If over­all glob­al warm­ing exceeds 5.5°F (3°C), many parts of the world are like­ly to see sub­stan­tial­ly increased risks of drought, floods, and wild­fires, cli­mate sci­en­tists say.

Although [Indi­a’s] space pro­gram is a civil­ian effort, it is a sym­bol of nation­al excel­lence — and that makes it an ide­al tar­get. But behind the sev­er­al lay­ers of secu­ri­ty, the Indi­an Space Research Organ­i­sa­tion, or ISRO, is abuzz with new projects and excitement.

Near­ly 2,500 astronomers from 75 coun­tries gath­ered here Mon­day to come up with a uni­ver­sal def­i­n­i­tion of what qual­i­fies as a plan­et and pos­si­bly decide whether Plu­to should keep its plan­et status.

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The youngest star ever found near the Milky Way’s cen­tre is deep­en­ing a mys­tery over how stars could take shape in such a tur­bu­lent environment.

A sim­ple skin test that enables doc­tors to diag­nose the ear­ly signs of Alzheimer’s dis­ease could be avail­able with­in five years, researchers say.

The test could allow doc­tors to inter­vene ear­ly on and pre­vent major brain dam­age, they say.

The Trans-Alas­ka Pipeline Sys­tem, which trans­ports crude oil from the largest reserve in the Unit­ed States to a nav­i­ga­ble port, is in trouble.

In the new hor­ror movie Snakes on a Plane, which slith­ers into the­aters this Fri­day, hun­dreds of dead­ly snakes are set loose inside an air­plane, where they pro­ceed to attack the passengers.

The pow­er­ful adhe­sive respon­si­ble for the amaz­ing stick­ing pow­er of mus­sels has been revealed for the first time.

More than a decade ago, a land­mark study drove home a mes­sage that res­onat­ed with wine lovers every­where: Drink red wine in mod­er­a­tion to low­er your risk for a heart attack. Now, new results sug­gest that some white wines pro­tect the heart just as well, at least in rats.