SCIENCE

Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti expected to get even drier with rising carbon emissions.

The end's NOT nigh: Asteroid 86666 (2000 FL 10) will miss earth by 16 million miles, Nasa confirms

Research marks first major result towards eventually simulating the human brain in a supercomputer.

Nasa has released an ambitious plan that details its 'Journey to Mars'.

The group will campaign for tougher action to curb global warming.

NASA released 'gorgeous' colour images of Pluto's blue atmospheric hazes, returned by the New Horizons probe.

Five methods have been selected by UCL and Memrise, and they need the public to test them out.

No sign of the big winter freeze as mild temperatures expected through October.

Dr Alan Stern was referring to a weekly image and science release

Popocatepetl volcano erupted over several days, belching ash over Mexico City.

Coral reef death described as worst period of coral bleaching in history.

People in the UK could be lucky enough to see the Northern Lights over the next few weeks, the Met Office said.

Footage shows widespread forest fires and burnt peatland in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province.

Some 5 billion people will suffer from short sightedness by 2050, a report warns

Nasa's principal investigator for its New Horizons mission has said that an announcement is coming

More flooding is expected along the South Carolina coast, with Haley not ruling out evacuations.

Male chimpanzees play more with tools as juveniles, but with no goal other than for fun.

It could potentially be the 'earliest fossil record of the uterine system'.

Fast moving wave-like features seen in disk of star are not like anything ever observed before.

Ounalashkastylus tomidai was a part of the Desmostylia family that survived for 23 million years.

A statue of the king along with carvings of gods were found.

The footage reveals the extent of the devastation that killed more than 150 people.

Nobel Prize awarded to scientists for mapping how cells repair damaged DNA.

Colima volcano erupted late on 4 October and continued on until 5 October spewing ash and smoke into the air.

It had hands which could be used for climbing as well as for precise tool use.

Chimpanzees show surprising similarities to humans when walking upright.

The appearance of buildings on mosaic floors is a rare phenomenon in Israel, say archaeologists.

Japan's Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald from Canada win the coveted science prize.

Draconid meteor shower, called the Draconids or the Giacobinids, will take place on 8 and 9 October.