Self-cleaning clothes edge closer as scientists create textile cleansed of dirt by sunlight
Nanostructures that degrade organic material when exposed to light grown onto textiles.
Kenya's Masai Mara: Humans and lions in Serengeti can coexist through community conservation
Humans and lions can live together when community is involved in conservation and ecotourism.
Hopeful monster: Hybrid female fish 'develops testis' to give birth to offspring
Isolated female hybrid cichlid self-fertilises in rare case of vertebrate reproducing without a partner.
Herculaneum scroll from Villa dei Papiri holds clues to deciphering ancient unread texts
Sscroll was written in metallic ink, hundreds of years earlier than previously thought.
French wine quality boosted by climate change - but effects will be short lived
Warming climate has meant earlier harvest of wine grapes in France, improving quality.
World Water Day 2016: Before and after images of Earth's disappearing lakes and seas
Satellite images show bodies of water are vanishing from the surface of the planet.
Dravet syndrome: Cannabis-based drug Epidiolex effective at reducing seizures in children
GW Pharmaceuticals drug Epidiolex shows positive results in study for epilepsy treatment.
Renewable energy: Rotten tomatoes turned into electricity by scientists
Scientists find way to turn Florida's huge quantities of waste tomatoes into power.
Ceres bright spots: Unexpected variations suggests mystery features are volatile
Motion of bright spots on surface of dwarf planet Ceres detected by ESO telescope.
North Korea: Blast triggers artificial earthquake 21 miles from Pyongyang
South Korea meteorological agency detects 2.2 magnitude tremor in North Korea.
Cyborg heart: 'Science fiction' bionic heart patch created by Israeli scientists
Cyborg heart patch contracts and expands like organic tissue but regulates itself like a machine.
Ancient Egypt statues of goddess Sekhmet discovered in Temple of Amenhotep III
Eight black granite statues reaching up to 2m in height discovered a Theban necropolis.
Mindfulness meditation significantly reduces pain without natural opioids
Meditation a potential therapy for pain relief or treating patients with opioid resistance.
Henry VIII's Reformation: Secret annotations discovered in England's first printed Bible
Annotations found in 500-year-old text were copied from Thomas Cromwell's 'Great Bible'.
Dinosaur legs grown on chickens in reverse evolution experiment
Scientists in Chile make dinosaur-like legs grow on chickens by inhibiting malnutrition gene.
Pregasaurus rex: Pregnant T-rex identified through 68-million-year-old reproductive tissues
Tyrannosaurus rex discovered with medullary bone indicating fossil was female.
Fairy circles discovered in Australian outback identical to mystery rings seen in Africa
Scientists observe fairy rings in Australia – the first time mystery circles have been observed outside Africa.
Sima de los Huesos: DNA secrets of 430,000-year-old 'pit of bones' hominins revealed
Oldest relatives of Neanderthals identified through DNA testing.
Blindness breakthrough: Stem cells used to treat cataracts in children by re-growing functional lenses
Regenerative technique provides new avenue for treatment of leading cause of blindness.
Slicing meat and pounding veg provided push for early humans to evolve into modern man
Processing food before eating it allowed human ancestors to develop as a species.
Drowned Apostles: Ancient limestone underwater stacks discovered off Australia's south coast
Scientists discover submerged stacks near to Australia's iconic Twelve Apostles.
Crops on Mars: Tomatoes, peas, rocket and radish grown in Martian soil experiment
Experiment into the potential growth of crops on Red Planet yields 10 different species.
Gender stereotypes as strong now as they were in the 1980s
Scientists find gender stereotypes have not changed in 30 years.
Chernobyl and Fukushima exclusion zones: Nuclear disaster sites are not wildlife havens
Radiation effects at Chernobyl and Fukushima disaster sites continue to be seen in plants and animals.
Japanese great tits use syntax to communicate – just like humans
Birds found to combine calls to convey messages, shedding light on the evolution of language in humans.
Facts on Japan earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster that killed 15,800
The Tōhoku earthquake caused a massive tsunami and one of the worst nuclear disasters in history.
Supervolcanoes destroy all in their path: Evacuation before eruption 'only way to stay safe'
Silver Creek supervolcano flooded California, Nevada and Arizona with ash and gas 18.8 million years ago.
Sumatran orangutan population double previous estimates but huge threats remain to species
Critically endangered Sumatran orangutan population found to be 14,600.
Intelligent design: Backlash as PLOS One study claims human hands were designed by 'the Creator'
Journal PLOS One criticised for publishing study attributing dexterity of human hand to 'Creator'.
Number of dogs attacking guide dogs quadruples in 5 years
Between 2010 and 2015 there was a marked increase in reports of guide dogs being attacked.
