SCIENCE

240 radio dishes will be used to measuring radiation first emitted around 13 billion years ago.

Extensive and unsustainable fishing is putting larger animals more at risk.

Scientists unearth huge 6,000-year-old stone in order to document it - before committing it back to the ground.

The country has access to up to 150kg of highly enriched uranium a year, enough for roughly six nuclear bombs.

Report urges next president to appoint cabinet-level leader to prepare nation for the worst.

The clock will be the world's most accurate timekeeper and will help Beijing in civilian and military purposes.

SeaWorld says it will use its orcas only in 'educational encounters'.

Pre-Colombian cultures may have been the first in the world to use blue indigo dye.

Bird is one of the few capable of using tools in a particularly sophisticated way.

Charon's unique feature may be the result of trapped methane escaped from Pluto's atmosphere.

There's some truth to the 'giant horny house spider' headlines, but don't be scared.

Lothario Diego is thought to have fathered 40% of tortoises in his species in the past 50 years.

The dogs may have been strangled when their masters died – to serve as guides in the afterlife.

Analysis of rocks and dust near the Tibetan Plateau reveal persistence of winds to climate change.

The Category 5 storm – the strongest typhoon to have hit Taiwan in 21 years – is heading for China.

Xkcd illustrates the comedy and horror of Earth's climate history that has taken a sudden bad turn.

Volcano is being supplied with enough magma to fill 3.5 Wembley Stadiums every year.

South Korea's Nuclear Safety Commission says it will continue to study more samples from near the test site.

The well preserved artefact depicts the Graeco-Roman goddess of love, Aphrodite.

The storm is expected to pass through the southern part of Taiwan on 14 and 15 September.

Although the competition is only in its first year, more than 800 photographs from around the world were submitted.

High-magnitude earthquakes more frequent at times of increased amplitude of tidal stress.

Scientist believes individual pulses are words that are used to make up sentences.

The film was shot over 7 months in 10 locations in the Eastern European country.

In a milestone study, researchers sought to find out exactly how shark teeth help the animal to kill.

BGS seismologist discusses impact of supposed nuclear tests in North Korea on surrounding land.

Bats found to coordinate head and ear movements with echolocation to hone in on prey more effectively.

Vivaron haydeni lived in what is now the US state of New Mexico during the Triassic Period.

Bloom that took place in June was captured with the Sentinel-2A satellite.