A team of California rocketeers has won a US$1 million prize in a simulated lunar landing contest backed by NASA.

The mayor of Taiwan's second largest city — Kaohsiung — yesterday led a group of representatives from state-run corporations and pro-green groups to sign a statement vowing to protect the city's old and precious trees.

The snows capping Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest peak, are shrinking rapidly and could vanish altogether in 20 years, most likely due to global warming, a U.S. study published Monday said.

A 315-million-euro satellite that will gauge the impact of climate change on the movement of water across land, air and sea was hoisted into space early Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

The mysterious people who etched the “Nasca Lines” across deserts in Peru hastened their own demise by clearing forests 1,500 years ago, according to a study on Monday.

Bad moods can actually be good for you, with an Australian study finding that being sad make people less gullible, improves their ability to judge others and also boosts memory.

An international group of scientists has decoded the DNA of the domestic pig, research that may one day prove useful in finding new treatments for both pigs and people, and perhaps aid in efforts for a new swine flu vaccine for pigs.

It may take at least a century for the coral reefs in waters surrounding the outlying island of Lanyu, also known as Orchid Island, to recover from the damage wrought by Typhoon Morakot, a researcher said Monday.

Soil moisture is back and temperatures are cool enough for it to stay moist, so apply an organic fall fertilizer for lawn and trees.

Canada and Greenland agreed Friday on a series of measures aimed at protecting shared populations of polar bears which roam between the Nunavut territory and the huge arctic island, officials said.