This year’s final penumbral lunar eclipse is set to take place on Friday, October 18, when the moon will appear…
A British research has concluded that the legendary Himalayan yeti may in fact be a sub-species of brown bear. DNA…
According to Global Slavery Index 2013 - ranking 162 countries - nearly 30 million people around the world are living…
The World Food Day theme for 2013 is “Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition”. The official World Food…
French Catholic Church has finally corrected a "blasphemous" error that crept into the Gallic version of The Lord's Prayer 50…
The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled plans to "take 3D printing into the metal age" by building parts for…
According to US scientists, diamonds big enough to be worn by Hollywood film stars could be raining down on Saturn…
Prof. Peter Higgs has revealed he did not know he had won the Nobel Prize until a woman congratulated him…
The Nobel Peace Prize 2013 was awarded to Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) "for its extensive efforts…
Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter has died aged 88, his family has announced. In 1962 Scott Carpenter became the second…
Malala Yousafzai and the Congolese doctor who helped rape victims are among this year's Nobel Peace Prize favorites. The winner…
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 was awarded to Canadian author Alice Munro "master of the contemporary short story". Alice…
Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has won the European Union's Sakharov human rights prize.…
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel "for the development…
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 was awarded jointly to François Englert and Peter W. Higgs for their work on…
Boston Dynamics, a US robotics company part-funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has presented its latest creations:…
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 was awarded jointly to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas…
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled M-Blocks, cube-shaped robots that can flip, jump and assemble themselves…
A 3D printed toothbrush can clean teeth thoroughly in less than six seconds. Manufacturer Blizzident uses the same scans dentists…
Fourteen Greenpeace activists have been charged with piracy by the Russian authorities. They were among a 30-strong crew on a…
SpaceX has successfully launched an updated version of its Falcon 9 rocket from California. Falcon 9v1.1, carrying the Canadian Cassiope…
According to an analysis done onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover, there is a surprising amount of water bound up in the…
A new European report suggests that some of the continent's key animals have made a comeback over the past 50…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is an unusually private and reticent politician - there is no exhibitionism and grandstanding. Even for…
A recent United Nations report reveals that the food the world wastes produces more greenhouse gas emissions than any country…