Boeing to offer space flights to tourists
Global aircraft company Boeing announced yesterday new plans to market space flights to tourists.
Ice melt leaves walruses out in the cold
Recent sea ice melt in the Arctic has forced thousands of walruses onto Alaskan shores, causing scientists to once again question their future.
Drug resistant ‘superbugs’ on the increase
New strains of multi-resistant bacteria, or superbugs, have seen a steady increase across the globe since 2003 and a major outbreak could be next, medical experts say.
James Webb telescope to reveal alien volcanoes
Astronomers may be decades away from being able to determine what the surface of a distant planet looks like, but they can tell us if there are volcanoes on them.
Renewed calls to protect koalas from habitat loss, disease
The cute and cuddly koala, one of our most well known native animals, is under threat from habitat loss and disease.
Video: Six months of New Zealand’s seismic activity in less than a minute
The huge 7.1 scale earthquake that shook the south island of New Zealand last week caused few serious casualties, but left widespread structural damage in its wake.
