Controlling rocket re-entries from space imperative to cut human risks: Study
Toronto-- Most space launches result in uncontrolled rocket body re-entries, creating casualty risks for people on the ground, at sea and in aeroplanes, according...
More conservation efforts needed to assist connectivity between dolphin groups: Report
Canberra-- Researchers have called for greater conservation efforts after conducting the first ever widespread census of the genetic diversity of dolphins living along 3,000...
Humanity to reach Mars in your lifetime: Elon Musk
San Francisco-- Tech billionaire Elon Musk is optimistic and has expressed confidence that "humanity will reach Mars in your lifetime".
On Twitter, the Tesla and...
How bacteria may help make sustainable, super-efficient rocket fuel
New York-- Scientists have used a molecule made by bacteria to develop a new class of sustainable biofuels powerful enough to launch rockets.
A team...
Intensive farming may actually cut future pandemic risk: Scientists
London-- Scientists have thwarted the idea that intensive livestock farming is causing pandemics, and showed that it could actually reduce the risk of future...
Astronomers find fastest-growing black hole of past 9 bn years
Sydney-- An international team of astronomers has discovered the fastest-growing black hole of the last nine billion years.
The black hole consumes the equivalent of...
Scientists craft sweaty, self-healing living human skin for robots
Tokyo-- Scientists from Japan have brought us one step closer to human-like robots by crafting living human skin on robots which gave their fingers...
Record late season snowfall helps abate drought conditions in US
Washington--Rain and snow in the central and northern mountains of the US and across the eastern half of Colorado state improved drought condition.
Blue Valley,...
Tobacco industry worsening global pollution, deforestation: Expert
Mexico City-- The tobacco industry and tobacco consumption are exacerbating soil, air and water pollution, along with deforestation, according to one expert.
"The tobacco industry...
How tobacco industry is polluting environment
Geneva-- While tobacco is harmful for human health, it also causes severe damage to the environment. The costs of cleaning up littered tobacco products...
