SCIENCE

South Korea meteorological agency detects 2.2 magnitude tremor in North Korea.

One of the world's most noisy marine animals could become much quieter with ocean acidification.

A black hole has been seen with red outbursts as it consumes a star quickly, and propels its pieces outwards.

Eight black granite statues reaching up to 2m in height discovered a Theban necropolis.

The professional female astronomer discovered eight comets and hundreds of stars.

Pigeons are now being used to monitor London's air quality, which kills thousands every year.

Prince William has teamed up with the global transportation industry.

Annotations found in 500-year-old text were copied from Thomas Cromwell's 'Great Bible'.

Scientists in Chile make dinosaur-like legs grow on chickens by inhibiting malnutrition gene.

A shipwreck has been found in Oman, believed to be Esmeralda, a ship led by Portuguese da Gama.

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Tyrannosaurus rex discovered with medullary bone indicating fossil was female.

5,000-year-old levees built by Chinese to control floods have been found in southern China.

Wombats are the only animal to produce cube-shaped poo.

Destruction started when US Environmental Protection Agency started asking questions, says whistle-blower.

Residents ordered to stay indoors as dangerous ozone level zooms.

Scientists observe fairy rings in Australia – the first time mystery circles have been observed outside Africa.

Newly-discovered T-rex ancestor has provided clues to evolution of the Tyrannosaurs.

Oldest relatives of Neanderthals identified through DNA testing.

Coin minted under Emperor Trajan and showing Emperor Augustus' face has been found by an Israeli hiker.

Modelled data found between 4.2 and 13 million homes will be threatened by sea level rise in the year 2100.

Mucilage from cacti can remove harmful pollutants from water, and could be used to make fish more tasty.

Former Nasa astronaut says affordable space travel is less than 20 years away.

CO2 levels increasing faster than they have in hundreds of thousands of years according to latest numbers.

Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his "services to theoretical physics".

Prof Dasgupta recognised for lifetime of work on welfare and development economics.

Scientists from Ligo confirmed the existence of Einstein's gravitational wave theory.

Giant craters on the seabed mark where massive bubbles of methane may have exploded.

In 2009, the US House of Representatives recognised 14 March as National Pi Day.