Netherlands: Tallest people on Earth getting taller due to natural selection
In 200 years, Dutch people have gone from being shortest on planet to tallest.
Dwarf dragons – Three new species of woodlizard discovered in Andes of Peru and Ecuador
Dragon-like woodlizards found in Andes of Peru and Ecuador
Near death experiences: Surge of brain activity accelerates deterioration of heart
Brain signals at point of death destabilises heart function, study finds.
Brontosaurus 'thunder lizard' reinstated as unique genus after 100 years in species exile
Iconic dinosaur Brontosaurus distinct from Apatosaurus genus, study finds.
Seasons on the sun explain Cold War-era puzzle of powerful solar flare peaks
Sun undergoes seasonal variability over two years, Nasa scientists discover.
Polar bears foraging on land for food 'will not make up for sea ice losses'
Food found on land cannot make up for polar bear prey found on the ice, study finds.
Super Typhoon Maysak: Huge storm pictured from space as Unicef warns Philippines to prepare
Unicef says staff are on standby to respond to super typhoon Maysak heading towards Philippines.
Early humans did not mumble and grunt: Language 'developed rapidly'
MIT researchers say human language developed rapidly into a sophisticated system.
Rats like happy faces so smile if you see one
Rats avoid images of pain expressions suggesting communicative function.
Dragons set to rise from their 'Great Sleep' thanks to climate change and economic downturn
April fools 'study' says economic downturn and global warming to lead to reappearance of dragons.
Neanderthal 'bone flute' musical instruments were actually hyenas gnawing bear cubs
'Bone flutes' were not used as Neanderthals as world's earliest musical instruments.
Mystery geographic tongue condition explained by physics
Geographic tongue affects 2% of population with exact cause of problem unknown.
Tiny songbird blackpoll warbler flies 1,500 miles nonstop across Atlantic Ocean
"Irrefutable evidence" that songbird has longest nonstop overwater flights recorded.
Super Typhoon Maysak: Category 5 storm on route to Pacific Islands
National Weather Service warns super typhoon has intensified and heading to Yap state.
Bald's eye salve: 1,000-year-old potion kills superbug MRSA
Anglo-Saxon eye infection remedy kills up to 90% of MRSA bacteria in mouse models.
Glow-in-the-dark tampons cheap and effective at finding river sewage
Untreated cotton in tampons found to be excellent indicator of pollution under UV light.
Fragment of Jan Mayen Microcontinent discovered beneath Iceland points to 'lost continents'
Analysis of volcanic rocks from south east Iceland have chemical components of continental crust.
Mercury has been 'painted black' by comet dust over billions of years
Mercury's dark surface explained by carbon dusting that has covered the planet's surface.
Ancient Egyptian brewery discovered at Tel Aviv construction site
Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old Bronze Age brewery in Israel.
Darwin's sexual selection not the full story with colourful female birds
Evolution has resulted in male and female birds becoming more similar in colouration, study finds.
Yawunik kootenayi: 508 million-year-old 'mayhem lobster' discovered in Canada
Early predator had "key position" in food network 250 million years before dinosaurs arrived.
Giant pandas are pals in the wild reveals study on secret society
Two-year tracking study reveals the day-to-day lives of giant pandas.
UK surgeons perform Europe's first non-beating heart transplant with pioneering procedure
Landmark procedure to lead to 25% increase in donor hearts.
Men are growing beards 'to appear more dominant and attractive to women'
Study of primates show males have increasingly elaborate 'badges' where competition is high.
Some of Antarctica's thinning floating ice shelves 'will be gone in 100 years'
Some of Antarctica's ice shelves have decreased in mass by 18% over the last 20 years.
Colliding galaxy clusters suggest there is no dark matter mirror universe
Dark matter does not interact with itself, study of colliding galaxy clusters shows.
Year in Space: Watch ISS astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko launch live online
Everything you need to know about the astronauts spending a whole year in space.
Nasa details plan to catch asteroid boulder and put it in Moon orbit
Asteroid Redirect Mission will test new capabilities including manned mission to Mars.
Mammoth asteroid 2014-YB35 is not going to destroy life on Earth tomorrow
500m wide asteroid will 'skim past' Earth travelling at 23,000mph.
Mystery warm layer discovered in Venus atmosphere 'may have ozone layer link'
Scientists find temperatures peak between 90 and 100km above Venus.
