Global temperatures to go up by at least 4 degrees Celsius by 2100

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 11:38

Researchers have found that global climate would rise by at least 4 degree Celsius by 2100 and by more than 8 degree Celsius by 2200 if carbon dioxide emissions are not cut down.

Extinct `Godzilla` platypus found in Australia

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 09:51

A giant extinct species of the platypus with powerful teeth has been discovered in Australia, with a scientist on Tuesday describing the duck-billed water animal as a "Godzilla" like monster.

Location of giant gas clouds where stars are born being mapped

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 11:19

Astronomers have started mapping the location of the most massive and mysterious objects in our galaxy - the giant gas clouds where new stars are born.

3.5-mn-year-old feared predator`s bite was weaker than a cat`s

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 14:33

A super-predator, which lived in South America around 3.5 million years ago, had huge sabre-like teeth but their bite was weaker than that of a domestic cat, new research has showed.

Scientists working to develop most powerful cyber security

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 18:30

Australian scientists are working on Quantum mechanics which is being applied to computing in order to develop most powerful and impenetrable cyber security method ever conceived.

Australian team to retrace Sir Douglas Mawson`s Antarctica expedition

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 09:22

A team of 46 Australian scientists is going to lead a voyage to Antarctica in a bid to retrace Sir Douglas Mawson`s 1911-14 expedition.

Australian team to retrace Sir Douglas Mawson`s An

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 09:22

A team of 46 Australian scientists is going to lead a voyage to Antarctica in a bid to retrace Sir Douglas Mawson`s 1911-14 expedition.

Did a crashing meteor kick-start Ice Ages?

Last Updated: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 13:15

A gigantic meteor collided with the earth about 2.5 million years ago, generating the mother of all tsunamis, hundreds of metres high, possibly plunging the planet into the Ice Ages, an Australian study said.