White rhino: In vitro fertilisation last hope to save species with six survivors left
With only six northern white rhinos left in the world, and three incapable of natural reproduction, the species could soon be extinct.
India: Pollution turning the Taj Mahal brown
A study has for the first time analysed and concluded that carbon soot is discolouring the Taj Mahal.
Comets were not early Earth's water bearers says Rosetta analysis
A study of the hydrogen isotopes in water suggests water on earth was not delivered by comets from the Kuiper belt, but probably by asteroids.
Japan passes secrecy law, public and media protest
Critics say law will allow Abe government to conceal its misdeeds even as it curbs press freedom.
CIA torture: Democrats influenced Senate report, says psychologist involved in interrogation work
One of two psychologists involved in interrogation work says Senate report influenced by Democratic majority.
Wildlife management: The lesser cat makes way, shows study on impact of tiger conservation on leopards
Making way to the more socially dominant cat, leopards are being forced to adapt in the face of tiger conservation.
UN climate talks: India seeks equitable carbon space, Lima event notches record carbon footprint
Falling back on poverty and development priorities, India has called for continuing the common but differentiated responsibilities practised during the Kyoto protocol.
Warming Pacific melting tonnes of methane from seafloor deposits off US coast, finds study
Methane equivalent to oil spilled by Deepwater is being released every year off the coast of the US by warming ocean waters.
Power lines and mobile phones cleared of harmful health impacts
Results from a study that looked at the impact of weak magnetic fields on crucial human proteins showed no detectable link.
Ebola: 100-fold risk to health workers in Sierra Leone, says report
As the situation in Sierra Leone shows no sign of relenting, health care workers are at increased risk of catching the deadly disease.
Potato extract can help in the fight against weight gain
Potato extract helped reduce the weight gain in mice fed on high fat diet.
Water on Mars: More evidence suggests planet could have had many lakes
Observations by Curiosity suggest that water and wind piled up sediments to form the Mount Sharp.
UN Lima meet: Australia wants top climate polluters to put most efforts in emissions reductions
With an eye on China, Australia has sought maximum mitigation efforts from biggest emitters of greenhouse gases.
Discovery of old cells paves way for delaying ageing, surviving cancer
Novel markers that attach to the surface of old cells help researchers in picking these out and delay the onset of associated symptoms.
Moon had an intense magnetic field billion years ago, suggests study
A dynamo effect created by a moving mantle could have stirred the Moon's core and given rise to a magnetic field, say MIT researchers.
Tumours shrunk to zero and relapse prevented in severe type of breast cancer
A technique that inhibited a protein network and made the cancer cells susceptible to therapies has shown success in mice experiments.
Titan's sand dunes created by winds that blow only twice in 30 years
Scientists conclude a wind that blows twice in a Saturn year caused the sand dunes.
Men find women in stilettos and high heels attractive
Pick-ups in a bar, or simply fetching a dropped glove, or filling in a survey, men will do it all for the well-heeled woman.
Lima: UN climate talks encounter yet another stumbling block in review of national pledges
The first week at Lima climate talks has seen nations at war over decades-long issues of commitments and responsibilities.
Ebola claims life of tenth doctor in Sierra Leone
Freetown children's doctor dies as President Ernest Bai Koroma urged to provide better equipment.
Plant growth affected by human drug remnants in soil and water
Study on lettuce and radish crops shows even small amounts of drugs affect plant growth.
Record solar efficiency above 40% reported by New South Wales researchers
New technique helps achieve record conversion efficiencies in solar tower systems.
Orange juice is ten times healthier than earlier thought, shows new lab technique
By measuring the contribution of the solid part of food, a lab technique shows that citrus fruits have ten times more antioxidants than calculated so far.
Artificial way to detoxify cells can help delay ageing and prevent diseases
Indian researchers hit upon way to detoxify cells by destroying free radicals and prevent cell damage and ageing.
UN Lima climate talks hit by rift over funding and adaptation commitments
Developing countries warn Paris accord could fail unless adaptation is included in draft text.
Nasa's New Horizons awake after nine years and set for first exploration of solar system's backyard
Probe sent to explore Pluto and its neighbourhood switched on after nine years covering a distance of 4.8 billion kms.
Pulsar, black hole duo sought for ultimate proof of relativity theory
Theorists are proposing that the lighthouses of the universe, pulsars, when found near a black hole could be the holy grail of gravity.
150,000-year-old lineage of the modern human genetically traced to a living tribe in south Africa
The Khoisan hunter-gatherer tribe that believes itself to be the oldest people have been proven to be the most ancient lineage of the modern human.
ESA's Planck satellite throws new insights into nature of elusive dark matter and neutrinos
By studying the cosmic background radiation left from the time of the Big Bang, the Planck data throws new light on primordial neutrinos and dark matter.
Space travel safer than believed but radiation hazards remain, concludes humanoid study
Not too bad, but neither very safe, is what an experiment aboard the ISS using humanoid fitted with detectors reveals.
