SCIENCE

Being isolated could suppress the immune system and can be twice as bad for the health as obesity.

Medieval mystery of source of animal parchment in pocket bibles solved.

England's capital city was home to many ethnic groups range from Eastern Europe to Africa since before Roman times.

Experts believe that this helps them survive in extreme conditions

Whale expert weighs in on what is thought to be the biggest whale stranding ever recorded.

The ABE process involves blending pot ale and draff – two residues that make up 90% of whisky distillery output.

Explaining the semantics around climate change.

Commercial animal cloning centre in Tianjin will recreate sniffer dogs, pets and racehorses

Nola, who had been receiving treatment for a bacterial infection, was put down on 22 November

It was thought that a combined effort from asteroids and volcanoes led to the extinction of dinosaurs.

Phobos will likely fall apart in between 20 and 40 million years to form a ring around Mars.

The bear is one of the twin three-year-olds at the zoo, Sakari and Suka.

Disasters caused by climate change might be costing the global economy billions each year

Nasa is working on a network of space-based sensors called FireSat to detect fires worldwide 24/7.

The blue dragon is a one-inch sea slug that packs a heap of venom

In southern Chile's Patagonia, an observation flight spots 305 bodies and 32 skeletons of dead whales.

Heir to the throne made the statements in an interview recorded before the Paris attacks

A male, who is too old to breed naturally and two females, unable to get pregnant, are the last three left.

New Testament fragment with Gospel of John was spotted by an academic who persuaded the seller to remove the item from online shopping site.

The youngster is one of just a few thousand pygmy hippos in the world.

The coal mining industry is booming in India where a new mine is opened every month.

The tools include the new experimental Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), which was launched in 2014.

Close to 6,300 registration forms belonging to Holocaust victims have been discovered.

A third of snow leopard territory is under threat from climate change.

A painting from the ancient city of Pompeii suggests that he would have suffered from condition.

There is no single new genetic entity that should be considered a unique species

Bursts of oxygen were released until a "tipping point" was crossed in Earth's atmosphere.

Scientists begin learning some of the secrets of Tamu Massif, the biggest volcano on the planet.

Why haven't we contacted aliens yet?