SCIENCE

Three tonne object that blazed across Australian sky was from the SoyuzST-B carrier rocket.

Musk has made The Oatmeal cartoonist very happy by backing Nikola Tesla museum project.

An autopsy of a 17th century mummy shows that the man suffered from a painful condition during his lifetime.

As instances of human-animal conflict increase the country has decided to issue legal hunting permits to cull its desert elephants.

US researchers show chimpanzees' intelligence based on IQ is determined by their genes.

Burst of radio waves provides new evidence of pulses coming from outer space.

Data collected recently shows a weakening in Earth's magnetic field which is believed to be an indicator of a quickening of the field flip which happens in a few thousand years.

Failure to limit global warming to two degrees by 2050 will result in catastrophic and irreversible impact on climate.

July full moon to come close to Earth making it appear brighter and bigger than normal.

World Population Day, launched by United Nations Development Programme, is celebrated on 11 July

'Mega-Cities' to grow even bigger, posing unprecedented challenges to environment

Huge meteorite spotted from Victoria to New South Wales in Australia.

Researchers at Cornell University have found the human brain processes emotion using a neural code.

International astronomers examined supernova SN2010jl to discover origin of cosmic dust in universe.

Astronomers discover most of the light in the universe is missing.

Climate change could cause a decline in people with red hair in Scotland.

Typhoon Neoguri expected to reach Kyushu island on Thursday before reaching mainland Japan.

The abandoned airport seems frozen in time, littered with old boarding passes and debris.

Scientists say a mysterious "hotspot" in space is emitting unusual numbers of powerful cosmic rays.

The priceless tracks are believed to be that of a herd of duck-billed dinosaurs that lived in the Alaskan forests.

World's smallest hedgehog Silvacola acares and dog-sized tapir lived between 50 and 53 million years ago.

Rescue workers battle to save a humpback whale that beached itself on Australia's Gold Coast.

Buzz Aldrin says he expects humans to land on Mars within the next 20 years.

Scientists reveal how the early relative of the spider crawled across land 410 million years ago.

US researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center reveal the genetic origin of separate sexes.

Large parts of the Amazon rainforest only grew when the climate became wetter.

Astronauts on the space station have tweeted photos of Super Typhoon Neoguri.

Human statues and column bases dating back over 2,500 years have been found in region of Kurdistan.

Hundreds of flights cancelled and nuclear power plants closed as Neoguri approaches Japan.