SCIENCE

Dancing is often found in courtship contexts, so scientists want to study what movements are more attractive.

Nasa trials computer chip that can survive for multiple days and weeks in Venus-like conditions.

Report sets out potential science value for sending a lander to Europa to look for past or present life.

Spaceflight from UK could begin in just a few years as MPs draw up legislation.

The stones were broken to destroy their symbolic power, but the fragments were treasured.

A total of six tornadoes hit the city and other parts of Louisiana, destroying homes and businesses.

It is impossible to map a round world on a flat surface without some serious distortions.

Archaeologists found a fragment of parchment tucked away in a corner of the cave.

People in most of the world will get good views of Penumbral lunar eclipse and comet 45P.

SpaceX said it plans to launch its Falcon 9 rockets every two to three weeks.

First domesticated 7,000 years ago, scientists have now sequenced the genome of quinoa.

A large genetic study of black rhinos has yielded new clues about how their populations could be better managed.

IBTimes UK interviews director of World Vision Somalia on extent of food scarcity in conflict-ridden country.

The minerals leesite, leószilárdite and redcanyonite are forms of 'uranium rust'.

Archaeologists also found monumental remains that could be associated with a palace and a temple.

Mineral has the potential to be turned into a multi-energy-harvesting device in the next few years.

Conservation team moved 16 bison from a protected herd in Alberta to Panther Valley, where they remain under observation until summer 2018.

2,500 animals of the critically endangered species have died in an outbreak that began in livestock.

300,000-year-old corals stretching for 20km tell the story of the historic event.

Geneticist Vavilov ended up starving to death in a Soviet gulag in 1943.

When played their 'favourite song', participants said it no longer elicited the same feeling.

Homes destroyed and trees felled as seven twisters injure at least 20 people.

Quake struck coastal city of Pasni in Balochistan province.

The level of harmful breathable particles known as PM2.5 has hit 1,000 micrograms. The World Health Organisation acceptable standard is 20-25 micrograms.

New species of gecko was discovered on the limestone karst of Ankarana in northern Madagascar.

Cheirogaleus shethi named after Brian Sheth, Global Wildlife Conservation board director.

Environment Minister stands by decision to close 23 of 41 mines and says country 'unfit for mining'.

Sulphides are toxic to marine life at concentrations of just a few hundred parts per million.

NASA scientists say that a greenhouse gas effect from carbon dioxide couldn't have warmed Mars enough to melt its ice.