Advanced alien civilisations are absent from local universe – or we are too stupid to find them
Scientist scan local universe for waste heat that is expected to be signature of advanced alien life.
Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015: Incredible winning images
Winners of this year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year award from the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Debunking climate change hiatus: There was never a slowdown in global warming
Study says the slowdown, hiatus or pause in global warming is the result of faulty statistical models.
Monster wolffish caught off Hokkaido is NOT the result of Fukushima radiation
Wolffish almost twice the size of normal is probably just old, scientist says.
PG 1302-102: Supermassive black holes heading for cosmic mega collision in 100,000 years
Pair of supermassive black holes are just a light-week apart and could collide in as little as 20,000 years.
Yoga reduces arthritis pain and boosts mood by 20%
Study shows yoga reduces arthritis symptoms and improves mental wellbeing.
Global ocean discovered beneath Enceladus' icy shell ahead of Cassini flyby
Nasa's Cassini mission data suggests moon's wobble indicates a vast ocean covering it.
Dogs are rubbish at solving problems because they think humans will do it for them
Dogs' problem-solving abilities may be compromised as a result of human dependence and domestication.
Sonogenetics: Sound waves successfully used to control brain cells of worms
Scientists say simulating neurons with ultrasound is less invasive than light-based optogenetics.
Australia: World's longest continental volcano chain is three times the length of Yellowstone
World's longest known chain of continental volcanoes runs 2,000km and is 33 million years old.
More than half of all sea turtles have eaten plastic or human rubbish
Australian scientists find 52% of the world's sea turtles have ingested plastic debris.
Svalbard: Shocking picture shows emaciated polar bear 'doomed to death'
Photographer Kerstin Langenberger captures image of injured starving polar bear on Norwegian archipelago.
Myanmar: Asian elephants born to stressed-out mothers age faster and have fewer calves
Study shows adverse effects of stress on offspring using data of 10,000 elephants.
Burning all Earth's fossil fuels would eliminate Antarctic Ice Sheet and cause 200ft sea level rise
Study examines what would happen if we burned remaining fossil fuels on the planet.
Costa Rica: Snakebites expected to increase with El Nino
Snakebites found to increase in both hot and cold phases of El Nino Southern Oscillation.
Sweden: Enormous double crater created by two simultaneous meteorite strikes discovered
Traces of two massive meteor impacts on same spot 458 million years ago discovered in Sweden.
Henrietta Lacks: Mother demands book on immortal HeLa cells banned from school over 'porn' fears
Tennessee woman says section of book where Lacks discovers her cervical cancer is pornographic.
Cancer patient receives 3D printed titanium sternum and ribs in world first
CSIRO scientists carry out world first surgery using 3D printed ribs.
Out of this world: Breathtaking up-close images of Pluto returned by New Horizons
Incredible images of Pluto's surface show "bewildering variety" of features rivalling anything seen in solar system.
Shark v Orca: Shark escapes pack of 'karate chop' killer whales by leaping on to rocks [Photos]
Researchers save shark stranded on rocks after evading killer whale attack.
Humans are hardwired to be as lazy as possible
Humans adapt how they walk to use as little energy as possible.
Watch solar tornado five times the diameter of Earth tear across Sun's surface
Solar tornado spun for 40 hours with temperatures reaching 2.8 million degrees C.
Japan: Typhoon Etau floods send hundreds of tonnes of contaminated Fukushima water into ocean
Large parts of the country remains either on a warning or emergency warning for severe weather.
Rupert Murdoch buys National Geographic: Quotes from media mogul on climate change
National Geographic bought by 21st Century Fox for $725m
Super-attractor implant catches cancer cells and stops disease spreading
Small super-attractor device captures cancer cells as they move through the body.
This is what it's like to get eaten by vultures in the Serengeti [Video]
National Geographic film puts a camera in the carcass of a wildebeest.
Homophobia linked with psychoticism and dysfunctional personality traits
Study finds those with psychoticism and insecure attachments are more likely to be homophobic.
How crew of 19th century Neva shipwreck survived subarctic Alaskan winter [Photos & Video]
Scientists excavating survivor camp where crew managed to survive freezing winter for a month before rescue.
Blue bastard: Sweetlips fish that fights its rivals with kisses discovered in Australia
Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus was only previously known through seafarers tales.
Cod recovered from Tudor shipwreck Mary Rose shows globalisation of naval provisions
Analysis of cod provisions on board Mary Rose wreck came from North Sea, Iceland and Newfoundland.
