A new study has revealed that reminiscing can improve performance while taking on challenging mental tasks. The research was led by Cornell University neuroscientist Nathan Spreng and it showed that engaging brain areas to so-called 'off-task' mental activities, like mind-wandering and reminiscing, could enhance the mental performance.

Whales and walruses in captivity at SeaWorld San Diego are suffering notable psychological as well as physical harm, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) alleged.

Experts have said that concerns over an impending eruption of Mt Mayon are keeping the number of tourists low in the area.

According to a US expert on the North Korean military, North Korea is developing a new submarine. Joseph Bermudez, chief analytics officer of AllSource Analysis, has based his findings on a review of commercial satellite imagery from 2010 until present.

It has been reported that scientists from all around the world met this week to come to a decision to call time on the Holocene epoch after 11,700 years and begin a new geological age called the Anthropocene - the age of humans. This age will be called so to reflect the impact of humans on the earth.

According to images taken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon, the space body may have experienced volcanic eruptions as recently as 50 to 100 million years ago.

The wild Barbary macaques arrived at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling. This has been done following a deal with the Gibraltar government to decrease the territory's population of primates.

According to ministers, exporting the macaques was chosen to culling the animals, whose increase in number has been creating problems for local residents.

A new study from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shown that current drought in the United States is not the worst that North America has seen in 1,000 years. According to the study, the drought of 1934 was the worst to strike the continent in the last millennium.