SCIENCE

Astronauts living in the International Space Station spoke to Pope Francis in a unique and harmonious exchange of science and religion.

India Ashok Oct 28, 2017

The week's best news and sports photos, from autumn and Halloween to the King of Thailand's funeral and the end of the sieges of Raqqa and Marawi.

David Sim Oct 27, 2017

The 5.5 metre-long Jurassic ichthyosaur is believed to be one of the most complete skeletons of its kind ever found in India.

India Ashok Oct 27, 2017

Ceres is the largest rock in the asteroid belt and one of the candidates for finding life in the solar system.

Immanuel Jotham Oct 27, 2017

The December mission will mark the first flight from the refurbished launch pad SLC-40 since the explosion.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Oct 27, 2017

Harlequin ladybirds are the UK's fastest invading species and are larger and more aggressive than more commonly found types.

Oct 26, 2017

The colour patterns of dinosaurs resemble those seen in many modern animals, helping them to avoid detection by both predators and prey.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 26, 2017

Previous eruptions triggered a volcanic winter that lowered global temperatures by 6 degrees Celsius, halting a period of natural global warming.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 26, 2017

The comet entered the Solar System travelling at a speed of 26 Kms per second and may have come from the constellation Lyra, where the bright star Vega resides.

India Ashok Oct 26, 2017

Sand dunes on Hellas Planitia have large, linear scratch marks on its sides at high latitudes.

Immanuel Jotham Oct 26, 2017

The latest generation of the RoboBee has potential uses ranging from search-and-rescue operations to environmental monitoring and biological studies.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 25, 2017

New research has re-examined the skull, which was first discovered 12 km inland from Papua New Guinea's north coast in 1929.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 25, 2017

The dinosaur footprints measured 57cm long, suggesting it was was around 30ft tall - around four times the size of a fully-grown lion. It roamed what is now southern Africa 200 million years ago.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 25, 2017

Humans would live in multiple transparent spheres, each containing numerous self-sustaining towers covered in plants.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 25, 2017

The note, which Einstein gave to a courier in Tokyo, recently resurfaced after it was hidden away for nearly 100 years.

India Ashok Oct 25, 2017

Hawking's thesis was made public by Cambridge, over 50 years after it was first written and has since reportedly been viewed by over 400,000 people.

India Ashok Oct 25, 2017

Sir David Attenborough has called on people to cut down on their use of plastic. These nine items show how plastic-filled our lives are, and how easy it is to cut down on the material.

Kashmira Gander Oct 25, 2017

The BBC admits it breached its own editorial standards when Lord Lawson was allowed to express a falsehood about climate change on the Today programme without being challenged.

Josh Robbins Oct 24, 2017

The 500-year-old object, called an astrolabe, was used by ancient seafarers to measure the altitude of the Sun.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 24, 2017

A photo and video of a moth with what seems to be huge tentacles growing out its back has gone viral - but it is more normal than it seems.

James Tennent Oct 24, 2017

Breakthrough could save pork industry millions of dollars, producing healthier meat and improving the welfare of the animals.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 24, 2017

From misty lochs and chalk cliffs to snow-covered mountains and autumnal woods, Landscape Photographer of the Year book captures the splendour of Britain's rural and urban landscapes, from the Outer Hebrides to the white cliffs of Dover.

David Sim Oct 24, 2017

The free pick-up service from the zoo saves owners money as well as allowing the animal to return to the food chain.

James Tennent Oct 23, 2017

Berlin Zoo is introducing a male to help beat depression in Meng Meng, its popular giant panda.

Neil Murphy Oct 23, 2017

The world-renowned cosmologist's PhD thesis has been made public and has already received hundreds of download requests.

Martha Henriques Oct 23, 2017

Dinosaurs have acquired a bad rep for being solitary lone rangers with bad tempers, but a new discovery reveals that they may have been group sleepers.

Lucia Binding Oct 22, 2017

The space probe will manoeuvre itself into a new orbit which is closer to Ceres' surface in order to get new insights about the dwarf planet.

Shubham Sharma Oct 22, 2017

The UK is bracing for gale-force winds and potential flooding as Storm Brian approaches, with gusts of up to 70mph expected in parts of the country.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 21, 2017

The map shows Earth's former surface, which has been pushed deep into our planet's core. The "dead" tectonic plates go down up to nearly 3,000 Kms.

India Ashok Oct 21, 2017