Lydia Smith

Royal embarks on three-day official visit to meet WWII veterans and honour the dead

The Camelopardalid meteor shower will occur on 23/24 May as Earth passes through debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR.

The European Space Agency has taken images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's dusty veil.

The 27-year-old victim was kept in a house with complex construction of restraints, electrical wiring and fencing.

Researchers have found the oldest skeleton in the world in Hoyo Negro in an underwater Yucatán Peninsula cave.

Ancient remains of a skeleton in an underwater Yucatán Peninsula cave confirm origins of first people in Americas.

Australian Education Minister Christopher Pyne called opposition Leader Bill Shorten a c**t in parliament.

Jill Abramson stepped down from her position as executive editor for New York Times this week.

Nasa has released a video depicting the collision of two neutron stars resulting in the creation of a black hole.

Pikeville city council in Tennessee to outlaw exposure of underwear in trousers.

A trip down red carpet history as 67th Cannes Film Festival opens at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres.

Arnold van Huis, an entomologist at Wageningen University, is organising a conference on eating insects.

Utrecht University researchers suggest an 'impact winter' wiped out the dinosaurs after a six-mile wide asteroid hit Earth.

Third of British believe torture acceptable to protect the public

Analysis of geological material suggests dates of reported asteroid collision cannot explain Clovis and mammoth extinctions.

Abortions rises for women in late 30s and 40s as they believe they are too old to conceive.

Skeleton of metre-tall extinct Great auk has been discovered at the Scottish Seabird Centre.

Vibram settle $3.75m lawsuit over false health benefits claims over FiveFingers running shoes.

A robot arm developed in Switzerland could be used in the Clean- mE project to capture space debris.

Fifa World Cup players demand special soap, silent air-conditioning and a room dedicated to video games.

Imperial War Museums have launched an online archive called Lives of the First World War project.

Derrick Ward has tweeted his disgust over first gay NFL player Michael Sam's kiss on ESPN.

British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat offers free tracking service to international passenger airlines.

IBTimes UK examines sexism at British universities and why campus rapes are so under-reported.

British police and border officials have been intercepting suspected perpetrators of female genital mutilation at UK airports.

Saturn will be bright and visible in the sky on 10 May when it aligns with the sun and Earth.

The Victorian Independent MP compared abortion to killing 'snake eggs' in Australia's Herald Sun.

Since 1956 the contest has launched pop careers for Abba, Bucks Fizz and Brotherhood of Man.

Maria del Carmen García sentenced to five-and-a-half year for setting fire to Antonio Soriano