Russia: Mystery rock containing 30,000 diamonds discovered in Udachnaya mine
Rock packed with thousands of diamonds baffles scientists.
Ancient water discovery leads to 'quantum change' in understanding of Earth's habitability
"Sleeping giant" of habitable zones uncovered by Toronto researchers.
Nasa satellites spot garish Christmas decorations from space: Florida is the worst offender
Christmas lights photographed by satellites shows effect of holidays on light intensity.
Why the Pantheon has not crumbled: Roman concrete mortar used secret ingredient that could reduce carbon emissions
Scientists find that concrete mortar used in ancient Roman monuments was made with volcanic ash.
California drought: 'Sobering' study finds over 11 trillion gallons of water needed for recovery
Nasa says California will need more water than that of the largest reservoir in the US to recover.
One million 'mummies' discovered in ancient Egyptian cemetery
Archaeologists uncover mass graves of over million mummies from 1,500 year old city of the dead.,
Where does fat go when you lose weight? 50% of doctors and dieticians can't tell you
50% of doctors, dieticians and personal trainers cannot tell you where fat goes.
Climate change: Beavers boost emissions with 800 million kg of methane every year
Beavers add 800 million kg of methane to the atmosphere every year.
Hajj pilgrimage 'leads to annual spike in severe air pollution' in Mecca
Pollutants released in Mecca during Hajj reach dangerously high levels.
DNA changes reveal how ancient horses were domesticated 5,500 years ago
Genetic study shows the genes selected by humans in horse domestication process.
Racton Man: Giant Bronze Age warrior chief 'was killed in combat with one-two blow'
Scientific analysis of 6ft Chichester skeleton shows how warrior died.
Drug resistant malaria 'world's next big health emergency', experts warn
Malaria parasites that have built resistance to drugs could spread into India and Africa.
Dark matter signal: Weird X-ray emission discovery could usher in new age of astronomy
Possible signal of dark matter detected from Andromeda and Perseus galaxies found by European scientists.
Rosetta mission: ESA's Philae comet landing named physics breakthrough of the year
ESA release first colour image of the comet 67P/C-G showing what it would look like to us.
Underwater 'cut down versions of wind turbines' to power Scotland in future
Construction of underwater turbines in Pentland Firth should be complete by 2016.
Obese children's brains 'literally light up when eating sugar'
Study finds obese children have a heightened psychological reward from sugar.
Darwin Award study shows 'men are idiots'
Almost 90% of Darwin Awards winners are men, researchers find.
Where birds got their feathers, flight and song revealed as genes traced back to dinosaurs
Major study shows evolution of birds after mass extinction of dinosaurs.
Rise of super snakes as pythons and venomous species get bigger in Australia
Pythons and some venomous snakes found in larger sizes across New South Wales.
Was the Big Bang the beginning of time or are we living in a parallel universe where time runs backwards?
The research challenges the idea of the "arrow of time" which says that time moves forward
Aquilops: Rare 'eagle face' dinosaur discovered is tiny relative of triceratops
Oldest horned dinosaur in North America discovered in Montana.
Pollution planet: 269,000 tonnes of plastic floating in the world's oceans
Experts estimate the total weight of plastic in Earth's oceans.
Geminids 2014: Where to watch meteor shower in UK, US and live online
Best places to watch the Geminid meteor shower 2014.
Asteroid 2014 UR116 poses NO THREAT to Earth – it's the ones we don't know about that do
Russian documentary claiming 400m asteroid is going to hit Earth is wrong.
Weather bomb: What is explosive cyclogenesis battering Scotland?
Popular term weather bomb is a rapidly deepening extratropical cyclonic low-pressure area.
Geminids 2014: How, when and what time to watch meteor shower display across the world
Geminid meteor shower 2014 to peak on 13 and 14 December.
World's biggest monolithic stone block discovered at Baalbek Roman sanctuary in Lebanon
Largest known ancient stone block uncovered in Roman sanctuary of Baalbek.
First spark of life on Earth 'recreated in lab with powerful laser'
Scientists recreate asteroid scenario that could have led to life on Earth.
WHO report: Malaria deaths have halved since 2000
Number of deaths from malaria have fallen by 47% since 2000.
Nidelric pugio: Half-a-billion-year-old balloon-shaped creature discovered in China
Animal fossil resembling a 'squashed bird's nest' gives clues about ancient seas.
