Science & Environment
Three dead, thousands evacuated in Colorado flooding
Flooding in the western U.S. state of Colorado worsened Friday, with thousands of people in and around the city of Boulder forced ...NASA says Voyager 1 space probe has left Solar System
NASA\'s Voyager 1 space probe has left the solar system, making it the first human-made object to journey into interstellar space.North Korea may be restarting plutonium reactor
North Korea may have restarted a nuclear reactor capable of producing enough plutonium to make one atomic bomb every year, a U.S. ...AIDS vaccine candidate appears to completely clear virus from the body in monkeys
Researchers in the US have reported significant progress in their development of a vaccine against HIV.200,000 from 140 countries apply for one-way ticket to Mars
More than 200,000 people from 140 countries have applied to go to Mars and never return, the group behind an ambitious venture ...NASA sends unmanned rocket to the moon
An unmanned Minotaur 5 rocket blasted off from the Virginia coast on Friday to send a small NASA science satellite on its ...Syria tensions rise as Israel test-fires missile defence system
Israel on Tuesday announced the successful launch of a missile in a joint exercise with the United States, which came as Washington ...Japan unveils $470m plan for Fukushima water leaks
The Japanese government on Tuesday said it would spend the equivalent of $470 million to try to tackle the toxic water crisis ...Radiation readings spike at Fukushima nuclear plant
Radiation at a tank holding contaminated water at a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant has increased by a factor of 18, the ...Great canyon discovered under Greenland Ice Sheet
Scientists have discovered a hidden canyon in Greenland that is 750 kilometers long and as deep as the Grand Canyon in the ...