SCIENCE

Study casts doubt on research showing star KIC 8462852 has dimmed by 20% over past century.

Beijing has finally admitted that China has a problem with pollution, but is it too late?

Photos show scenes of utter devastation, with homes levelled to the ground and street after street reduced to nothing more than blackened foundations.

The 'Mercury transit' takes place around 13 times every 100 years, with the last event taking place in 2006.

Biologists warn at least 20% of 390,000 plant species are at risk of extinction.

Five of the Solomon Islands have disappeared because of sea level rise.

President Barack Obama signed a law that regards the bison as a symbol for America's heritage.

Carousers discharged a gun, littered beer cans, vomited and waded in Devils Hole with endangered pupfish.

Over five to ten million years, the Earth's surface can move up and down by as much as 5km

Scientists explain ways humans could survive doomsday – if we are not already extinct.

Koala population has declined in the South-East of Queensland despite protection measures.

An international conference in Egypt has highlighted need for new tests on King Tut's tomb.

Scientists in Dorset are investigating leprosy transmission in the protected species.

Jamie Vardy's goal in Foxes' 3-1 win against Everton triggers minor earthquake.

Scatological survey is intended to find out what urban coyotes eat.

The raging Canadian wildfire has destroyed over 1,600 homes and could last for months.

Catastrophe could be one of the costliest disasters in Canadian history

Scans Pyramids project have used muon particles to create an internal 3D map of Egypt's Bent Pyramid.

Yesterday saw some scorching temperatures, but today will see even hotter weather, forecasters say

Residents describe scenes from their torched home town as a 'war zone'.

Forecasters are predicting the hottest summer seen in Britain in 40 years.

Multiple small earthquakes have occurred beneath Mount St Helens.

Lack of rain means wildfire that has forced 80,000 people from their homes will keep spreading.

The Loch Ness monster probably does not exist, so why are people still searching?

Medieval Polish knights lived in wooden towers – remains of which have been found in the region of Silesia.

'Strangely toothed' creature that lived 242 million years ago was first herbivorous reptile.

Archaeologists uncover evidence for 2,400-year-old sanctuary of Nectanebo I.

Relics from Yuan dynasty found in Forbidden City lay the clues to palace's likely location.

The cages cut into the civets' feet and cause the animal distress.