The first total lunar eclipse of 2014 will occur early morning on April 15, darkening the full moon and possibly…
In 2014, Easter in the US will fall on Sunday, April 20. This year, Catholic Easter coincides with the Eastern…
A rare goat-sheep - a hybrid animal that is part goat and part sheep - has been born on a…
The first synthetic chromosome for yeast in a landmark for biological engineering has been created. Previously synthetic DNA has been…
Cybathlon, the first championship for robot-assisted parathletes, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, on October 8, 2016. The event will…
Switch off your lights on Saturday, March 29, from 20h30 to 21h30 local time and save the planet. Every year…
Copenhagen Zoo that provoked outrage after putting down a healthy giraffe has killed a family of four lions to make…
Former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez, has died at 81. Adolfo Suarez guided Spain through the turbulent years following the…
First Lady Michelle Obama hosted an education roundtable in China telling professors, students and parents on Sunday that she wouldn't…
US scientists have discovered that the human nose can detect one trillion different odors, far more than we previously thought.…
March Equinox or the official start of spring sees druids and pagans marking the season of renewal at dawn among…
An extraordinary new evidence to support a Big Bang Theory for the origin of the Universe has been discovered by…
Police will monitor traffic in Paris on Monday after pollution levels prompted the French government to impose major restrictions. Only…
Paris is introducing alternative driving days in an attempt to tackle dangerous levels of air pollution. From Monday, drivers will…
According to a new study, elephants are able to differentiate between ethnicities and genders, and can tell an adult from…
Italian PM Matteo Renzi has called on business people to fund repairs to the ancient city of Pompeii. Matteo Renzi…
Italy will unblock 2 million euros ($2.7 million) in emergency funding to save the ancient city of Pompeii, after flooding…
A snake has defeated a crocodile in an epic five-hour battle at Lake Moondarra, in Queensland, Australia, which left onlookers…
A Roman gladiator school has been virtually reconstructed by archeologists after being discovered on the banks of the River Danube…
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye the Science Guy and President Barack Obama walk into the White House’s Blue Room…
NASA’s Kepler telescope has identified 715 new planets beyond our Solar System. In the nearly two decades since the first…
The whale graveyard found beside the Pan-American Highway in Chile is one of the most astonishing fossil discoveries of recent…
Pope Francis has appointed 19 new cardinals at a ceremony in Rome - the first such appointments of his papacy.…
A new study suggests dogs can understand their owners' language. Using MRI scanner on dogs, researchers from Hungary found that…
Jade Rabbit lunar rover has been declared dead on the surface of the Moon, Chinese state media have reported. The…