SCIENCE

Storm bringing fastest winds ever recorded in New South Wales lashed Sydney on 16 December.

The new software allows the AI system to identify handwritten alphabets as quickly as humans can do.

Research shows giant waves can occur in the deep ocean, without any prior warning or cause.

Zoo gave the great apes presents filled with their favourite snacks.

Research shows the speed that a galaxy spins affects how it looks through a telescope.

Arctic Report Card shows highest air temperatures and least amount of ice cover, since records began in 1979.

After the fork was removed, the turtle paused for a few moments but then quickly began to move back to the ocean.

A Saharna dust cloud is expected to cover London and parts of southern and eastern England.

The first explosion took place before sunrise, followed by two blasts at 8.06am and 11.41am local time.

Peake successfully launched into space at 11.03am with fellow astronauts Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko.

Twitter explodes with Photoshopped photos of Cameron watching the Peake launch.

It was a successful launch for Tim Peake, as the Soyuz TMA-19M heads for the International Space Station.

It is the first time they have cloned so many animals simultaneously.

Typhoon locally known as Nona leaves trail of death and destruction as it reaches island of Mindoro.

British astronaut Tim Peake will head to the International Space Station at 11.03am GMT.

Southern and eastern parts of England could see high levels of pollution this week.

An archaeological row has broken out over how the 5,000-year-old gigantic stones were transported from Wales to Wiltshire.

It probably won't happen, but if it does we are very unprepared, apparently.

Dogs plunge their tongues into water then retract them so a column of water raises into their mouths.

The domoic acid toxin, produced by marine algae, causes sea lions to become disorientated and leads to shore strandings.

While we recognise our responsibility to our family's future, we're blasé about future of humanity.

Researchers have found water on planets outside of the solar system, which had previously been blocked by clouds.

Blue-banded bee can head-bang at 350 times per second.

IBTimes UK brings you a gallery of the best monkey pictures.

The story behind first Briton to complete a mission on the International Space Station.

World Monkey Day is observed on 14 December to celebrate non-human primates.

Storm Nona reached Samar Island on 14 December triggering surge and landslide warnings.

Watch the live stream of the first British individual to carry out a mission on the ISS.

'Historic' deal is best chance to 'save the one planet that we've got', US president says.