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President Anote Tong of Kiribati pledged today that he would ban all commercial fishing at the end of the year in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), a California-sized swath of Central Pacific waters that are among the world’s most biologically rich and intensely fished.

A new study has revealed that while extroverts may thrive down on Earth in social situations, they could be a liability on a trip to Mars. Since NASA and other organizations are interested in sending humans to Mars, psychology researchers have been tasked in figuring out which personalities would work best for a long-term space trip.

Japan has caught 30 minke whales in its first hunt since the International Court of Justice ordered the halt of its annual expedition in the Antarctic. A report by the Japanese Fisheries Agency said that 30 minke whales had been killed during the April-June whaling season as part of its “research hunts” in the north-west Pacific Ocean.

Back in May, a group of engineers successfully managed to reestablish contact with NASA’s Vintage ISEE-3 Spacecraft satellite, overcoming numerous obstacles in the process. Now, the engineers responsible for taking control of ISEE-3 are hoping to bring the zombie satellite back home. If all goes as planned, engines will be firing up in a couple of weeks.

Cold winter temperatures have become less extreme through large swathes of Europe and North America as global warming has taken hold, according to new research. The study, published in Nature Climate Change, says this trend is likely to continue. It means that punishing winters, like the deep freeze which struck the US in early 2014, could be less frequent in …

10 million-year-old prehistoric fossil has been discovered in New Mexico. This has created a sort of enthusiasm among wildlife officials in the state. Most of the scientific discoveries need hard work and sweating. But there are some that happen accidently. The case in point is the finding of a New Mexico reservoir by a group of unsuspecting campers. Initially the …

When an area floods, fire ants will work together to create a massive, waterproof raft out of their bodies to stay alive. Now, scientists have taken a closer look at this raft-building behavior, revealing how these industrious insects manage to stay afloat.

A Japanese eel, which is an integral part of many dishes in the country’s restaurants, has been added to the endangered species list. Rich with vitamins and minerals, many believe that the eels help them stay in good health and maintain skin complexion.

The full moon in June has a variety of nicknames: Honey Moon, Strawberry Moon and also the Rose Moon. This time around, it can also be called the “Rare Moon.”

If the icy surface of Pluto’s giant moon Charon is cracked, analysis of the fractures could reveal if its interior was warm, perhaps warm enough to have maintained a subterranean ocean of liquid water, according to a new NASA-funded study.

Austrian Researchers have made possible what looked impossible till now. Quantum particles tunnel through 5 barriers in a breakthrough of sort.