SCIENCE

Volcanologist says climber deaths at Mount Ontake could not have been prevented.

Nasa satellite images show how the Aral Sea has been devastated over the last 50 years.

Abengoa becomes United's first sustainable technology partner.

Increased seismic activity has halted rescue efforts at the volcano.

Cassini spacecraft monitoring mysterious feature in sea on Saturn's moon Titan.

Auckland and Macquarie University scientists show wind enabled settlers to arrive in New Zealand.

Rise in temperature can affect phytoplankton numbers and in turn cause more warming, finds Oregon University study.

Study shows better conservation policies could halt the decrease of wildlife species

A report of 22 studies has shown that heat waves across the globe were due to human-induced climate change and instances of severe flooding due to natural climate variability.

The genetic profiling of a skeleton found in the southern tip of Africa has been found to belong to a group closely related to the original mitochondrial tree of human life.

The Met Office has revealed from 1 to 28 September, the UK has only received 19.4mm of rainfall.

Hundreds of thousands of bats die every year after coming too close to wind turbine blades.

Stanford scientists say it is "very likely" California drought is a result of climate change.

EPFL scientists have created a solar cell that can split water cheaply to get valuable hydrogen fuel

Discovery shows that giant prehistoric crocodiles interacted across land and sea.

US Geological Survey says volcano Mount St Helens in Washington is showing signs of eruption

Greenland Ice Sheet more sensitive to climate change than thought, experts say.

Former Nasa astronaut says dependence on Russia for space technology is "humiliating".

Andinobates geminisae has been confirmed as a new species of poison dart frog.

Recent reports say that climbers of Mount Ontake were hit by rocks the size of cars.

Using a cellular switch they discovered, scientists hope to control cellular division and help rejuvenate ailing organs in old age and check cancer cells.

Cern celebrates its 60th birthday after its founding on 29 September, 1954

These inventions have changed our lives.

Photos by climate change skeptic astronauts inspired environmentalists, but they claim their images were 'exploited'.

Rescuers find 30 dead of 'cardiac arrest' near summit of volcano.

Physicist Stephen Hawking says that understanding science can prove that God does not exist.

A massive rat believed to be extinct has been sighted near Incan ruins.

Researchers at the University of Rochester launch invisibility device that bends light to make objects appear to vanish.

One dead, several missing and at least 30 seriously injured as Mount Ontake erupts in Japan