Chinese archaeologists confirm Buddha's skull found in Nanjing.
The extreme weather has been blamed on an El Nino so strong that Nasa nicknamed it Godzilla.
Nasa's Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter on 4 July after a five-year journey from Earth.
Reflector of the telescope in Pingtang county is the size of 30 football fields.
The ape took in the onlookers who had gathered as she sat high up in a tree.
The tattoos represent wadjet eyes, lotus flowers, monkeys and cows.
ULA is planning to cut another 400-500 jobs in 2017, according to its CEO Tory Bruno.
Stunning picture of a horseman in the snow in Inner Mongolia wins world-renowned photography contest.
Scientists describe the new species living in South-Asian streams and rivers.
The latest deep images allow scientists to see very distant galaxies, looking far back in time to within 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
As CFCs are increasingly discontinued, the hole is predicted to close entirely by the middle of the century.
Good news for elephants injured by some of the thousands of landmines on the Thai-Myanmar border.
Tracking the crystal movement in a volcano's magma could help scientists predict future eruptions.
The AoLong-1 is tasked with clearing space debris but some think it will form a swarm of military robots.
Goldsmiths, SOAS and QMUL say EU student fees and funding will mirror UK scheme for three years.
Penguin colonies could drop 60% by the end of the century.
Kankuamo marquezi gets its name from an indigenous tribe and author Gabriel García Márquez.
Dating stalagmites and measuring oxygen isotope levels allows researchers a clearer picture of past climate.
Climate change is 'long-term risk to economic and national security' says energy and climate change secretary.
These 'minor planets' are rocky, airless objects that orbit the Sun.
Meti president Douglas Vakoch discusses the latest observations from Boyajian's star.
The Tanzanian East African Rift Valley could have a probable resource of 54 billion cubic feet of helium gas.
Earlier arrival of spring has potential to disrupt animal and plant species, scientists warn.
Stunning photos raise awareness of issues like sustainable development, pollution and human rights.
Manganese oxides discovered in Martian rocks by zapping them with lasers.
In 2015, 61 whales were reported entangled off the West Coast of the US, with 57 of these in California.
Lionfish posing serious risk to ecology of Mediterranean, with widening of Suez Canal exacerbating problem.
Find could lead towards developing the highly-pure fuel as a potential new energy source.
Scientists discover 2,700 cubic km usable groundwater beneath drought-stricken California
Ancient wheat varieties offers a response to western consumers' needs for healthy and diverse food.