SCIENCE

Senator for Oklahoma tossed snowball in attempt to show climate change as hoax.

International Polar Bear Day is observed on 27 February to raise awareness of climate change threat

Study shows evidence of wheat in Britain 2,000 years before modern humans started farming.

Global warming slowdown was natural and will reverse in next 20 years according to a new study

Construction on Quay Valley in California's Central Valley is set to begin in early 2016.

Pharaoh Senebkay, a ruler from Ancient Egypt whose tomb was discovered in January 2014, was brutally killed in battle.

Cornell says that the Rockies in North America would probably be the safest bet

People who sleep more than eight hours a day are increasing the risk by 46%.

A region measuring the size of Sri Lanka is lost to deforestation every year.

MIT professor Jeremy England uses thermodynamics to show why life on Earth came to be.

The higher greenhouse gas effect of CO2 has been linked to increased burning of fossil fuels.

Use of mice, fish and birds not governed by the animal welfare act has risen in 15 years.

Massive black hole powering brightest object in early universe.

Scientists have made a breakthrough in growing muscles that could help with disorders.

Geysers erupt periodically because of side-chambers in their underground plumbing, study finds.

Manhattan is surrounded by ice, while Central Park looks like a polar ice cap.

Biggest solar eclipse for 16 years to take place on 20 March, blocking 90% of the sun's light.

Premature baby almost ready to go home after being born inside amniotic sac.

The 20,000 tonnes of Saharan dust enriches plant growth in the Amazon.

The index calibration method has poor predictive ability said the study.

At a million km closer to the sun than Mercury, the loner comet's fate as it goes around the sun is unsure.

Researchers show eyelashes divert airflow and protect eyes from dust particles.

US scientists warn coastal areas to prepare for extreme sea level events followinhg recent rise

Schoolchildren in Brixton, south London, have come up with an innovative way of allowing a local Shetland pony to see above his stable

Number of Amur leopards has reached 57, WWF census shows.

Alcohol drinkers are more at risk than heroin, cocaine and meth users when comparing lethal doses.

Newcastle University is leading the project to create a pressure sensitive bionic hand.

Carnivorous bladderwort genome is 'jewel box full of evolutionary treasures'.

Around 99.5% of the Indian population is breathing in air much above WHO's prescribed limits.