World's oldest pictograph discovered in Göbekli Tepe shows decapitated head in vulture wing
Obelisk discovered in 12,000-year-old Turkish archaeology site with pictograph.
Epic battle between bald eagle and two seagulls captured by photographer
Bald eagle vs seagulls captured on Prince William Sound in Alaska.
China: Mass produced artificial sperm developed 'to create army of half-cloned mice'
High-quality mass produced artificial sperm developed by scientists in China.
Pirate Captain Kidd silver treasure shipwreck discovery 'just broken part of port construction'
Unesco confirms William Kidd's Adventure Gallery silver treasure is just lead basalt.
Human hands 'more primitive' than chimpanzees and orangutans
Human hand proportions suggest structure is largely primitive rather than selective.
Real Groundhog Day man wakes up thinking it is the same day every day in 'astonishing case'
Memory loss man can only remember 90 minutes after root-canal treatment.
Large Hadron Collider experiment discovers exotic pentaquark particles
Cern experiment leads to discovery of new sub-atomic particles.
Google Doodle celebrates historic New Horizons flyby of Pluto
Google Doodle has marked the culmination of the nine year New Horizons mission to Pluto
New Horizons scientist Mihaly Horanyi: 'I'm sure mission will be extended after flyby'
Horanyi is principal investigator on New Horizons' Student Dust Counter instrument.
New Horizons Pluto flyby countdown begins: 'Fasten your seatbelts'
Experts discuss New Horizons mission as spacecraft prepares to make its closest approach.
Nasa Curiosity rover discovers evidence of continental crust on Mars
Curiosity finds rocks on Mars similar to those in Earth's oldest continental crust.
Prehistoric town Duropolis discovered in Dorset is one of Britain's largest Iron Age settlements
Archaeologists uncover 150 Iron Age roundhouses near Winterborne Kingston.
Divest Invest: The philanthropy pledge on its way to COP 21 in Paris
Global divestment movement shows moral and financial incentives of moving away from fossil fuels.
Campi Flegrei supervolcano might have inspired legendary Roman concrete
Concrete-like rock of supervolcano could explain unusual ground swelling at Pozzuoli.
Smithsonian scientists to freeze DNA of half the world's plants ahead of mass extinction
Global Genome Initiative aims to capture genomic diversity of half world's plants in two years.
How volcanic eruptions have changed life on Earth over the past 2,500 years
Volcanic eruptions caused widespread cooling extremes including a dust cloud from 536AD.
Banana skin is not a miracle weight loss superfood
Nutritionist says there is no evidence that banana skins promote weight loss.
Real-life vampires are shy because they don't want to be stereotyped by doctors
Self-identified vampires are more common than people realise, expert says.
New Horizons: Google Earth map of Pluto created as 'tantalizing preview' ahead of fly-by
Map of Pluto created with colour images of the dwarf planet as New Horizons edges closer.
Male spiders can feel sex
Scientists discover spider 'penises' are not numb as once thought.
Switzerland will send 'giant Pac-Man' into orbit to gobble up space junk and destroy it
Clean Space One Project to deploy net to capture SwissCube satellite.
Tetris as PTSD treatment: Vintage game blocks violent flashbacks after traumatic events
Playing Tetris almost abolishes intrusive memories 24 hours after initial exposure to trauma.
Ageing study: Why some people get older three times faster than normal
Study of young people shows biological ageing begins in your 20s.
Coal 'renaissance' in poor and developing countries hampering emissions targets
Coal has become predominant source of global carbon emissions once more.
Climate change-induced wave of hybrid species 'not so much of a problem'
Risk of interbreeding as a result of climate change range shifts lower than once thought.
Philae could uncover alien life in the form of microorganisms on Rosetta comet 67/P
Astronomers say microorganisms could have created Comet 67/P's irregular shape
Newborn babies can see their parents' faces - if they're a foot away
Babies can perceive faces at around two to three days old.
Nemo's Garden Project: Photos show underwater farm where strawberries grow in balloons
Nemo's Garden Project in Italy aims to create alternative source of plant production.
Mongolian shipwreck from Kublai Khan's 13th century invasion of Japan discovered by archaeologists
Second shipwreck from failed attempt to invade Japan discovered at Takashima Kozaki underwater archaeological site.
Polar bears to go extinct if greenhouse gas emissions continue on current course
Stark warning as USGS finds emissions are still primary threat to polar bears worldwide.
