SCIENCE

Many have taken to Twitter to point out Rio's 'hypocrisy' based on their own environmental record.

Adam Gilmour sees hybrid rocket engines powered by plastic and wax as the future of space travel.

The baby whale, dubbed Bob, was believed to be between six months and a year old.

Exhibition to mark 25th anniversary of aquarium aims to highlight the relationship between land and sea.

Camp Century infrastructure and waste was abandoned in 1967, believed to have been buried forever.

Women of noble descent were buried beside men in the grandiose mass grave.

Thought experiment was first proposed in 1600s and is still debated today.

The technology offers the tantalising prospect of ultra-fast processing speeds.

Great Flood took place in 1920 BC and saw up to 500,000 cubic metres of water per second.

Honey bees play a crucial role in the agriculture economy and food security.

Boncuklu people were foragers who developed small-scale agriculture before moving to Europe.

X-ray technique allows scientists to unveil picture that has been known about since 1920s.

Artefacts from many ancient cultures were recovered from the large family grave.

Scientists observe 115 cases of humpbacks interfering with killer whale hunts.

MycoWorks' new technology uses mycelium as a new animal-friendly material.

From Belize it is expected to head over to Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.

GPS and ECG recorders reveal frigatebirds even enter REM sleep while flying for weeks on end.

Silicon Valley startup Moon Express given green light to become first private company to land on the Moon.

A further 196 exoplanets found in the habitable zones of their solar systems.

Panels are some of the missing fragments from a long-lost hieroglyphic stair.

Viral video shows what looks like molten lava produced from temperatures of over 3,000C.

There are thought to be fewer that 70 of the big cats left in the wild.

Laetoli discovery shows ancestors walked slightly differently, with more flexed limbs.

Big cats and wolves are among the species that suffer most from depletion of foods.

Better hydrocarbon receptor made humans up to 1,000 times more desensitised to smoke toxins.

Calculations show chance of life evolving on other planets is far more likely in distant future.

The horse and cattle were on different farms, though only a couple kilometres apart.

The weapon was recovered next to the remains of an ancient Viking couple.

Studying Cepheid stars will help astronomers better understand the structure and evolution of our galaxy.