Diet fizzy drinks linked to increased risk of stroke and dementia
Sugar-free fizzy soft drinks have been also linked to diabetes and myocardial infarction.
Extremely unlikely twist of fate reveals supernova's secrets through gravity lens
Cosmic alignment of supernova iPTF16geu with gravity lens reveals stunning images.
How climate change creates a perfect storm of terrorism and violence
Terrorist groups are said to be exploiting control of natural resources during times of scarcity due to climate change.
'Great Arctic garbage patch' revealed in remote northern oceans
The remote northern seas are as polluted at the surface as some of the worst spots in the Pacific and Atlantic.
Huge 130m-wide waterfall is largest ever discovered in Antarctica
Waterfall is formed from meltwater from a network of lakes and streams across the ice sheets.
South Africa: Plummeting leopard numbers suggest trophy hunting not sustainable
Even with a ban on trophy hunting, population in the Soutpansberg Mountains fell by two thirds.
What killed the Ice Age beasts? Disappearing grasslands when the glaciers thawed
Large herbivores that thrived in the Ice Age faced a new life in boggy wetlands they weren't adapted to.
Vast halo of hydrogen gas engulfing the entire Milky Way seen for the first time
The enormous halo of hydrogen gas makes up a big portion of the galaxy's ordinary matter.
Two supermassive black holes discovered hiding in tiny galaxies
Scientists think they have solved why such large black holes come to be in surprisingly small galaxies.
The San Andreas Fault only definitely stopped slipping last year after 2004 Parkfield quake
The fault has taken an unusually long time to quieten down.
Cassini spacecraft finds hydrothermal activity that could support life on Saturn's moon Enceladus
The same reactions that support life on Earth at hydrothermal vents might also be present on Enceladus.
Single treatment offers hope for two neurodegenerative diseases, ALS and ataxia
The treatment is promising for ALS and ataxia in mice, and could be effective against other related diseases.
Early dinosaur cousin looked like a strange hybrid of a dinosaur and a crocodile
The dinosaur relative Teleocrater had features in common with crocodilians, dinosaurs and birds.
Origin of Genghis Khan's skilled horse-riding culture revealed in sacred Bronze Age burial mounds
The 3,200-year-old mounds showed horses were buried individually nearby human graves.
Hawaii: Everything you need to know about rat lungworm disease
What is rat lungworm disease and how does it invade the brain and spinal cord?
Great Cold Spot anomaly discovered on Jupiter is created by the aurora
The Great Cold Spot is as big as the Great Red Spot but has eluded astronomers for decades.
Herzegovinian men are the tallest in the world
If Herzegovinians were as well-nourished as the Dutch, they would be significantly taller than them.
Why don't more people who choose euthanasia donate their organs?
There is a perception that organ donation after euthanasia could lead to enforced organ harvesting.
Penguin poo in Antarctica reveals 6,700-year history of deadly volcanic eruptions
The gentoo penguins of Ardley Island have shown remarkable resilience for thousands of years.
Nasa has a big announcement to make about oceans on other planets – watch it live
Oceans of water on other planets could support extraterrestrial life.
Signs of life from the deep Earth erupt through mud volcanoes
Life could be thriving as far as 10km underground along tectonic plate boundaries.
North American prehistoric Clovis people threw darts at mammoths at nearly 80 miles an hour
They wielded atlatl darts to kill prey many times their size.
40% of world's permafrost set to thaw by 2100, unlocking billions of tonnes of carbon and methane
About 4 million sq km of permafrost will thaw for every 1C of climate change.
Mystery of Tibiscum: How did half a Roman fort vanish without a trace 1,700 years ago?
The settlement was thought to have been wiped out by Barbarians, but there are no hints of burning and pillaging.
Stubby-nosed fossil discovered to be oldest crocodilian-like phytosaur
The fossil is the oldest known member of the semi-aquatic phytosaurs.
How do volcanic arcs get their magma?
Lavas form when 'mélange' metamorphic rocks melt under volcanic arcs, geologists argue.
How sudden winds whip up deadly rogue ocean waves
'Freak' waves are actually very common.
Puffins that stick with their soulmate through thousand-mile migrations have more chicks
A first look at Skomer Island puffins' behaviour on their annual migrations shows the benefit of staying close together.
Traces of rock almost as old as the Solar System came out of a volcano just 20 million years ago
Where had it been hiding for almost 4.5 billion years?
Is there such thing as a hardwired instinct?
Instincts could simply be evolutionary echoes of what our ancestors learned the hard way.
