Wind power: Denmark smashes own record with 42% of electricity generated by wind in 2015
Denmark is on track to hit its 2020 target of 50% electricity produced by wind turbines.
Dementia simulator: My experience of the Virtual Dementia Tour
The Virtual Dementia Tour aims to change attitudes towards dementia patients. Based on my experience, it worked.
Snowball Earth: Explosive underwater volcanoes turned planet from frozen waste to cradle of humanity
Volatile volcanoes in the Snowball Earth theory could be the cause of cap carbonates, solving the mystery.
Giant earthworms: 40cm-long worms discovered in Scotland are the biggest ever found in the UK
Earthworms on the Isle of Rum have been found weighing more than 12g - the heaviest-ever recorded in the UK.
Slime secreted by defensive hagfish can be used to make super hydrogels for nappies and farming
Hagfish can secrete slime as a defensive mechanism, which can be used to manufacture new hydrogels for humans.
Intermediate black hole and second largest in Milky Way potentially discovered
A gas cloud has been found that could contain an intermediate black hole, possibly the first ever discovered.
Unknown species: Giant jellyfish, pink blobs and a fish with teeth - Top five creatures that scientists do not understand
We collate life forms that have flummoxed experts across the world.
Rhinos: Dramatic surge in poaching in Zimbabwe in 2015
Most of the rhinos killed were black rhinos; considered critically endangered.
Teleportation of bacteria's memories made possible by Schrödinger and his cat
Theory suggests teleporting an organism's quantum state is possible by using quantum superposition.
Physics: Could humans have reached the end of the line for scientific knowledge? Scientists think so
Some scientific principles do not make sense, as physicists worry we may not be able to learn anything more.
France drug trial: What do we know and why do we carry out clinical trials?
Six volunteers have been hospitalised in Rennes after a drug trial by Briotrial went wrong.
Grieving kangaroo: Viral photo may have captured aftermath of marsupial sexual assault
Viral pic of kangaroos mourning a female was not what it seemed as the male was 'sexually frustrated'.
Woolly mammoth butchered by humans shows we occupied Arctic 10,000 years earlier than thought
45,000-year-old butchered mammoth in the Arctic shows human occupation long before it was previously thought.
Man flu? Women deal with influenza virus better than men because of oestrogen's anti-viral properties
Man flu is actually a real thing, as the female hormone oestrogen shields against the symptoms of flu.
Mercury Retrograde 2016: What does planet's supposed spin reversal mean to astronomers and astrologers?
Mercury has gone into retrograde again, and astrologists will tell you that is bad news for all of us.
Chimps place trust in their friends too, suggesting humans gained the evolutionary trait
Chimps share food with friends and keep the spoils to themselves instead of sharing with 'non-friends'.
Meet the Brazilian Torrent frogs that bob their heads and tremble their toes to say 'hello'
Study shows Brazilian Torrent frogs have the largest number of ways to communicate of all frogs.
Bubonic plague survived in Europe for centuries between outbreaks, medieval skeletons reveal
Study shows the bacterium which caused the plague stayed in Europe for the 300 years between major outbreaks.
Banning trophy hunting will damage conservation more than help it in sub-Saharan Africa
Conservation needs the income from hunting to continue protecting species, and guidelines have been drawn up.
Understanding great white sharks: SharkCam robot reveals hunting behaviour deep below the surface
A study collected data from the REMUS SharkCam to discover Mexico's sharks tend to hunt from below.
Hookah vs cigarettes: Shisha delivers 25 times more tar and 10 times more carbon monoxide
Study shows a single hookah session delivers far more toxicants than smoking a single cigarette.
Weight loss breakthrough? Sugar detox enzyme stops excess fat storage and could treat diabetes
'Extremely rare' finding could provide a new therapy for type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic disorder.
Nasa's Curiosity Rover sends back panoramic, important images of Mars' Bagnold Dunes
The Curiosity Rover produced the first ever detailed images of sand sculptures.
Dieting will always make you feel 'hangry' - hungry and angry - and it's impossible to avoid
The brain fires AGRP neurons which cause sadness and anger when we are hungry, say researchers.
Nepal earthquake: Cataclysm looms as 2015 disaster did not unleash full tectonic fury
2015 Nepal earthquake did not reach the surface meaning another disaster looms in coming decades.
Bacteria in human bodies do not outnumber cells by 10 to one
The truth behind the saying 'we have 10 times more bacteria in our body than cells' has been revealed...as false.
Gravity: 'Major step in physics' as mathematician unveils formula for creating gravitational fields
Maths researcher says we have the technology to create and control gravitational fields.
Bird flu: Suspected case of avian influenza virus found at poultry farm in Fife
A suspected case of the H1 virus has been found in Fife, Scotland. A 1km control zone has been enforced.
Anthropocene epoch: 5 reasons why scientists suggest we should make a new chapter for Earth
Five reasons scientists have suggested human activity has changed the Earth forever.
Amazing video of Earth's 4.5 billion year history scaled to distance between LA and New York
This video will change your perception of time since the beginning of our planet.
