Philippines ferry disaster: Death toll at 54 as storm Linfa hampers rescue efforts
Coast guard suspects more than 173 on official list were on board MV Kim-Nirvana.
ESA asteroid mission gentler than Nasa's and plans to deflect Earth threatening rocks
The AIM project will sent projectiles to turn away asteroids from collision path with Earth.
Solar Impulse proves the 'future is clean' after longest solo flight
Clean and efficient technology in daily life is the message the team wants to spread.
Climate change: Halfway to Paris summit, national goals overwhelm global ones
National pledges are far from ambitious and what is required to avoid irreversible climate change.
Oxford study finds prescription drugs can alter moral behaviour
While the drugs do not turn normal people into criminals, they have profound life-altering effects.
'Digital amnesia' growing among Americans
Kaspersky Lab's survey also found security of phones and tablets to be poor.
London to get world's first zero emission double-decker this year
Mayor Boris Johnson announced an ambitious plan for the city at the recent Clean Bus Summit.
MasterCard testing selfies for processing payments
The process uses a smartphone app that will match the user's face with a stored image.
Google throws open DeepDream software to create bizarre images
The software is part of a neural network project to make computers think like humans.
Novo Nordisk drug helps people lose weight
Liraglutide, marketed as Saxendro helped patients lose almost 8kgs, albeit it comes with some side effects.
White House lifts 40-year-old ban on photography during public tours
Only cellphone cameras and still-photo cameras with fixed lenses no longer than three inches are allowed.
Aliens should exist and will be similar to humans says Cambridge evolutionary scientist
Different species may not look alike, but are similar in the ways they evolve, says professor at Cambridge University.
Andy Warhol's Dollar Bill fetches £20.9m at Sotheby's record sales
In all, £130.4m was raised in the sale of contemporary art including works from Lucien Freud and Gerhard Richter.
Cuba to reopen embassy in Washington on 20 July
Reports claim the United States is also on course to reopen its embassy in Havana later this month.
WikiLeaks: NSA spied not just on Merkel but also on several German ministers
The espionage focused on economic issues, rather than on security.
Ebola: Liberia reports second case after teenager's death
Residents have claimed that those who were showing symptoms of the virus had recently consumed dog meat.
University of Bristol research discovers 'hidden power' of the human eye
Polarised light was thought to be detected only by octopuses, bees and other creatures.
Rock-climbing baby Ellie Farmer prefers to scale 7-foot walls to walking [Video]
Ellie Farmer has been scaling walls from the time she was eight months old.
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg counts on telepathy for next big leap in communication
Zuckerberg fields questions from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stephen Hawking.
Dubai to build 'most advanced' 3D printed office building
WinSun's building will be the first 3D printed one to be put to use.
Thailand launches app that guides Muslim tourists to prayer halls and halal meat
The smartphone app will be available on Google's Android and Apple's iOS systems.
Solar Impulse covers half the distance on longest solo flight to Hawaii
The flight is well on track to cover the almost 7,000-km leg of the journey.
Max Planck Institute reports superconductor breakthrough with common materials
Hydrogen sulphide exhibited the property at temperatures much higher than seen so far.
Men can't refuse pretty women even when they make unfair demands
Men were likely to accept any offer from attractive women, a Chinese study shows.
UK saved more than £7bn from health benefits of cycling and walking
Carbon emissions are also reduced by using the sustainable transport mode.
UK: Climate change panel calls for immediate action to address adverse effects
Power generation from coal is a major carbon emitter in the UK as most power plants fired by coal are old and inefficient.
Clocks to pause for a second to sync with slowing rotation of Earth
The minute will for a minute hold 61 seconds to allow synchronisation of atomic clocks.
Solar Impulse 2: Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg well on course to Hawaii
A whole day and night into the flight over Pacific, Solar Impulse 2 is doing well.
UK could be hit by major asteroid tsunami this century says Southampton study
Maps show the asteroid risk zone running through Europe, passing over Scandinavia, Germany, France and Spain
Japanese company to sell shooting stars made from artificial meteors
ALE's shooting stars will be ejected by a tiny satellite.
