Science & Environment
MERS virus transmitted from animals to humans more than once
Saudi Arabia has experienced most of the cases and deaths since the new MERS virus was identified in September 2012.Super typhoon Usagi threatens Taiwan, Northern Philippines, China
The Philippines, Taiwan and southern China are preparing for the arrival of a rapidly intensifying super typhoon.Syrian chemical weapons destruction will take one year, Assad says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has pledged to destroy his stockpile of chemical arms but said it would take one year to do ...Mine collapse kills 27 in north Afghanistan
At least 27 miners in Afghanistan have been killed in a collapse in a coal mine, officials ...Japan launches “Epsilon” rocket from Kagoshima
Japan\'s new solid-fuel rocket blasted off on Saturday carrying a telescope for remote observation of planets in a launch coordinated from a ...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 ...




