SCIENCE

Researchers believe this and other evidence point to widespread medicinal or ritualistic cannabis use.

The storm is set to hit the east coast of Florida which is primarily populated by Democrat voters.

Trackers hope 'seabots' will unlock mysteries of microscopic sea creatures in Pacific highway.

On 7 October, the celestial event will be observed by astronomy enthusiasts around the world.

Chimps, orangutans and bonobos display ability to understand a human's beliefs.

75% of the population at least occasionally read their horoscope but only 25% say they believe.

New tools and closer monitoring of volcanic gas emissions makes it easier to predict eruptions.

Archaeologists have represented the home of a rich man of Pompeii before the catastrophic eruption of 79 AD.

Ocean Cleanup spotters counted 1,000 large items of trash in 2.5 hours.

Potentially significant fault line could help explain why a large earthquake is way overdue.

Award has gone to scientists who made tiny machines out of molecules.

At least 11 deaths have been blamed on the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade.

Like humans, capuchins were shown to have an integrated, episodic memory.

First observation of rainbow boa catching, killing and eating large adult female vampire bat on a cave floor.

Two decades of exploration have allowed researchers to describe the fauna living in coral reefs deep in the ocean.

Artefacts represent the furthest-travelled Roman coins before the age of collectors and mass transport

David J Thouless, F Duncan M Haldane and J Michael Kosterlitz win for topological phase transitions and phases of matter.

Company said problem occurred in system that separates water, oil and gas on the Clair platform off Shetland.

The newly discovered species, now extinct, was described from fossilised teeth found around the world.

CT scans could one day allow us to listen to the voices of far older mummies.

The actor met President Obama at the SXSL Festival to discuss issues related to the environment.

Mass extinction event 252 million years ago was estimated to have killed off up to 96% of marine animals.

Just under 3,900 tigers remain in the wild, and captive animals are now also targeted by poachers.

'Each earthquake is a little change in stress' that threatens to trigger the big one, expert warns.

Conservationists warn smart drum lines will put endangered species at risk.

The storm will make landfall in Haiti and Jamaica on Monday but residents could be feeling the effects from Sunday.

New study analyses four decades of satellite images – overturning assumptions about the role of industrial plantations in Borneo forest loss

350 villagers living in volcano's shadow were taken to a nearby shelter on Friday.

Matthew classed as a Category 5 hurricane, the strongest on the Saffir-Simpson scale.