SCIENCE

Archaeological research shows religious states caused conflict as far back as 700 BC.

Record-breaking weather in December has seen unseasonably warm water temperatures at the Hampstead Heath ponds.

Shark jumps on surfer's board in incident described by lifeguards as near-miss.

'The extraordinary efforts of the team have set the bar for extra-terrestrial farming'.

Hollywood star bought the stolen skull in 2007 for $276,000.

An infant buried 4500 years ago has been discovered with its toys laying on its chest.

Twin terror attacks in Paris book-ended a year dominated by the fight against Islamic State in Syria and the resulting exodus of refugees.

Cannonballs dug out during excavation at St Angelo Fort on the Arabian Sea coast.

The movies has awoken some bitter resentment for Tyson.

Greenpeace and WWF say project will endanger flora and fauna.

Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully lands unmanned rocket upright for the first time in history.

Israel Antiquities Authority seeking help to identify strange gold object found in an old building.

Sacha Dench is set to fly from Russia to Britain to chart the migratory behaviour of UK swans.

Video footage of some of the biggest volcanic eruptions of the year.

It is for the first time in history that an orbital rocket has successfully achieved a ground landing.

His parents were out when he left the message: 'This is your son calling from the International Space Station'.

Scientists have warned that the world is close to a post-antibiotic era although current levels of threat to human health is low.

Scientists have mapped wild bee population decline in the US, and it's not pretty viewing.

Teotihuacan people kept wolves, eagles and pumas in captivity 1,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Lucy Nicholson photographed people living on the streets of LA. As they posed for portraits, they shared their stories.

Two species of sea snake have been spotted in Western Australia, even though they were thought to be extinct.

The tomb of the King nurse was opened on 20 December after almost two decades of excavation.

Decade-old reconstruction has been making the rounds online - but how accurate is it?

Black holes use the gas floating around them as their 'food source'. Once it runs out, it cannot grow anymore.

New South Wales campaign widely lampooned with #stonersloth hashtag.

Archaeologists say her mummy may be inside secret chambers of Tutankhamun's tomb.

There are just days left to enter the world's largest photography competition.

Over a 100 forest fires spread across Asturias in northwest Spain over the weekend.

At least 91 people are missing after landslide buries business park in Shenzhen – China's fourth major disaster this year.