Largest prime number ever found is 22 million digits long and would take days to read
Steve Humble MBE
Jan 22, 2016
Scott Kelly has just completed 300 days of living in space as part of a year-long mission.
Sanskrity Sinha
Jan 22, 2016
Governor Rick Snyder is going to be shown 'the error of his evil ways,' says hactivist collective.
Mary Papenfuss
Jan 22, 2016
Mid-Atlantic states expected to receive nearly 2 ft of snow during the potentially historic snow storm.
Nicole Rojas
Jan 21, 2016
Voles groom stressed rodents due to the hormone oxytocin, as scientists aim for new psychiatric therapy.
Matt Atherton
Jan 21, 2016
Demand for dried fish bladder has surged since 2013 and now costs $8,500 per kg on black market.
Hannah Osborne
Jan 21, 2016
Photographer Matt Cardy captures Bath on a particularly icy morning – as weather conditions plunge across the UK
Alex Wheeler
Jan 21, 2016
Foundation of modern society laid hundreds of millions of years ago when supercontinent Pangea formed.
Matt Atherton
Jan 21, 2016
Baby otters have been receiving care at the Florida Wildlife Hospital and Sanctuary in Palm Shores.
Adam Justice
Jan 21, 2016
The discovery was made by renowned Indian biologist Sathyabhama Das Biju
James Tennent
Jan 21, 2016
Himalayan forest thrush is only fourth new species to be discovered in India since 1949.
Hannah Osborne
Jan 21, 2016
Vets in Yarloop are going above and beyond to save animals hurt in recent bushfires.
James Tennent
Jan 21, 2016
Peake is spending six months in space as part of his Principia mission.
Adam Justice
Jan 21, 2016
Violations in time reversal symmetry show spacetime continuum may not always have moved in one direction.
Matt Atherton
Jan 21, 2016
The International Animal Rescue released footage of a young primate, scarred by life as a pet, hugging herself.
Matt Atherton
Jan 21, 2016
Washington DC and Baltimore expected to be hit with the brunt of the snow storm.
Nicole Rojas
Jan 21, 2016
An independent inquiry into the death of former KGB agent Litvinenko will be published on 21 January 2016.
Lydia Smith
Jan 21, 2016
Astronomers at California Institute of Technology believe huge 'dark planet' exists way beyond Pluto.
Mark Piggott
Jan 20, 2016
The first record of early human conflict was found in Kenya, with 27 individual skeletons being identified.
Matt Atherton
Jan 20, 2016
A wide analysis of a tomb at Alto de Reinoso shows 47 closely-related individuals were all buried together.
Matt Atherton
Jan 20, 2016
One of the world's oldest known species of Jurassic dinosaur has been discovered near Penarth Beach - the Dracoraptor hanigani.
Matt Atherton
Jan 20, 2016
The NOAA, Nasa and Met Office have all announced that last year was the hottest year ever recorded globally.
Hannah Osborne
Jan 20, 2016
MIT algorithms, also used in the walking Atlas robot, help drone find its way through a maze of obstacles.
Adam Justice
Jan 20, 2016
Increasingly sharks are targeted for commercial fishing
Christopher Bird
Jan 20, 2016
'Fire volcano' the Volcan de Colima spews out a large column of gas and ash around 2,500m into the sky.
Adam Justice
Jan 20, 2016
Scientists show toxin produced by blue-green algae results in Alzheimer's-like symptoms in monkeys.
Rachael Dunlop
Jan 20, 2016
Bush dogs have been photographed across the Central American nation, as conservation can now kick on.
Matt Atherton
Jan 20, 2016
The data, which covers 367 cities, showed average PM2.5 levels dropping by 10% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Adam Justice
Jan 20, 2016
Seaside palace of first emperor of Qin dynasty discovered off Suizhong coast.
Hannah Osborne
Jan 20, 2016
Monkey was kept alive for 20 hours after head transplant as questions are raised over surgery.
Hannah Osborne
Jan 20, 2016