Science & Environment
NASA images suggest birth of new Saturn Moon
Saturn may be in the midst of creating a new little icy moon, affectionately known as “Peggy”, within its rings, according to ...Chile declares disaster as fire storms historic port city
Four people have died in a fire raging in Chile, whose President Michelle Bachelet has declared a disaster area as the conflagration ...Powerful cyclone hits Australia
A tropical cyclone battered Australia\'s Barrier Reef coast on Saturday, knocking out power and phone lines for thousands of people as officials ...Strong earthquake rocks Nicaragua
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Nicaragua on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.Volcano erupts in Ecuador
The Tungurahua volcano just outside of the Ecuadorian capital Quito has erupted, sending a plume of ash up to 10 kilometers into ...Sixteen dead as flash flooding devastates Solomon Islands
Flash flooding has killed at least sixteen people and left 49,000 homeless in the Solomon Islands\' capital Honiara, with another 40 missing and the ...Scientists solve the mystery of the Zebra stripes
Scientists have recently solved the mystery of why zebras have stripes.Strong 7.8-magnitude aftershock strikes near northern Chile day after powerful earthquake
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck in northern Chile Wednesday, U.S. seismologists reported, just a day after another powerful tremor off the South ...Powerful earthquake strikes off Chile, triggers tsunami
A magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off Chile\'s northern coast on Tuesday night, causing landslides and setting off a small tsunami that forced an ...UN warns world unprepared for risks from climate change
A United Nations panel today said that the effects of climate change are already being felt across the globe, warning in a ...