PTSD: 'Breakthrough' electric patch sticks to user's head and reduces symptoms by 30%
A patch which uses trigeminal nerve simulation can reduce PTSD by 30% and depression by 50% while sleeping.
Zika virus: WHO must act urgently after being 'caught off guard' by emerging pandemic
"It would be unconscionable if a lack of preparedness resulted in congenital abnormalities in newborns."
Turkey: Church discovered in world's biggest underground city in Nevşehir with never-before-seen frescos
Church frescoes do not appear in any other church,and appear to show the Ascension and Last Judgement.
Mars One: Lazy people better adapted to living on the Red Planet due to their slow body clock
Nasa may exclude those who wake up early from Mars as their body clock is too weak for 37 extra minutes a day.
Diabetes: Insulin injections not required with TMTD treatment that shields implanted cells
A treatment for Type 1 diabetes has been made that encapsulates pancreatic cells for easy implants.
What caused the Big Bang? Did Big Crunch or inflation kick-start the universe?
Study details how we can finally understand what caused the Big Bang Theory – rapid expansion, or contraction.
Eotrachodon: 83 million-year-old 'ugly' duck-billed dinosaur skeleton discovered in Alabama
A 20-30ft hadrosaurid species has been discovered that lived in Appalachia on the American east coast.
Largest ever solar system discovered: Planet 2MASS J2126-8140 orbits a star 1 trillion km away from it
New system is almost three times larger than previously known largest distance between planet and host star.
Size matters: Brain size relative to body size indicates animal's ability to solve puzzles
Study shows that a big brain relative to body size indicates an animal has a better cognitive ability.
Australia: Sickening secret 'Frankenstein-like surgical experiments' conducted on baboons
Hospitals are being accused of organ transplants from pigs to baboons and making two baboons diabetic.
Japan: Human ear grown on back of rat using stem cells could be used on patients in five years
Researchers in Kyoto and Tokyo have created human ear cartilage from induced pluripotent stem cells
Australia: Giant funnel-web spider captured and handed to Australian Reptile Park for venom-milking
The deadly spider species has caused 13 deaths in Australia over the past 100 years.
Birds more likely to survive winter by feeding on landfill than migrating south
More storks survived longer than five months feeding on rotten meat and old bones than flying to South Africa.
Black hole sun: Planets orbiting freezing cold dark voids could hold life and power a microwave
Study shows energy could be harnessed on planets circling black holes due to extreme temperature differences.
Second language learning theories: Why is it hard for your adult brain to master another dialect?
Studies suggest reasons why adults struggle to learn a second language.
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: Everything you need to know about syndrome caused by drinking in pregnancy
Causes, prevention, symptoms and diagnosis of foetal alcohol syndrome.
Fermi paradox: Alien life has not been discovered because it is all dead
Gaian Bottleneck theory says there are slim chances of life on other planets as they did not evolve in time.
China: Giant tapeworm measuring 6.2m found in man's stomach after he ate raw beef
A 6.2m-long tapeworm was excreted by a Chinese man, after he complained of a stomach ache.
Autism: Compassion shown by prairie voles leads to new oxytocin treatment
Voles groom stressed rodents due to the hormone oxytocin, as scientists aim for new psychiatric therapy.
Neuroscience bombshell: Human brain can hold more memories than the World Wide Web
Study shows the brain holds ten times more data than previously thought - as much as 600,000 iPhones.
Without supercontinent Pangea we would not have had our coal-powered industrial revolution
Foundation of modern society laid hundreds of millions of years ago when supercontinent Pangea formed.
Time flies when you're a subatomic particle – new quantum mechanics turns spacetime on its head
Violations in time reversal symmetry show spacetime continuum may not always have moved in one direction.
Heart-breaking video shows orphaned orangutan traumatised by life as pet and desperate for mother
The International Animal Rescue released footage of a young primate, scarred by life as a pet, hugging herself.
Hunter-gatherer massacre: First record of human murder shows brutal slaughter of men, women and children
The first record of early human conflict was found in Kenya, with 27 individual skeletons being identified.
Neolithic tomb: Biggest analysis of burial site shows ancient Spanish families lived and died together
A wide analysis of a tomb at Alto de Reinoso shows 47 closely-related individuals were all buried together.
Dracoraptor: 200 million-year-old Jurassic 'Dragon robber' dinosaur discovered in Wales is miniature relative of T.Rex
One of the world's oldest known species of Jurassic dinosaur has been discovered near Penarth Beach - the Dracoraptor hanigani.
Brazil Zika virus: Facts, symptoms, microcephaly – everything you need to know about infection
Everything you need to know about the Zika virus, including symptoms, treatment, prevention and origins.
Camera-trap photos show rare and elusive bush dog is widespread across Panama
Bush dogs have been photographed across the Central American nation, as conservation can now kick on.
Solar system: Five planets line up for the first time in a decade – this is how to watch it
From January 20, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are set to be visibly aligned before sunrise.
Multiple Sclerosis: 'Miracle' stem cell and chemo cure helps paralysed MS patients to walk
A possible cure for multiple sclerosis may have been found as paralysed patients are able to walk again.
