains. Experts say this reliance on the Internet is a factor in the lack of scientific knowledge.

At the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology yearly conference last week, fertility experts were divided if there is a global sperm crisis looming amid an observation of declining sperm count in the past 10 years.

The photo of a carcass that looked like an alien became viral in the Internet. The picture, taken by a 17-year-old son of a national park ranger in South Africa, showed a thin corpse with gnarled teeth and shrunken head.

Scientist and medical researchers are moving forward in the never-ending battle against HIV. Studies not only present new discoveries but also saved lives treating AIDS and revealing secrets how to use the virus to treat other diseases.

Italian scientists found a way to harness gene therapy vectors from HIV to cure two severe and rare genetic diseases - metachromatic leukodystrophy and Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.

Today marks the start of the newest addition to become one of Japan’s popular skin treatment, the Snail Slime Facial treatment

Eight more cities in China want to limit the purchases of private cars in order to fight and manage the growing double whammy air pollution as well as traffic congestion menace in the country. The eight include Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin and Wuhan.

Viagra could help improve the survival and health of unborn babies. The world's first clinical trial in Australia and New Zealand are underway to test if the male virility drug can save the lives of the unborn.

Fukushima's highly radioactive groundwater could already be spreading out to the Pacific Ocean, Japan's nuclear watchdog, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said on Wednesday.

Better understanding of the sexual attraction between the male and female stingray could possibly be tapped to help prevent shark attacks on people, a University of Western Australia study said.

According to a Calgary study, more than 50% of babies have flattened spots on the back of their heads by the time they are two months. This is attributed to sleeping on the back of the head, a step taken to reduce sudden infant death syndrome.