SCIENCE

China reportedly plans to launch "hyperspectral" and "synthetic aperture radar" satellites, by 2021 to help spy on every object in the contested waters.

The Arctic has the world's largest deposit of LNG and countries seem eager to extract it from under the rapidly receding Arctic ice.

The earliest life on Earth must have appeared more than 3.5-billion-years-ago, according to new research.

Storm Kai-tak pounds Philippines, leaves over 30 dead and dozens missing in island province of Biliran after triggering severe flooding and landslides.

Gliese 436b has mesmerized researchers due to its host of unusual features - including a massive, comet-like tail of vaporised gas that is 50 times larger than its parent star.

Family planning organisation, Having Kids are offering US House Speaker Paul Ryan $25,000 to get a vasectomy as part of their push for people to have smaller families.

New research reveals more details about the first object ever detected in our own solar system to have originated from interstellar space

A council which tried to pioneer water cremation in the UK has been blocked by concerned utilities firms

The body of what seems like a well-preserved dinosaur was found in an abandoned substation in northern India.

Not gay, not bisexual, but not quite straight - these men fit into the 'mostly straight' category of sexual orientation

The technology used to make the tiny object are currently helping to understand materials on the microscopic scale.

To simulate the failure, only two of the three parachutes bundled with the mock spacecraft were deployed.

Researchers studied the rock samples in the lab and found that it contained rare minerals straight from outer space: vanadium-rich and niobium-rich osbornite.

So far, the rare footage of the shark has got over 368,000 views and 2,200 shares on Facebook.

Of all the techniques that are being seriously studied, Robert Mueller believes 3D printing will lead the way in lunar construction.

While one Greenland shark is estimated to be between 272 and 512 years of age, his team had not found any "600 or 500" year old shark, marine biologist Julius Nielsen clarified.

The crew capsule flew up to an altitude of 322,032ft with "Mannequin Skywalker" inside.

A new study further investigates the phenomenon following a report earlier this year of a male snow monkey mounting a female deer on Yakushima Island.

Phaethon will come within 10 million kilometres of Earth and will be visible through small telescopes in areas with low light pollution.

From Nasa and Google discovering a distant solar system like ours to scientists probing the interstellar asteroid for alien signals – these are the best space stories of the week.

The map's individual 60 pages have been restored and digitally stitched together to reveal a glimpse of the world as understood at the time.

The archaeological discovery could help reveal the lost cultural and historical heritage of lost, ancient Afghan empires.

"This was a fantastic way to end the year for SpaceX east coast launches," Jessica Jensen, director of SpaceX's Dragon Mission Management, said.

The Pineapple Fund has given over 59 Bitcoin to US-based Maps. Maps believes MDMA could help with PTSD

New research counters the stereotype that homosexual relationships are dysfunctional. However, bisexual happiness rates lag behind.

Hagfish have extremely loose skin which allows the animals to escape serious internal damage when bitten by predators.

With increased encroachment of forest land, more leopards have been seen venturing into urban areas in search of food.

Archaeologists have studied burial of the elderly in three different Anglo-Saxon burial sites dating back to 600 AD. They found older women's burials were "careless" and modest.

Cory Iverson, 32, was an engineer with a state fire engine strike team based in San Diego and is survived by his pregnant wife and a two-year-old daughter.