Speed of light slowed down in 'impossible' experiment
Glasgow scientists slow photons in free space for first time
Climate change: Richard Lindzen and the 'cult' of global warming
If global warming believers are a cult, why are deniers signing us up for a suicide pact?
'Real Bigfoot Hunter' Tom Biscardi launches $3m start-up to find Sasquatch
Bigfoot hunter Biscardi planning to turn search for legendary beast into business venture
Hominin ancestors Australopithecus used their hands like modern humans
Pre-Homo ancestors had human-like hands half a million years earlier than thought.
Nuclear radiation drugs offer protection up to 3 days after exposure to fallout
Drugs can protect from radiation terrorism and counteract chemotherapy side effects.
Great Dying mass extinction saw 'vinegar' acid rain pouring down
Study finds Earth was hit with intense acid rain 252 million years ago.
Dinosaur-killing asteroid did not cause global firestorms: Mass extinction theory debunked
The asteroid was the 'smoking gun' of End-Cretaceous mass extinction, says scientist.
Tutankhamun's death mask damaged: Beard knocked off then stuck back on with wrong glue
The blue and gold beard on King Tut's burial mask was knocked during cleaning.
Milky Way 'is a massive wormhole'
Astrophysicist claims our galaxy could be a galactic transport system.
Half of Japanese adults not having sex: One in five men cite 'extreme dislike' of it
Japan Family Planning Association finds fewer people are having sex amid plummeting birth rates.
'Predator crocodile' with knife-like teeth that predates dinosaurs discovered in Tanzania
Nundasuchus songeaensis had steak knife teeth and lived almost 250 million years ago.
State of the Union address: 10 quotes on climate change from Barack Obama
IBTimes UK looks at numerous occasions Obama has spoken about climate change.
'Horrific' prehistoric frilled shark attacks fisherman on Australia trawler
Rare 'living fossil' frilled shark caught by fisherman off south-eastern Victoria.
Half of Earth's most endangered chimpanzee 'to be wiped out by 2080' through climate change
Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee under threat from dramatic habitat loss.
Ebola: West Africa strain mutating faster than drugs being developed
Scientists urged to assess mutations to ensure they are not creating drugs that do not work.
Striking gold in sewage: Millions of dollars worth of metals found in waste
Up to $13m worth of metals found in sludge from city of one million.
Well-kept lawns 'causing climate change' by boosting greenhouse gas emissions
Manicured lawns emit more greenhouse gasses than they soak up, study finds.
Killer cone snail uses 'weaponised insulin' to disable fish with hypoglycemic shock
Sea snails use insulin to immobilise whole schools of fish for dinner, Utah scientists find.
Purgatorius: Ankle bones show first human ancestor lived in trees
Scientists find the small mammal lived in trees - and was not land-dwelling as had been suggested.
'Milestone' for newborn organ donation as first successful transplant completed in UK
First successful organ donation from a newborn baby carried out in the UK.
Trajan's Column sheds light on women's role in ancient Roman army
Analysis of 2,000-year-old monument suggests Roman soldiers ignored ban on marriage.
Mystery radio signals from space recorded live from 5.5 billion light years away
Astronomers observe bright burst of radio waves from unknown source live for first time.
Anthropic Principle of universe supported by simulated worlds
New evidence supports Anthropic Principle theory of physics and life.
2014 was the hottest year ever recorded, Nasa and NOAA confirm
Nasa confirms 2014 was the hottest year since records began in 1880.
Salmon sperm 'key ingredient for recycling smartphones'
Fish sperm found to extract and recycle rare Earth elements.
Philippines: Two new lizard species discovered in Manila black market for sale as exotic pets
Two unknown lizard species now priority for conservation efforts following discovery in Manila.
Thousands more Earth-like exoplanets have the potential to host alien life
Planets outside solar system have day-night cycles meaning they could host life, study finds.
Beagle 2 mystery solved: Nasa photos show probe's graveyard following successful Mars landing
The Beagle 2 probe has been found on Mars 12 years after it went missing.
Oceans facing wildlife Armageddon: 'We are falling off a mass extinction cliff - but we're not there yet'
Marine wildlife facing devastation if Industrial Revolution of the sea continues.
Geese use Himalayas as world's biggest rollercoaster to migrate
How bar-headed geese get from Mongolia to India discovered by scientists.
