More than 110 dead as severe weather hits Pakistan, Afghanistan

Avalanches, flooding and harsh winter weather has killed more than 110 people across Pakistan and Afghanistan…

U.S. flood risk model to be publicly available in boon for homebuyers

A climate research organization will offer access to a risk model that predicts the probability of…

Brain freeze: Russian firm offers path to immortality for a fee

When Alexei Voronenkov’s 70-year-old mother passed away, he paid to have her brain frozen and stored…

How to make it easier to turn plant waste into biofuels

Researchers have developed a new process that could make it much cheaper to produce biofuels such…

Studying Asian glaciers provides glimpse into future of extremes

Scientists may have solved a 25-year-old puzzle about the mysterious behaviour of certain glaciers in High…

5,000 feral camels culled in drought-hit Australia

Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were…

Protect 30% of planet by 2030: UN Nature rescue plan

Thirty percent of Earth’s surface across land and sea should become protected areas by 2030 to…

Philippine volcano trembles more, spews lava half-mile high

A volcano near the Philippine capital spewed lava into the sky and trembled constantly Tuesday, possibly…

Rain offers Australian bushfire hope, but smoke hits tennis stars

Hopes of containing Australia’s months-long bushfire crisis rose Tuesday with heavy rain forecast, but toxic smoke…

Connecting the dots in the sky could shed new light on dark matter

Astrophysicists have come a step closer to understanding the origin of a faint glow of gamma…