Science

Another heat record means 2015 likely to be hottest year ever
The globe shattered yet another heat record in November, continuing a warming trend that is all but certain to make 2015 the hottest year in modern history,...
Planet Earth is blue… Astronauts dock safely with International Space Station
British astronaut Major Tim Peake has docked safely with the International Space Station (ISS).
Astronauts blast into space for International Space Station mission
A rocket has blasted off carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) including Major Tim Peake, the first British professional astronaut...
Algae toxins may be erasing memory of sea lions, study shows
A toxin in algae may be erasing the memory of sea lions, which wash ashore by the hundreds each year off the coast of California, disoriented and suffering...
Urgent aid needed to fight ‘super’ El Nino, warns Oxfam
Droughts, erratic rains and frosts brought by a super-charged El Nino are severely impacting the Pacific, with Papua New Guinea worst hit, aid group Oxfam...
Climate deal hailed as ‘turning point’ for world’s reliance on fossil fuels
An “ambitious and balanced” deal on climate change will limit warming to “well below” 2C, according to France’s foreign minister.
Three International Space Station astronauts have returned safely to Earth
Three astronauts, from the United States, Russia and Japan, on Friday successfully completed a rare nighttime landing on Earth in the wintry Kazakh steppe...
Christmas comes early as first shipment in months arrives at space station
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station received some early Christmas gifts as their first delivery for six months arrived on Wednesday.
Deep space mine: The new gold rush is just out of this world
Flashing some interplanetary gold bling and sipping “space water” might sound far-fetched, but both could soon be reality, thanks to a new...
Panama jungle island is nerve centre for climate researchers
In a manmade lake in the Panama Canal sits an island whose compact jungle is teeming with researchers studying biodiversity and climate change –...
Whales under threat as climate change destroys their food supply
Global warming is killing the food humpback whales need to survive, forcing them to make ever longer and more arduous migrations.
Whales under threat as climate change impacts migration
Global warming is killing off the food humpback whales live off, forcing them to make ever longer and more arduous migrations.
Clone factory scientist eyes human replication and says technology already there
The Chinese scientist behind the world’s biggest cloning factory has technology advanced enough to replicate humans and is only holding off for fear...
1,000-year-old sitting mummies unearthed from ruins of Peruvian pyramid
The skeletal remains of mummies dating back up to 1,000 years have been found by archaeologists in Peru.
Swimmers warned to stay away from football-pitch sized Queensland sinkhole
Swimmers have been warned to stay away from a beach after a sinkhole the size of a football pitch opened up. Officials said the sinkhole swallowed...
2015 likely to be hottest year on record thanks to El Nino and mankind
This year is very likely to be the hottest year on record worldwide, the World Meteorological Organisation has said. Man-made global warming and a...
World’s largest cloning factory to produce cattle, police dogs and pets
The world’s largest animal cloning factory is under construction in China, with plans to churn out dogs, horses and up to a million beef cattle a...
And then there were three: Rare northern white rhino dies in captivity
A northern white rhinoceros - one of just four remaining worldwide - has died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California. The 41-year-old female...
‘Resurrection plants’ offer hope as climate turns hostile
As the race to adapt to climate change quickens, a South African scientist is leading global research into developing crops that mimic the extraordinary...
Going batty: secrets behind upside-down flight landings revealed
It is an aerial manoeuvre far beyond the capabilities of even the most sophisticated modern aircraft: landing upside down on a ceiling.
Stretch marks spell trouble for moon as Mars pulls it slowly to its doom
Mars’ largest moon has begun to fall apart. Phobos is already scarred by 12 mile “stretch marks” formed by stresses caused by the gravitational...
Extraordinary case of chimpanzee mother caring for disabled infant
A chimpanzee mother cared for her disabled infant in the wild in Tanzania, Japanese researchers have reported.
‘Catastrophe’ climate warnings as carbon levels break new records
Rising seas from global warming could submerge swathes of New York and Shanghai, and drive millions of people into poverty worldwide, researchers warned...
Global warming pledges good but nowhere near enough, warns UN
Greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 could still be up to 12 billion tonnes more than the level needed to keep global warming within 2 degrees Celsius this...
El Nino threatens to wash corpses from Peru graveyard
The extreme weather system El Nino is threatening to wash hundreds of corpses out of a Peruvian graveyard.
Massive fissure opens up in Bighorn mountains - and it’s getting bigger
A slow-moving fissure in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains has grown to the size of nearly seven football fields.
Dead comet with skull face hurtles safely past Earth on Halloween
A massive space rock that shaved by Earth on Halloween looks like a dead comet with a skull face, NASA said after gaining a closer look at the spooky space...
A 300,000-mile ‘near miss’: Skull asteroid to skim past Earth on Halloween
A large asteroid which bears an eerie resemblance to a human skull is expected to skim past Earth today.
Boldly going: Scientists create Star Trek-style ‘tractor beam’
British scientists have developed technology for the world’s first sonic Star Trek-style 'tractor beam’.
Loss of big animals and their poo has transformed Earth, say scientists
The loss of big animals to overhunting and human-driven pollution has meant a drastic drop in the amount of poo, which is critical to nourishing the Earth,...

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