Theory suggests teleporting an organism's quantum state is possible by using quantum superposition.
Physicists say in special circumstances one qubit could be retrieved from a black hole.
Bodies are buried in foetal position inside pods and then a tree is planted above.
Some scientific principles do not make sense, as physicists worry we may not be able to learn anything more.
Waves pounded the mid-Atlantic islands but damage was less severe than feared.
Ex-army major Peake became first Brit to carry out a spacewalk when he left the ISS on 15 January.
Evolutionary biologist says claims about human adaptations is more science fiction than fact.
Physicists propose new theory that says there were periods of inflation after the Big Bang.
Viral pic of kangaroos mourning a female was not what it seemed as the male was 'sexually frustrated'.
"We need to start thinking about the internet as an organism that can evolve."
45,000-year-old butchered mammoth in the Arctic shows human occupation long before it was previously thought.
Dogs were able to reconcile emotions expressed in face and in voice in new experiment.
'Near-record' warm water tied to 'remarkable' development, say meteorologists.
ASASSN-15lh is two times brighter than supernova record holder comes from object just 10 miles across.
Mercury has gone into retrograde again, and astrologists will tell you that is bad news for all of us.
Chimps share food with friends and keep the spoils to themselves instead of sharing with 'non-friends'.
The relics were unearthed at the site of an unknown civilisation which was discovered in 2012.
European whales, dolphins and porpoises contain among highest levels of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls on planet.
The whales were washed up on Texel Island and died overnight.
The buck apparently cradled his dying companion's head while she tried to touch her joey one last time.
Earth shuddered and boomed as freezing water cracked frozen mud and rock, say meteorologists.
Greenhouse gas emissions are driving the planet towards a prolonged warming trend, German scientists warn.
Study shows the bacterium which caused the plague stayed in Europe for the 300 years between major outbreaks.
Study shows Brazilian Torrent frogs have the largest number of ways to communicate of all frogs.
Animal welfare activists hail policy announcement, saying end to ivory trade 'may be in sight'.
Archaeologists discover pit of skeletons with amputated left arms.
Authorities are warning winter holidaymakers the risks of even 'spontaneous' avalanches remains 'high'.
Rumours are emerging that scientists working on LIGO have discovered gravitational waves
Attenborough will tell story of the biggest animal to have walked the earth – the titanosaur.
Investigators looking for missing flight MH370 stumble on early 19th century shipwreck.