Science & Environment
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 ...Liquid ammonia leak kills at least 15 in China
A liquid ammonia leak from a refrigeration unit in China\'s commercial hub of Shanghai killed at least 11 people on Saturday, the ...At least 4 reportedly killed after earthquake hits China
An earthquake has hit a remote mountainous part of southwest China near the popular tourist area of Shangri-La, triggering landslides ...Life on Earth ‘may have begun on Mars’
Life on Earth may have started on Mars and been blasted onto our planet by meteorites or volcanic eruptions, a major scientific ...Measles-like virus linked to dolphin deaths along US east coast
A virus that is similar to measles in humans is suspected of killing hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins since July, US officials ...