Milky Way in 46 billion pixels: Biggest astronomical image of all time released online
More than 50,000 new objects in Milky Way recorded in latest image of our galaxy.
US marijuana use has doubled with women and middle-aged leading the surge
Marijuana use among US adults rose from 4.1% to 9.5% between 2001 and 2013.
Middle Ages rich suffered lead poisoning from their fancy crockery
Being rich in the Middle Ages meant being exposed to the toxic heavy metal lead.
Two massive stars are about to smash into each other and no one knows what will happen
ESO's VLT finds massive double star just 12 million km from one another.
92% of habitable planets 'yet to form': Future alien civilisations would be 'clueless' about how universe began
Theoretical study suggests just 8% of the potentially habitable planets that will form have already.
Scan Pyramids: Secrets of Ancient Egyptian structures at Dahshur and Giza to be solved with cosmic rays
Egypt's antiquities minister announces project to solve mystery of ancient pyramids.
How vultures feast on rotting carcasses without getting ill from pathogens
Vultures have special genetic make-up that allows for their feeding habits.
Excavation of Ancient Greek healing temple at Feneos site reveals god statues and garden [Photos]
Archaeologists find huge statues and reconstruct architecture of 2,000-year-old sanctuary.
Astronomy Night: Watch President Obama call ISS for chat with astronaut Scott Kelly
Obama calls International Space Station ahead of Astronomy Night at the White House.
Nasa launches EPIC website showing images of Earth from DSCOVR satellite
Nasa to post images of Earth from one million miles away every day.
Male and female hearts grow old in different ways
MRI scans of 3,000 adults show gender differences in how hearts age.
Dogs were first domesticated in Central Asia near modern-day Nepal and Mongolia
Researchers analysed over 185,000 genetic markers to find origin and spread of first dogs.
Oldest evidence for life on Earth discovered dates back 4.1 billion years - 300 million years earlier than we thought
Living organisms might have existed on Earth 300 million years earlier than previously thought.
2015 TB145: Huge Halloween asteroid discovered three weeks before flyby of Earth
Asteroid measuring up to 2,000ft in diameter to pass Earth at 310,000 miles on 31 October.
Horn of Africa will get drier with global warming further destabilising region
Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti expected to get even drier with rising carbon emissions.
Sex differences in chimp play show how females learn faster to become better tool users
Male chimpanzees play more with tools as juveniles, but with no goal other than for fun.
Mystery never-before-seen ripples around planet-forming disk baffle Nasa and ESA scientists
Fast moving wave-like features seen in disk of star are not like anything ever observed before.
Watch babies in womb hear music and move their mouths in response
Foetus can hear music from 16 weeks and respond to it with vocalisations
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015: Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar win for DNA repair toolbox
Nobel Prize awarded to scientists for mapping how cells repair damaged DNA.
Early human ancestors 'more efficient' at walking upright than previously thought
Chimpanzees show surprising similarities to humans when walking upright.
Nobel Prize In Physics 2015: Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald win for neutrino switch discovery
Japan's Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald from Canada win the coveted science prize.
Anorexia: Gut bacteria linked with psychological symptoms of eating disorder
People with anorexia have different microbial communities in their guts compared to healthy people.
Wildlife thriving in Chernobyl exclusion zone: Lynx, boar, deer and wolves roam poisoned land [Photos]
Chernobyl looks more like a nature reserve than nuclear disaster site.
Cactus extinction shock: Rampant illegal wildlife trade puts one third of species at risk
First global assessment of cacti shows taxonomic group is more threatened than mammals and birds.
Nasa Apollo moon missions: Never-before-seen images released as part of Project Apollo Archive [Photos]
More than 8,000 previously unseen photos from the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s shared online.
What to do if you find maggots growing in your eye
National Geographic researcher talks about Mongolian treatment for maggots growing in your eye.
Cape Verde: Catastrophic collapse of volcano produced 800ft mega-tsunami engulfing island 73,000 years ago
Scientists find evidence of ancient mega-tsunami that wiped out island of Santiago with 800ft wave.
Could exercise pills mean you never need go to the gym again? Possibly
Study looks at the concept of exercise pills and how they can be used to mimic effects of physical activity.
Pompeii: Incredible images peer inside 2,000 year-old ash body casts of Mount Vesuvius volcano victims
Multi-layer CAT scans show skeletons and teeth of those encased in ash 2,000 years ago.
Russian scientist injects himself with ancient 'immortality' bacteria
Moscow State University's Anatoli Brouchkov says he feels younger and healthier following infection.
