SCIENCE

Scientists have detected a rare earth element, Tellurium, in three ancient stars.

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered "buckyballs", in a solid form, in space. The finding was confirmed by a NASA press release.

Mass extinction of species warning lodged by International Union for Conservation of Nature.

A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered a 300-million-year-old tropical forest that was previously buried under ash.

A British teenager has been diagnosed with a rare brain disorder, whereby she loses her memory every 24 hours.

Astronomers have discovered an exo-planet that reportedly contains water. The discovery was made with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Alex was a famous parrot not only able to talk rather fluently but, it now appears, also able to count objects and perform numerical calculations, according to an article published in Animal Cognition, by Irene Pepperberg.

Brown, White or Fractal Music: What Are We Listening To?

According to a recent study by the Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences in London, goats can actually bleat in different "accents".

Astronomers working from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory have discovered what they believe is the fastest blowing wind, coming from a stellar black hole.

Previously unknown species of legless amphibian found buried deep underground in northeast India.

Google creates doodle to mark 155th anniversary of birth of German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Researchers from the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography have reported a renewed understanding of the Earth's ecosystem has been influenced by the Industrial Revolution.

Study claims that teens who watch a lot of films featuring alcohol are twice as likely to start drinking.

Researchers from King's College, London, have proven that tiger stripes are formed because of morphogens - a substance secreted by group of cells

Russian scientists have grown plants from fruits that were stored by squirrels, in Siberian permafrost, more than 30,000 years ago.

Astronomers from Nasa and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum have discovered that the moon's crust is being stretched. They discovered it with the help of Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft

Environment secretary Caroline Spelman confirms areas facing worse water shortage for 35 years.

In a startling revelation, more than 7,000 spoken languages from around the world are expected to go extinct by the end of the century. Fortunately, researchers from Swarthmore College have found a way to preserve these languages.

Canadian coastal communities could be 4ft under water by end of century, British Columbia scientists warn.

The researchers at the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) are confident that contact with intelligent alien civilizations may soon be a reality.

The world's first test tube hamburgers will be ready by this October, according to Dutch scientist Mark Post of Maastricht University in Netherlands.

A group of scientists from NASA and the University of Maryland have created a unique map that shows the heights of the Earth's forests.

On Feb. 20, the world will take a minute out of their schedules... to acknowledge the difference John Glenn has made to their lives five decades ago.

Researchers from the University of Washington have discovered that global warming will affect food production.

In order to ensure the country retains their global leadership on wave and tidal power, the UK government has been told, by its Members of Parliament on Sunday, they ought to have a more visionary approach.

The Schmallenberg virus, which has been named after a town in Germany, from where it originated in November, has put the UK and the rest of Europe on alert. Fear of the virus spreading to other regions has gripped livestock farmers and authorities.

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts have invented a super adhesive material which can hold weights of up to 700 pounds on a smooth wall.

A photograph taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's largest moon - Titan - in the foreground, with its third-largest moon - Dione - nestled just behind it.