Pre-Inca mummy dumped at Peru rubbish site discovered by cleaners
Chan Chan cleaners found ancient mummy dumped near rubbish.
Earth 'swallowed Mercury-like planet' to form layers and get magnetic field
Scientists suggest huge Mercury-like body smashed into Earth early in its history.
Pull my finger study shows what happens when you crack your knuckles
MRI scans show what causes distinctive popping sound when cracking knuckles.
Were French Neanderthals gastronomic cannibals?
Fossil remains of Neanderthals show bones were beaten and fractured shortly after death.
Prehistoric bone-eating 'zombie' worms ate pleasiosaurs and sea-turtles 100 million years ago
Zombie worms fed on carcasses of giant marine reptiles, scientists discover.
New Horizons: First ever close-up colour image of Pluto and Charon
First image of Pluto in colour taken from 71 million miles away ahead of flyby in July.
MS: Experimental drug holds promise for repairing nerve damage in multiple sclerosis
First biological evidence of repair of damaged myelin in the human brain discovered.
Ancient Egyptian chapel belonging to King Nectanebo I discovered in Heliopolis Temple
Archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old chapel with royal statue and carved Basalt blocks.
Poland: 250-year-old sex toy made from leather, brissles and wood discovered in toilet
A 'large, thick' dildo has been discovered by Polish archaeologists in Podwalu in Gdansk.
Interacting dark matter potentially observed for first time ever in colliding galaxies
Discovery of dark matter interacting with itself would open up new realm of physics.
Rosetta and Philae find no magnetic field for Comet 67P as experts await wake up
Lack of magnetic field on 67P debunks theory of comet formation and evolution.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch rescheduled but chance of lift-off only 50%
SpaceX postponed launch of rocket carrying Dragon spacecraft following poor weather conditions.
Dark matter map created with world's most powerful digital camera
Dark Energy Survey release first map of dark matter showing clumpy nature.
Mars: Salty liquid water 'discovered' on Red Planet raises questions of alien life
Nasa scientists find evidence that brine water exists on surface of Red Planet.
Met Office: Three month heatwave not headed to UK 'despite media speculation'
Speculation of summer heatwave dismissed by weather forecasters at Met Office.
SpaceX Dragon launch: Watch take-off of Falcon 9 Nasa cargo mission to ISS live online
Sixth SpaceX cargo mission to International Space Station at 60% 'go' ahead of launch.
Lucy the 'missing link' skeleton - Baboon vertebra discovered among world-famous bones
Australopithecus afarensis skeleton found to have small vertebra fragment from a baboon.
Life could exist on dark worlds without stars, astrophysicist Sean Raymond says
Alien life could thrive on planets without suns in hydrothermal vents below icy layer
The 'blob' causing mayhem with US weather
Huge patch of warm water off US West Coast partially to blame for recent unusual weather.
New species of monkey - white-cheeked macaque - identified by its weird penis and dark hairy scrotum
White-cheeked macaque discovered in south-eastern Tibet is new species of monkey.
Japan: Frantic rescue effort after 149 dolphins wash up on beach [Photos]
Many of the 149 melon-headed whales have already died after mass beaching in Hokota, Ibaraki.
Predatory terror bird species had low voice and listened for footsteps of prey
New species Llallawavis scagliai has most complete fossil of any terror bird discovered.
Ocean acidification 'triggered Great Dying mass extinction' following 10,000-year volcanic eruption
Ocean acidification led to most of the planet's species going extinct 252 million years ago.
Contagious cancer in clams suggests transmission more common than thought
Leukaemia found to spread among soft-shell clams through the seawater.
Cannibal dinosaurs: T. Rex cousin Daspletosaurus fought and ate one another
Daspletosaurus discovered in Canada shows signs of combat and cannibalism.
UAE Space Agency and France's CNES announce strategic partnership
United Arab Emirates and France sign memorandum for partnership in space.
New Horizons: Pluto lander would be 'spectacular' next mission
New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern discusses mission ahead of flyby in July.
Secret gibbon language translated: Scientists discover meaning behind their 'hoo' calls
Gibbon speak interpreted for first time providing clues to origins of human language.
Ghost faces and secret verse discovered in ancient King Arthur manuscript
Black Book of Carmarthen reveals faces and lines that had been erased from history.
Mummies discovered in Hungarian crypt reveal how tuberculosis ravaged Europe
Mummified bodies in Hungarian crypt show how TB took hold in 18th century Europe.
