Science World

A full double rainbow, captured from a helicopter flying over Cottesloe Beach in Western Australia, frames a golf course near Perth. A downpour reflects light from the setting sun back toward photographer Colin Leonhardt, creating two concentric rings of color that appear to encircle the course.

Consumption of sugary soda drinks such as cola and lemonade may be linked to accelerated DNA ageing, say researchers who have studied the impact of the drinks in more than 5,000 people. High-sugar fizzy drinks have been under fire from campaigners for contributing to obesity and type-2 diabetes,

With fangs and the first sawlike teeth on Earth, the biggest predator in the swamps of the early Permian Period ate anything it wanted. But when Dimetrodon waddled on land 290 million years ago, there weren't enough tasty herbivores to go around, according to an idea proposed in the 1970s by famed

Patients with severe brain damage who are in a persistent vegetative state could be aware of their surroundings, scientists claim. Researchers say that have found a 'fingerprint of consciousness' in these patients using a simple test based on measuring patterns of brainwaves. The discovery could

Peer pressure doesn’t always drive teenagers to drink. In fact, a non-imbibing adolescent can have a sobering effect on his or her alcohol-drinking friends, a new study suggests. Having a single nondrinking friend cuts down by 38 percent instances of drunkenness among teen drinkers with a majority