SCIENCE

At least 53 people have died so far in landslides and floods in the Philippines after Tropical Storm Megi hit the country on Sunday. The death toll is only expected to increase in various flood-related incidents.

A US-based wind energy firm has been slapped with $8m fine after at least 150 eagles were killed at its wind farms in eight states over the last 10 years.

A study by researchers from the UK has found microplastics for the first time deep in the lungs of living people. The tiny particles were found in 11 of the 13 samples tested for their presence.

Massive stone jars that may have been used for ancient human burial practices thousands of years ago have been discovered in the Indian state of Assam.

Ukrainian officials have claimed that more than 10,000 hectares of forest in the Chernobyl exclusion zone have been set ablaze due to active fighting between Russia and Ukraine.

As many as four million people in Somalia face the risk of starvation and the situation is only deteriorating as the country faced its third consecutive dry season, the United Nations' climate report has warned.

Octopuses generally use seashells to hide, but a recent study has found out that the species is increasingly making use of the litter found on the ocean floor to make shelters for themselves.

We must have heard it a million times and have grown up believing that "opposites attract," but various studies carried out by researchers over the years have said that it may not actually be the case anymore

Torrential rain and subsequent floods caused Sydney Harbour's shimmering blue waters to turn muddy brown. The change was caused by overflowing wastewater systems and stormwater carrying soil and debris into the harbour.

The trade sanctions imposed by western nations along with the European Union on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have meant that one of the biggest oil and gas exporters is now left with additional stocks of the two resources with nowhere to send them to.

Anthropologist Dr Jesse Casana says that he may have discovered an ancient city and believes that it could be older than the Egyptian pyramids. The area is called Tell Brak and the discovery has been made by analysing images taken by an old spy satellite.

A study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in the US, has found that turtles experience a temporary hearing loss due to underwater noise pollution caused by activities such as shipping.

We have heard of humans being put on special diet regimes to help them lose weight, but a zoo in Taiwan's Taipei has had to put two pandas on a strict diet because they have become obese.

A recent study published in the Journal of Meteoritics and Planetary Science, may have just revealed the secrets related to King Tutankhamun's mysterious dagger that has remained spotless despite being made of iron.

It has been more than a month since astrophysicists have been predicting that a rocket is on a collision course with the moon. Earlier, it was thought be SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster, but recent reports have claimed that it may not be some other rocket.

Archaeologists in London stumbled upon the largest area of Roman mosaic found in the city in more than half a century. The colourful mosaic is believed to have been a floor of a Roman dining room.

Calvin Parker, a 68-year-old man from Pascagoula city in Mississippi, has said that he was warned about Covid-19 and World War Three by aliens 50 years ago.

The Indonesian man eaten alive by a 13-foot-long crocodile while bathing in river

The ranger is reportedly the third victim that was mauled by the same tiger

Many villages had only been saved because young people had ignored evacuation orders and stayed on to keep the fires away from their homes, he added.

Turkey's defence ministry released satellite images showing the extent of the damage, with forest areas turned black and smoke still visible.

At warp speed, astronauts may be able to reach other star systems in a shorter period of time.

Due to the instability of the planet Earth, a repository of specimens on the planet would make the specimens vulnerable.

NASA described the first audio recording as akin to "listening to a seashell or having a hand cupped over the ear."

A resident first thought it was a bright star or plane, then it got bigger and faster, then a huge flash lit up the sky.

The sharks could swim up to 984 feet below sea level, which explains why it took a long time before they were discovered.

Those who support a manned mission to Mars say that the risks will not outweigh the perceived benefits it will offer mankind.

The zookeeper was in the intermediate security corridor that elephants use when entering and exiting their stables.

It slammed into the jovian atmosphere at a height of around 140 miles, high above the clouds of Jupiter.