SCIENCE

Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's western Kermanshah province bore the brunt of the earthquake, with flattened buildings and many fatalities.Photos show rescue workers searching for victims and survivors trapped in the rubble.

After delays caused by a stray aircraft just two minutes before the launch of Antares on 11 November, the rocket was relaunched the next day and is now on its way to the ISS.

Investment vehicles created to encourage sustainability projects have seen their global popularity soar, report says.

At least 61 people have died in Iran after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Halabja, Iraq, close to the border of Iran.

Land ice is melting rapidly, faster than previously thought, and the changes in sea level have a significant impact on the planet.

"Gruesome" incident in remote Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean captured by researcher.

The massive SLS rocket will carry four astronauts in Orion spacecraft and will produce a thrust of 8.8 million pounds at lift off.

A rare conjunction of the planets Venus and Jupiter will take place on 13 November where the two brightest objects in the night sky will appear close to each other.

The unexpected entry of the flying guest has led Orbital ATK, which has a $1.9bn contract with Nasa for ISS resupply missions, to postpone the rocket launch to November 12.

The founder of Kernel, Bryan Johnson, plans to develop a brain implant within the next two decades that will enhance our cognitive abilities.

The bio-coal stores similar amounts of energy to coal, but can be burned without releasing pollutants and impurities into the air.

Scientists estimate that during the Permian Period, before dinosaurs even existed, Antarctica was covered in trees.

In 2019, Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft will fly past a mysterious, distant object - currently known as (486958) 2014 MU69 - in the outer regions of the solar system.

Greenpeace estimates that 12.7 million tonnes of plastic waste – including bags, bottles, and packaging – eventually makes its way into the oceans every year.

Gore address the Web Summit in Lisbon and said the technology sector would have the biggest impact in halting climate change.

Six researchers spent 8 months living in total isolation inside a small dome to assess the psychological impact of an extended Mars mission.

The Australian Museum has released FrogId to try and track the population numbers of frog species across the country.

Apples get brown because flesh reacts with oxygen due of a certain type of enzyme. Scientists simply deleted the gene that codes for this enzyme.

The cosmic event, dubbed SN 2014J, was discovered in January 2014 in the nearby starbust galaxy Messier 82.

Humans are lucky it hit that spot sixty-six million years ago, or we might not be around today.

Scientists from the European Union accidentally caught the frilled shark - Chlamydoselachus anguineus – often referred to as a "living fossil".

Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, has been captured in footage that shows him "waiting to go extinct" in his reserve.

Weighing around 50kg, Siamogale melilutra was much larger than any other living otter and likely would have been a formidable hunter as a result of its powerful bite and size.

"We are now conducting a thorough and fully transparent investigation of the root cause," the company said.

Critics have pointed out that such experiments may one day lead to the animals developing some form of enhanced consciousness.

Astronomers have discovered a cataclysmic event that challenges everything we know about the death of stars.

Startup company MosquitoMate will release engineered bugs in 20 US states. If successful, mosquito populations will plummet.

The discovery was made when University of Portsmouth's Grant Smith was looking at Cretaceous-era rocks collected on the coast for a dissertation project.

The Christian God is held to be deeply concerned with human beings, but the planet Earth is a drop in this ocean of the universe.