SCIENCE

Cheap gas saps consumer drive to alternative fuels, hurts innovative enterprise.

A 3D model of king's poorly-dug grave allows the public to see how he was found by archaeologists.

Manta rays are said to have passed self-awareness mirror test by observing their reflections.

Sscroll was written in metallic ink, hundreds of years earlier than previously thought.

Scientists use photographs from 1918 to estimate the changing number of guillemots in Stora Karlsö.

Scientists have found the exact part of the brain which initiates stress in mice when they smell danger.

Public back name over Henry Worsley, Sir David Attenborough and spacecraft from X-Box game Halo.

The winners of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) science photography competition.

Warming climate has meant earlier harvest of wine grapes in France, improving quality.

Some 15 rhinos have been discovered in East Indonesia, where they were previously thought to have disappeared.

The fluffy grey eaglet's birth coincided with the first day of spring.

Fish population and size shrinking drastically in warm 'Blob' along Pacific Coast

Tanana Arctic is believed to be a rare hybrid of two older species of butterfly.

It is not because it's hard to focus when close up to someone.

March's full moon, or 'Worm Moon' will be visible from 22 March.

Satellite images show bodies of water are vanishing from the surface of the planet.

Spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome carrying the crew for a six-month mission to the ISS

It is hoped that by starting the blaze Nasa can research how fires spread in microgravity

Comet BA14 will come within around 2.2m miles of the planet when it passes by.

This year's spring equinox occurs at 4.30am GMT on Sunday 20 March.

Archaeologists study existence of elite Tumulus warrior community, buried in one of Poland's oldest cemeteries.

Landmarks and homes will turn their lights off for Earth Hour, 8.30pm-9.30pm local time, on Saturday 19 March.

These are the themes for Earth Hour around the world, as well as fun events to help protect it.

First seen in the UK in 2011, the caterpillar eats its way through box plants.

Infanticide plays a big role in a young monkey's development, as the threat of death makes them grow up.

The eaglet's parents are known as Mr President and The First Lady.

Scientists plan to capture CO2 and create a new building material, reducing carbon in the atmosphere.

Rock paper scissors players act without logic,and let emotions get in the way after losing a round.

A device that finds the 'smoking gun' of nuclear tests has been developed.