Globule in space acts as mirror to reflect X-rays from star in death throes
The Bok globule is a small cloud that gives birth to stars, and is most distant of its kind to have been discovered.
The catapocalypse is here. Unstoppable appetite of feral cats driving species to extinction
New control methods must be used to stop feral cats demolishing hundreds of endangered species in Australia.
US record high temperature forecasts for the future are out
Previous models overestimated how much record high temperatures would be affected by warming climate.
Sexist men are lonely, depressed and less satisfied with life
Men who feel the need to have power over women are more likely to have mental health problems.
World's largest fish traced by environmental DNA
Testing DNA from the sharks' environment is less invasive than traditional tissue sampling and could aid conservation efforts.
Mixing pleasure and pain - fears can be wiped out using artificial intelligence and cash rewards
The research could be used to treat phobias without exposing people to triggering images.
Donald Trump and Myron Ebell are the climate deniers' dream team: Here's why
Climate deniers have been on the sidelines for years. What will happen now they're in charge?
Putrid camel pee could hold key to treatment for deadly African sleeping sickness
Understanding what makes infected camels' pee stink could lead to new drug targets for trypanosomiasis in humans.
Concerns over acid rain helped Cold War relations, historians say
International efforts to tackle acid rain in the 1970s helped bridge international rifts, historian says.
Illegal wildlife trafficking in Vietnam almost unchecked despite grand gestures, claims Hague
An undercover investigation has revealed the scale of the trade and an ivory bonfire isn't enough to stop it.
Women feel shame and stigma whether they breastfeed or bottle feed
The 'breast is best' message is making mothers feel guilty, however they feed their child.
These snails don't hide when they're scared – they whack predators with their shell instead
The snails use their shells as clubs to bat off beetles.
Too much cannibalistic sex with other species is bad for rare spiders, but they do it anyway
Male African orbweb spiders will pay for sex with their life, even if their mate is another species.
Huge underground ocean makes Pluto turn its icy heart away from moon Charon
The slushy ice-water ocean may have caused the dwarf planet to spin into a new alignment.
We're not the only ones enjoying sex – flies could be having a great time too
Circuit for copulation is separate from the one for ejaculation, suggesting that male flies might enjoy sex.
Deadly hawk's view of hunting shows how it outwits prey to make grizzly catches
A goshawk with a headcam shows how it searches for prey.
Bees poisoned by pesticides could be saved by bursts of infrared light
Installing infrared lights in hives could help to save the plummeting bee population.
7,000-year-old milk fat sheds light on Neolithic farming – and it doesn't even smell
Fatty molecules found in old Mediterranean milk pots show diary farming as widespread – with Greece as the exception.
Underwater Stone Age settlement a haven for fishing - and yields mysterious elk-antler pick axe
The axe has notches inscribed in it and was thrown in the rubbish when it cracked.
A volcano underneath a glacier on Mars could be next place to look for life on Red Planet
The unique landform could have led to liquid water in a depression in the Hellas region of Mars.
Ravenous rabbitfish are devouring kelp forests
Warmer seas have opened up new areas of kelp forest to fish feeding frenzies.
Underwater volcanic eruptions are caused by the seafloor ripping itself open to let magma through
New research has challenged the accepted view of what makes magma rise up under the sea.
Mission to find the world's oldest ice begins in Antarctic
Air bubbles trapped in the ice from 1.5 million years ago hold clues to the Earth's ancient climate.
Everything in nature is changing – from genes to ecosystems – due to a warming climate
A catalogue of ways climate change has already affected nature will directly hit society.
Gone fishing: Chimps use rods to hook tasty morsels out of ponds and rivers
The use of the sticks as tools was caught on hidden cameras by ponds and riverbanks.
We could be living on Mars by 2030 – in this house
This Martian home would protect the first humans on the Red Planet from deadly cold and radiation.
British red squirrels are suffering from medieval human leprosy
The discovery could help medical researchers tackle leprosy in humans.
We're each responsible for melting 24 square metres of Arctic sea ice a year
For each ton of carbon dioxide emitted, an extra three square metres of Arctic summer sea-ice is lost.
'Mud Dragon' dinosaur fossil uncovered in Chinese dynamite explosion remains largely intact
The fossil suggests that a group of feathered dinosaurs was thriving right before the mass extinction.
Secret passage discovered under stage at Shakespeare's theatre
Archaeologists unearthed money pots used to collect ticket fees and beads and pins from costumes.
