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Mammal embryos successfully develop in space in 'milestone' for human space exploration
Mice embryos in China's SJ-10 satellite found to develop into advanced blastocysts over four days.
Apr 18, 2016
Mount Paektu: North Korea's enigmatic volcano has molten rock lurking beneath
North Korean and Western scientists collaborate on study of DPRK's little-studied active volcano.
Apr 15, 2016
Quadriplegic man Ian Burkhart moves fingers, hand and wrist thanks to tiny computer chip in brain
Paralysed Ohio man able to perform everyday tasks with hands with breakthrough neuroprosthetic device.
Apr 13, 2016
Consensus reached: 90-100% of climate change scientists agree humans caused recent global warming
Climate change denialism is not the same as scientific scepticism, researchers say.
Apr 13, 2016
STIs led to emergence of monogamy in prehistoric humans
Presence of sexually transmitted infections likely helped monogamy develop in humans.
Apr 12, 2016
'Bizarre' supermassive black holes found in mysterious alignment
Supermassive black holes can only be aligned if they are all spinning the same direction.
Apr 12, 2016
Alpha Centauri mission: Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner plan to send tiny spacecrafts to the stars
Breakthrough Starshot initiative aims to get humans to far reaches of space within a generation.
Apr 12, 2016
Watch live online: Stephen Hawking to announce mystery space exploration project Starshot
Watch livestream of Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner announcing latest space exploration initiative.
Apr 12, 2016
Ancient mummy discovered in Mongolia's Altai Mountains is first complete Turkik burial
Well-preserved remains of 1,400-year-old mummy found with horse, saddle and grave goods.
Apr 12, 2016
Mesmerising film shows thousands of red crabs swarming off Panama coast
Thousands of red crabs were recorded at Hannibal Bank Seamount – the furthest south the species has been charted.
Apr 12, 2016
Hebrew biblical texts were written before destruction of First Temple in Jerusalem
Inscriptions from Kingdom of Judah reveals widespread literacy among population.
Apr 11, 2016
Neanderthals killed off by diseases carried by humans coming out of Africa
Scientists say emergence of new diseases from humans could have played role in Neanderthal demise.
Apr 11, 2016
Genghis Khan: Sacred Tomb, Secret Treasure delves into mystery of Mongol leader's burial place
Journalist Robin Ackroyd travelled across Mongolia to solve the mystery of where Genghis Khan was buried.
Apr 08, 2016
Super-eruptions bigger than Yellowstone volcano discovered at Snake River Plain
Ancient eruptions could indicate Yellowstone is a "dwindling ember" of much bigger volcanic system.
Apr 08, 2016
Bawean warty pigs: Just 250 adults remain of one of rarest pig species on the planet
Bawean warty pig should be listed by the IUCN as endangered, scientists say.
Apr 06, 2016
Attack of the stars: Radioactive debris from ancient supernova battered Earth millions of years ago
Series of huge supernova explosions near Solar System saw radioactive debris rain down on Earth.
Apr 06, 2016
Bullet fired by Lawrence of Arabia during famous train ambush discovered in Arabian Desert
Century-old bullet shows Lawrence's stories of guerrilla warfare were not exaggerated.
Apr 06, 2016
Xenotransplantation: Baboon with heart of genetically modified pig lives for two years
Immune-supressing drug allowed for longest ever survival following cross species heart transplant.
Apr 05, 2016
FRBs: Mystery space signal location discovery dismissed as 'mundane' supermassive black hole
Fast radio burst coming from galaxy six billion light years away was not FRB at all.
Apr 05, 2016
Human beings attracted to others who have easy-to-read emotions
We are attracted to people when we can easily understand their emotional state.
Apr 04, 2016
Human sacrifice: How religious rituals played dark role in rise of complex societies
Ritual human sacrifices allowed hierarchical societies to emerge and for ruling elite to keep hold of power.
Apr 04, 2016
Vikings Unearthed: Documentary uncovers the extent of Viking expansion in North America
Vikings Unearthed will air on 4 April on BBC One and PBS following discovery if new archaeological site.
Apr 04, 2016
Weird 'alien' sea creature caught in Mexico identified as albino swell shark
Jamie Rendon caught bizarre shark while fishing in Cabo corridor but released it back into the sea.
Apr 04, 2016
Social collapse in ancient Pueblo civilisation linked to climate change
Scientists find four phases of societal collapse of Pueblo civilisation over 500 years.
Apr 01, 2016
Brain over brawn: Winning a battle really is all in the mind - if you are a fish
Deep brain neural circuits found to determine whether a fight will be won or lost.
Mar 31, 2016
Humans likely wiped out mystery 'hobbit' species from Flores 50,000 years ago
Homo floresiensis suddenly disappeared from the Indonesian island 50,000 years ago, scientists discover.
Mar 30, 2016
Lack of violence and warfare in prehistoric Japan challenges ideas of human evolution
Evidence from Jomon period in Japan reveals hunter-gatherers were not all warmongers.
Mar 30, 2016
Why some birds let their chicks starve to death while others nurture their weakest
Environmental conditions resolve long-standing mystery of bird behaviour differences when feeding chicks.
Mar 29, 2016
Serial killer prairie dogs murder baby ground squirrels over food
White-tailed prairie dogs found to kill, but not consume, squirrels over competition for vegetation.
Mar 24, 2016
Proof of human evolution you can see on your own body
Video shows how one arm muscle you either have or don't can show our species evolving.
Mar 23, 2016
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