WFIRST: Nasa telescope 100 times bigger than Hubble will search for dark matter, alien worlds
The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will search for dark matter and planets outside our solar system.
North Korea: Fears Kim Jong-un's nuclear tests will trigger Mount Paektu volcano to erupt
Several earthquakes have been recorded at the volcano over the last decade.
Mythical boiling river discovered in the Peruvian Amazon
Mysterious four-mile-long boiling river had been unknown to science for almost a century.
Autism behaviours reversed in mice by switching Shank3 gene on
MIT researchers say finding could have implications for people with specific type of autism.
Hairy panic: Giant tumbleweed engulfs remote Australian town Wangaratta
Two-metre high tumbleweed or hairy panic takes over homes, shops and cars in Wangaratta.
Atheism thrived in ancient world: Humans not 'wired' for religion
Cambridge Professor says atheism dates back beyond Ancient Greece and Rome.
Siberian Neanderthals were having sex with modern humans 35,000 years earlier than thought
Neanderthals and early modern humans met and interbred 100,000 years ago in Levant.
Malaria and Zika: CRISPR gene editing could wipe out blood-sucking female mosquitoes
What makes male mosquitoes male discovered, potentially paving way to editing out disease-spreading females.
Long life after menopause: An evolutionary quirk resulting from stay-at-home sons and grandsons
Why do women stop reproducing so long before death? Scientist say they might have worked it out.
Tardigrade survival: Water bears frozen in Antarctic moss for 30 years successfully revived
Tardigrades frozen in moss for three decades have been revived and were able to reproduce.
China: 9,000 locals evacuated as plans for alien-detecting FAST telescope get green light
Chinese authorities to pay residents 12,000 yuan to move from the site of world's largest radio telescope
Easter Island: Prehistoric warfare did not bring about collapse of Rapa Nui population
Artefacts found on Easter Island were not spears of war, but tools used by the early civilisation.
3D Bioprinter creates human ear, bone and muscle - paving way for bespoke implants in future
3D bioprinter shows it is possible to print living tissue including an ear, bone and muscle structures.
Meti president Douglas Vakoch: Sending messages to aliens is not dangerous and we could make contact by 2035
Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence to hold conference on communicating with aliens in May.
The hunt for dark matter: How scientists are edging closer to finding mystery particles
Underground dark matter experiment means there is a good chance we 'see something' by 2019.
AI: Machines will be able to do almost any job by 2045 – so what will become of humans?
Scientists says society must confront idea we will not be needed for labour before it happens.
FDA-approved anti-cancer drug bexarotene found to prevent onset of Alzheimer's
Bexarotene targets first step in toxic chain-reaction leading to cell death in Alzheimer's models.
Goodbye Philae: Chances of contacting Rosetta lander on Comet 67P 'close to zero'
ESA bids farewell to Philae lander just over a year after historic comet landing.
Nasa: Sea level rise being offset by climate change-induced land water storage
Researchers said more data is needed to understand causes of patterns and if they will continue.
Neanderthal DNA linked with depression, nicotine addiction and psychiatric diseases
Scientists discover how Neanderthal DNA has impacted on modern human health.
LIGO gravitational wave detection: Tremendous discovery opens whole new universe
Physicist says scientists behind gravitational wave discovery will likely be in the running for the Nobel Prize.
Where does rage come from? Origin of violent behaviour discovered in male mice brains
Male mice known to carry out violent and unprovoked attacks on other mice when lateral septum is damaged.
Gravitational waves discovered: LIGO announce detection of ripples in spacetime
Scientists announce detection of gravitational waves 100 years after Einstein predicted their existence
Gravitational waves livestream: Watch LIGO announcement live online
Scientists expected to announce the discovery of gravitational waves.
Wildlife in Chernobyl going blind from cataracts because of radiation from nuclear disaster
High frequency of cataracts found in Chernobyl bank voles 30 years after nuclear accident.
Being lazy in middle age could make your brain shrink in later life
MRI scans show brains of people unfit in middle age have smaller brain volumes in later life.
Cryogenically frozen rabbit brain returned 'near-perfectly' from preservation
A breakthrough in cryogenics could be extended to preserving human brains
Australia: Spinifex grass fibres used to create strong condoms as thin as human hair
Grass used by traditional Aboriginal people to create adhesives could be 'Holy Grail' of rubber production.
Horses found to be able to tell the difference between happy and angry human faces
Horses found to display left-gaze bias and increased heart rate when looking at 'negative' human faces.
What are gravitational waves and why is their discovery important?
LIGO scientists are set to announce discovery of gravitational waves.
