Of the 42,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) surveyed, just 20 were found to be responsible for nearly half of all the internet addresses that send spam. That just is one of the striking results of an extensive study by ...

Technology - Internet

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Australia punches above its weight in terms of global research, producing more than we might expect given our small population. At least … that's the line we've been fed for years – but is it true?

Other Sciences - Other

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

Global conservationists will converge in Bangkok for the start of key endangered species talks on Sunday, as host Thailand faces pressure to curb rampant ivory smuggling through its territory.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

Poachers have slaughtered 32 South African rhinos in the first three weeks of 2013, marking a disturbing start to the year for a country battling crisis level killings of the beast, government said Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 23, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 4

Emergency aid provided in the aftermath of natural disasters like floods, earthquakes and tsunamis, has "critical shortcomings" that could be overcome with better preparation, experts say.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Nov 30, 2012 not rated yet 0

An online video featuring cartoon creatures killing themselves in a variety of ways as part of an Australian transport safety campaign has gone viral, with almost 12 million YouTube views in a week.

Technology - Internet

Nov 21, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Vets in northeast India battled on Thursday to save a rare rhino whose horn was hacked off by poachers who are stepping up attacks on animals fleeing rising floods in Assam state.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 27, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

Nicaragua is in negotiations with China to purchase a $300 million satellite, which the Central American country hopes to launch into orbit by 2016, officials said.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Sep 14, 2012 not rated yet 0

South Korea will make its third attempt next month to put a satellite in space, the science ministry said Tuesday, as it bids to join an exclusive club of Asian nations with space-launch capability.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Sep 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

Authorities in southern China have moved to quash a bizarre piranha threat, offering bounties and free bait amid fears the aggressive South American fish has invaded a river, state media said on Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 12, 2012 4.8 / 5 (4) 3

Devastating floods in northeast India have killed around 600 animals in the region's largest wildlife park, including more than a dozen threatened one-horned rhinos, officials said Monday.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 09, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) -- Traditional cookstoves are to blame for much of the pollution that leads to millions of deaths in the developing world. Safer stoves are available, but few people buy them. Stanford researchers ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jun 12, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 6 |

Coming from the Asian continent, Drosophila suzukii has only been in Spain for a short time. Far away from slipping through into the Iberian Peninsula, it accelerated towards the north of Europe where it has ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 16, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

As Asian countries develop, they are emitting more ozone precursors that pollute surface level air. Many studies have documented this pollution being carried by air currents to the western United States. To learn more about ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The European Research Council launched an international campaign Sunday to court the world's top scientists to work in Europe with grants of up to 3.5 million euro (4.6 million dollars) over five years.

Other Sciences - Other

Feb 20, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0