Seti scientist: Discovery of aliens would have little impact on day to day life of humans
John W Traphagan believes the discovery of alien life would not have much impact on humanity.
3,000 jars of ancient Roman fish sauce discovered in shipwreck off Italian coast
Archaeologists in Italy discover 2,000-year-old shipwreck with thousands of jars of garum.
Effort to prevent 'coywolf' hybrid wiping out critically endangered red wolves is working
Experts say placeholder technique to prevent red wolves from being wiped out is helping.
Orphaned Amur tiger cub Cindarella filmed with her own cubs in Russia
WCS footage shows rehabilitated tiger cub with her two cubs.
Tangier Island residents to become first US climate change refugees in as little as 25 years
Tangier Islands will be submerged beneath the sea within 100 years if sea level rises at current rate.
Seti: Still no sign of aliens coming from 'alien megastructure' near star KIC 8462852
Astronomers from Seti International do not find laser pulses coming from KIC 8462852.
World's first IVF puppies born in US open door to eradication of heritable disease
Seven healthy puppies born by IVF following embryos transferred to host female dog.
Ceres bright spots mystery solved: Dawn data points to impact craters
Scientists make detailed observations from the surface of Ceres to work out what the bright spots are.
COP21: Draft agreement from Paris climate change talks released though big holes remain
Nations continue to push for international agreement to limit global warming as end of COP21 looms.
Universe a hologram? Not according to Fermilab Holometer experiment
Physicists working at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory find no evidence universe is a hologram.
Mystery behind construction of Ancient Puebloan great houses in Chaco Canyon solved
Ancient Puebloans built monumental great houses of Chaco Canyon with 240,000 trees from 75km away.
World first as global carbon emissions to stall and maybe fall in 2015 despite economic growth
Global carbon emissions expected to decline by 0.6% thanks primarily to China.
Mosquitoes genetically modified to be infertile in bid to reduce spread of malaria
GM mosquitos pass down infertility genes at accelerated rate and could drastically reduce populations.
Comet Catalina: Watch live online as C/2013 US10 flies past Earth ahead of Geminids
Watch Comet Catalina on its way back past Earth after close encounter with the Sun.
Mianserin: Antidepressant makes roundworms younger for longer
Scientists manage to extend the youth of roundworms by flipping genetic switch.
Greenland Viking disappearance mystery: Climate change did not drive Norse from frozen land
Erik the Red's colonisation of Greenland did not come to an end because of global cooling.
Brain of 3,200-year-old Egyptian mummy Hatason revealed through CT scans
Ancient Egyptian mummy reveals never-before-seen mummifying technique.
Experts discover pygmy slow loris is first primate outside of Madagascar to hibernate
Pygmy slow loris enter state of hibernation in midwinter for bouts of up to 63 hours.
Argentina: Hundreds of whale calves killed by Kelp gulls feeding on skin and blubber
Kelp gull harassment contributed to the deaths of at least 629 southern right whales, scientists say.
Sun 'capable' of superflare with energy of a billion megaton bombs, spelling disaster for Earth
Sun has the potential to release solar flares 1,000 times greater than ever recorded.
World's oldest urban landscape? 13,800-year-old engraving depicts Stone Age hunter gatherer campsite
Ancient engraving found in Spain could be first representation of a human social group.
Xenokeryx amidalae: Strange 'Padme Amidala' ruminant discovered in Spain is extinct ancestor of giraffes
Xenokeryx amidalae believed to be from same clade as giraffes.
Fast Radio Bursts: Source of mystery radio pulses from outer space detected - it's not aliens
Astronomers detect Fast Radio Burst six billion light years away with 'tantalising extra element'.
France: Five 16th century embalmed hearts of elite discovered in heart-shaped urns
Heart of a French Knight discovered inside an urn and buried with his wife.
Conjoined twin separation breakthrough with CT images and 3D printing
Latest technology gives surgeons unprecedented surgical plan for separating Texas conjoined twins.
Dinosaur disco preserved in stone: Sauropod tracks discovered on Scotland's Isle of Skye
First ever sauropod tracks to be found in Scotland are up to 70cm in diameter.
China's giant cloning factory is 'advanced enough to experiment on humans' - if it's allowed to
Scientists behind world's biggest cloning facility says public opinion may well change.
Male and female brains are basically the same with no evidence of sexual dimorphism in 1,400 MRIs
Human brains have mixture of male and female traits but people have 'mosaics' of both.
Cannibal crocodile tears rival apart and feasts on remains in Queensland
Saltwater crocodile photographed throwing smaller rival around before eating it.
Cracking your knuckles: Ultrasound shows 'fireworks exploding in the joint'
What causes knuckles to crack? Scientists say gas bubbles most likely explanation.
