SCIENCE

A skull that was found by chance in Somerset in March last year belonged to a woman who lived in the Iron Age and was most likely beheaded at her death or shortly after.

High levels of the chemical imidacloprid have been detected in a number of waterways across the country.

A new acoustic tractor beam uses rapidly rotating 'tornadoes' of sound to suspend objects in mid-air.

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

Previously, oolitic limestone was thought to have been formed as a result of ooid grains rolling on the sea floor, slowly staking up the layers of sediment.

The finding comes as Nasa continues to prepare for missions to Mars and beyond.

Today's festive bird has been traced back to ancient Mexico where it was seen as a cultural symbol used in religious ceremonies.

Plants can now be made to resist environmental changes like global warming and pathogens.

The Juno mission began in August 2011 as part of Nasa's New Frontiers Program. It arrived at Jupiter by July 2016 and the initial mission is to have it orbit the planet 12 times.

Going by its composition, researchers believe that the water on angrites and water on Earth came from the same source.

A fission reactor literally splits atoms to generate power and Nasa has completed initial testing in a vacuum environment.

The weird-looking squid, scientifically known as vampyroteuthis infernalis, was spotted at a depth of 1,290m off the Socorro Island.

From potentially hazardous asteroids to Saturn's moon Titan's incredible similarities to Earth – these are the best space stories of the week.

The newly-discovered underwater volcanoes were found buried around 820 feet beneath the sediment on the sea floor.

Electricians working on the wiring update for the palace discovered a collection of items dating back 130 years.

The newly-identified brittle star species is believed to be the cousin of modern starfish and is considered to have had incredible survival powers.

A 75- minute encrypted conference call between Chinese and Austrian scientists was made possible by China's Micius quantum satellite.

It is thought that the skulls may have been smashed and larger bones deliberately removed after the bodies decomposed.

Sharks usually practice multiple paternity, where a litter of pups have several fathers. But tiger sharks seem to be "genetically monogamous", which threatens their sustainability.

The Y chromosome is fragile. Are we witnessing the slow demise of men? The women seem to be doing just fine with X chromosome, after all. What solution are there?

The afterglow from the massive collision has continued to brighten up since August 2017.

Three people were killed in Belgium and the Netherlands, and at least eight people died in Germany as powerful winds ripped roofs off buildings, toppled trees and blew trucks off the road.

Romy McCloskey used her costume designing skills to replace the 3-day-old butterfly's damaged wing.

Norwegian Air Dreamliner breaks record for subsonic transatlantic crossing from JFK to Gatwick in just over five hours.

Current instruments designed to search for alien life tend to be relatively large, heavy and power-hungry. In addition, they can only detect indirect biological signatures.

Rare spectacle above Darwin is result of ice crystals in sky bending sun's rays so that they appear iridescent.

Activists on the 1,600-hectare site near the village of Notre Dame des Landes say they have developed it into a utopia.

New study shows that people who feel weatlhy tend to go for flings rather than committed relationships. But people who are fearful (mostly women) will go for long-term things.

Skilled builders carved massive terrace walls into a rocky headland on the Greek island of Keros, creating what looks like a man-made stepped pyramid.