Nasa's Dawn finds key ingredients for alien life on dwarf planet Ceres
Organic compounds detected from interior of dwarf planet with spacecraft's visible and infrared mapping spectrometer.
UK sheep farming warning: Schmallenberg virus returns, causing fatal deformities in lambs
Over 50 flocks have been infected by the virus, with up to 20% of lambs lost so far.
ANTibiotic: Bacteria from African ant used to create MRSA-killing drug
African fungus-growing plant-ant used to produce new antibiotic that is potent against superbugs.
Nodding Syndrome: Parasitic worm found to trigger mysterious, incurable and fatal disease
Nodding Syndrome was first documented in Tanzania in the 1960s and until now, no cause had ever been identified.
Winston Churchill believed in aliens
British prime minister wrote about the potential for life on other planets in 1939.
Emergency armyworm talks held over invasion of crop-eating pest in Africa
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation fears for food security as species moves across African countries.
FRBs: Search for mystery space signals in Milky Way with your mobile phone
Citizen scientists could help find fast radio bursts with a global network of cell phones.
Curse of the Monkey God? Team that found ancient lost jungle city contracted 'white leprosy'
'Lost City of the Monkey God' was discovered in the Honduras jungle with lidar technology in 2015.
Donner Party cannibalism wasn't a myth – it's evidence that starving humans will eat each other
There is a huge amount of taboo regarding cannibalism among humans, but it is found throughout nature – is it really that strange?
Cannibal Neanderthals: Did eating brains help push them to extinction?
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History explores extinction theory of modern humanity's ancestor.
Scientists watch supernova explosion for the first time
The team was able to observe the star just three hours after it exploded.
Mathematician and puzzle-maker Raymond Smullyan dead at 97
Tribues paid to American philosopher and logician after his death on 6 February.
New Zealand: 400 whales wash up dead in 3rd largest mass beaching in country's history
Volunteers worked to try to rescue the pilot whales but most died quickly after being beached.
Two massive magma plumes fuelled Deccan Traps eruption 65 million years ago
Mass eruption at one of the world's biggest volcanic features contributed to extinction of the dinosaurs.
Europa lander mission: Nasa plans to hunt for alien life on Jupiter's icy moon
Report sets out potential science value for sending a lander to Europa to look for past or present life.
Superfood quinoa to provide global food security for our growing population?
First domesticated 7,000 years ago, scientists have now sequenced the genome of quinoa.
KBNNO: Mineral turns sunlight, heat and movement into electricity all at once
Mineral has the potential to be turned into a multi-energy-harvesting device in the next few years.
Sex, drugs and music: Brain switch stops people feeling emotional about songs
When played their 'favourite song', participants said it no longer elicited the same feeling.
Geckolepis megalepis: 'Striptease' lizard sheds its massive scales to escape predators
New species of gecko was discovered on the limestone karst of Ankarana in northern Madagascar.
Male contraceptive gel works in monkeys – but human trials are still way off
Contraceptive gel Vasalgel provided long-term and reliable contraception in rhesus monkeys.
Moon Express: The ethical dilemma of private companies mining the Moon for its resources
Helium 3 from the Moon could lead to fusion energy, but who gets to profit from it?
What is misophonia? Why certain sounds trigger hate feelings deep inside
There is a physical basis for why you really really hate the sound of people chewing and eating.
Before it was destroyed by lightning, Heidelberg Castle looked like The Grand Budapest Hotel
Architectural historian digitally reconstructs castle to show what it would have looked like in the 1600s.
Nasa Twins Study: 5 key differences between Scott and Mark Kelly after a year in space
Preliminary results show long-duration space travel has several major effects on the human body.
African meteorite shows Mars was volcanically active for two billion years
Northwest Africa 7635 was discovered in 2012 and is one of 12 ejected from Mars following a major impact.
Cat and a lobster meet in space 8,000 light years away
Two billion pixel image shows cosmic clouds of gas and dust in constellation of Scorpius.
What makes a frog's tongue so sticky?
Tongue as soft as brains and special saliva help them catch prey.
An extragalactic void is pushing the Milky Way around the universe
'Dipole repeller' appears to be exerting a force on our Local Group of gravities.
'Substantial evidence' the universe is a hologram
International team of researchers carry out observational tests of holographic cosmology.
Time-lapse shows massive crack appear in Antarctic Peninsula from space
When the iceberg breaks off, it will be among the largest ever created.
