SCIENCE

Scientists say a mysterious "hotspot" in space is emitting unusual numbers of powerful cosmic rays.

The priceless tracks are believed to be that of a herd of duck-billed dinosaurs that lived in the Alaskan forests.

World's smallest hedgehog Silvacola acares and dog-sized tapir lived between 50 and 53 million years ago.

Rescue workers battle to save a humpback whale that beached itself on Australia's Gold Coast.

Buzz Aldrin says he expects humans to land on Mars within the next 20 years.

Scientists reveal how the early relative of the spider crawled across land 410 million years ago.

US researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center reveal the genetic origin of separate sexes.

Large parts of the Amazon rainforest only grew when the climate became wetter.

Astronauts on the space station have tweeted photos of Super Typhoon Neoguri.

Human statues and column bases dating back over 2,500 years have been found in region of Kurdistan.

Hundreds of flights cancelled and nuclear power plants closed as Neoguri approaches Japan.

Nasa will be using the Project Tango smartphones on a satellite project called 'Spheres' that the US space research agency developed and launched in 2006.

The NGO is angered at Shell-sponsored Lego toys and has upped its campaign.

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman's incredible pictures of the eye of Typhoon Neoguri.

Scientists identify extinct giant bird that lived 28 million years ago.

Super-Typhoon Neoguri could strengthen to become a Category 5 storm, experts say.

George Washington University researchers have found an on/off switch which makes you fall asleep.

Magnitude-6.9 tremor strikes Guatemala's San Marcos region and Mexican state of Chiapas.

Army warns people living on Okinawa not to leave their homes as storm approaches.

Nasa's Sofia 'Flying Observatory' will enable astronomers to record infrared images of celestial bodies.

Dinosaurs had metabolisms so strong they could recover from infections and injuries that would kill off most mammals today, claim experts.

Scientists record levels of nitrogen dioxide four times higher than EU limit on busy shopping thoroughfare.

Skeletons have been found buried near the site of a Roman villa for the first time in Britain.

Bournemouth University's first-year archaeology undergraduate students have discovered a family of skeletons located close to the site of a Roman villa in Dorset.

Two monster asteroids, named Ceres and Vesta, to have a close encounter in outer space.

Scientists say Homo genus characteristics developed large brains million years earlier than thought

Scientists have uncovered 'bullet' asteroid that initiated explosion of life on Earth.

Jones' father defends daughter, saying animals she shot would only have been killed in the wild.

German fan left with chronic subdural haematoma through vigerous headbanging.