Extremely rare 'alien' Goblin Shark arrives at museum in Australia [Video]
Watch Australian Museum receiving excellent specimen of Goblin Shark.
Cameroon: Gorillas gave rise to half of the known Aids viruses
Two of the four HIV-1 lineages originated from African gorillas, study finds.
Manmade climate change in Syria 'pushed unrest over threshold and into war'
Drought that hit Syria in years before war likely propelled the conflict, study finds.
Rats in New York carry fleas capable of transmitting the Black Death
Study of New York City rats shows they carry 6,500 different species of fleas, lice and mites.
Mysterious dusty galaxy from dawn of the universe sheds light on cosmic Dark Ages
Cosmic dust found in galaxy that formed just 700 million years after Big Bang.
Richard III's mystery medieval grave neighbours were women who ate lots of fish
Mysterious lead coffin found near Richard III remains opened by experts.
Lost Genghis Khan fortress unearthed in western Mongolia
Archaeologists find remains of 13th century military outpost belonging to Genghis Khan.
Rats remember their friends in tit-for-tat behaviour
Rats adjust how much help they provide based on the quality of help reciprocated.
Giant extinct 'beach-walking' sloth species discovered in Venezuela
Sloth fossil found in northwestern Venezuela from Late Miocene period.
Frank Drake Seti pioneer: Aliens could be watching bonfires of ancient Egyptians
Drake is against sending out signals to aliens because 'they have been watching us for years'.
Global warming 'hiatus' ending say scientists: 'That argument is now dead'
Global warming slowdown was natural and will reverse in next 20 years according to a new study
Hunter gatherers traded with Neolithic farmers long before agriculture came to Britain
Study shows evidence of wheat in Britain 2,000 years before modern humans started farming.
First human head transplant 'could take place in 2 years' neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero claims
Italian surgeon plans to use head transplants to help people with muscle and nerve degeneration.
God 'put on the ropes' by theory that life emerged out of thermodynamic necessity
MIT professor Jeremy England uses thermodynamics to show why life on Earth came to be.
Monster black hole 12 billion times the mass of the sun discovered
Massive black hole powering brightest object in early universe.
Yellowstone's geyser Old Faithful erupts regularly 'because of loops in its plumbing'
Geysers erupt periodically because of side-chambers in their underground plumbing, study finds.
HIV drug Truvada reduces risk of infection by 86% 'and should be rolled out on NHS'
Daily HIV pill prevents transmission among gay men, study finds.
Solar eclipse 2015: Parts of Europe will be plunged into darkness in March
Biggest solar eclipse for 16 years to take place on 20 March, blocking 90% of the sun's light.
California baby born in amniotic sac in extremely rare 'en caul' birth
Premature baby almost ready to go home after being born inside amniotic sac.
Why do we have eyelashes? Mystery finally solved by scientists
Researchers show eyelashes divert airflow and protect eyes from dust particles.
Amur leopard conservation: Population of rarest cat doubles in seven years
Number of Amur leopards has reached 57, WWF census shows.
Blind man gets bionic eye and sees wife for first time in 10 years [Video]
Watch the moment Allen Zderad sees his wife for the first time in a decade using a bionic eye.
Bladderwort: Secrets of carnivorous 'marvel of nature' uncovered by scientists
Carnivorous bladderwort genome is 'jewel box full of evolutionary treasures'.
Rats unfairly blamed for bubonic plague? Changing climate and giant gerbils 'caused Black Death'
Study finds climate variations could have caused medieval outbreak that killed 200 million people.
Tanzania agriculture expansion 'creates perfect storm for human plague transmission'
Scientists warn that East Africa boost to food production greatly increases risk of plague.
Eating peanuts in infancy cuts risk of peanut allergy by 80%
Children at high risk of peanut allergy can reduce risk by eating the nuts regularly.
Ancient Bolivian mortuary where corpses were stripped of flesh uncovered in Andes foothills
Ancient Bolivian farming population took their dead on road trips.
Climate sceptic Willie Soon 'received funding from energy industry'
Global warming sceptic Wei-Hock Soon yet to respond to funding allegations, as CfA launches inquiry.
Evolution made humans compassionate before intelligent: York University researcher Penny Spikins
Early humans developed kindness and compassion before intelligence, research claims.
Babies from same sex couples now possible following stem cell breakthrough
Scientists find way to make egg and sperm cells using skin from adults of the same sex.
