Colon cancer: EPFL scientists identify vitamin A as the best weapon in the fight against the disease
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths due to its ability to resist treatment.
Risk of autism increases by 87% if mothers take antidepressants during pregnancy
The rate of autism being diagnosed in children has increased from 4 in 10,000 children in 1966 to 100 in 10,000 now.
Monkey Day: A gallery of everything monkey to celebrate the occasion
IBTimes UK brings you a gallery of the best monkey pictures.
Will eagles put a halt to Christmas? No, but they are now hunting adult reindeer
Golden eagles of Norway are posing a threat to the country's reindeer population.
The search for aliens: Should fear of more advanced ET beings stop our search?
The truth is out there, but should we be looking for it?
San Bernardino shooting: Why it is rare for women to commit mass killings
90.5% of homicides in the US between 1980 and 2008 were committed by men.
Physicists explain how to solve difficult mathematical problems with time travel computing
'Whenever we present the idea, people say no way can this have an effect'.
Deep-sea dwellers feasting like humans in Valencia trench
Up to 6% of their diet was from human leftovers such as beef and grapes.
4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement discovered on beaches of Sanday, Orkney
This 'must be one of the biggest complexes of Bronze Age settlement in the Scottish isles'
Oxford University professor Fritz Vollrath light-heartedly examines plausibility of Spider-Man
Vollrath took a tongue-in-cheek look at the popular comic book character.
Scientists create 3D images of the world as a dolphin sees it via echolocation analysis
Human beings, flower pots and cubes among the images created.
Mini Mosasaur: Fossil discovered in Japan sheds new light on ancient 'binocular eyed' marine hunter
Extremely well preserved Mosasaur fossil is the first to be found in Japan.
Marijuana legalisation leads to drop in US obesity rates claims San Diego State University
A study found that there was a 2% to 6% drop in obesity rates where marijuana was legal
Alzheimer's: Molecule identified that when added to water helps clear amyloid plaque build-up
Amyloid plaque is typical in those who suffer from the degenerative disease.
Doctors to perform US's first ever penis transplant on Afghanistan war veteran
The experts will perform a 12-hour operation on a soldier who suffered injuries during a bomb blast.
Dinosaur relatives younger than previously thought and 'totally unexpected'
A new study suggests dinosauromorphs are up to 10 million years younger than previous estimates.
Alzheimer's: 'Ageing is negative' believers more likely to incur brain changes linked with disease
The Yale-led study found negativity around ageing is linked to Alzheimer's disease.
Genes discovered that could help prevent development of leukaemia
The discovery could help with treatment and prevent relapses of leukaemia.
China: 2,500-year-old tomb complex belonging to little-known royal family discovered
The important and unusual site was found in Luoyong city in the Henan Province.
Stonehenge: Was prehistoric monument built in Wales and dragged to Wiltshire?
Evidence found in Pembrokeshire Hills suggests that the stone structure could have first been built there.
Scientists battle to save Taiwan's 4,000-year-old Queen's Head
The Queen's Head has been bruised and battered by the elements for 4,000 years.
Final home of William Shakespeare excavated to find 'highly significant' discoveries
Among their findings were a pit 'fridge', a fire hearth oven and a watering well.
Strong cannabis found to hinder communication between brain's left and right hemispheres
'This white matter damage was significantly greater among heavy users of high potency cannabis'
Alien megastructure: Nasa believes Dyson sphere likely to be comets orbiting KIC 8462852 star
Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope has given the space agency a different perspective.
Was King Tutankhamun's famous burial mask originally intended for his stepmother Nefertiti?
'The gold mask had never been intended for Tutankhamun at all,' argues British archaeologist Nicholas Reeves.
New method of cryopreservation opens further possibilities of freezing tissue and organs
'This could be an important step toward the preservation of more complex tissues.'
The dark side of human nature was the catalyst for early man to spread across the globe
Revenge and grudges played their part in the rapid migration of humans 100,000 years ago.
Mass drownings of common starlings baffling scientists
'We still need to better understand factors such as disease that might be contributing to this decline.'
Egypt: Discovery of 500m wall almost 4000-years-old hints at unknown ancient city near Avaris
The wall dates back to the Middle Kingdom – between 2,000BC and 1,700BC.
Tardigrade survival: A fifth of water bear genome made up of foreign DNA
Experts believe that this helps them survive in extreme conditions
