Oxford: Skeletons of medieval nuns lying face down 'considered to be witches'
British archaeologists have discovered the remains of medieval nuns who died in disgrace after being accused of immoral behaviour.
World without the Montreal Protocol: Ozone hole would have grown by 40% by 2013
Study shows how surface UV would have increased as much as 14% if CFCs had not been banned.
Two volcanic islands emerge in Red Sea 'that will last for centuries'
Volcanic islands in Zubair archipelago show region is more volcanically active than previously thought.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: US vs China militarised space race would spur innovation
Astrophysicist says competition would be good way of boosting space travel.
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Galapagos Islands: Volcano eruption threatens world's only population of pink iguanas
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Russian space industry 'collapsing' following $1.8bn corruption scandal
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Deadly US-Mexico storms: Tornado in border city and tsunami-like flash flooding in Texas [Photos]
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Climate change: Ragweed pollen to invade Europe making hayfever allergies much worse
Airborne ragweed pollen will by four times higher by 2050, study finds.
Tornado tears through Mexican city of Ciudad Acuña killing at least 10
Category 4 twister destroyed homes and upended cars, and kills at least two children.
Humans to become 'God-like cyborgs' within 200 years as they 'upgrade themselves'
Professor Yuval Noah Harari claims human dissatisfaction will lead us to become cyborgs.
Hydrogen explosion threat at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant due to leaking containers
Tepco reports 26 containers storing radioactive water are leaking.
Palmyra: $1000 reward for information on rare ibis species that has gone missing
In last ditch efforts to revive a dying population of the ibis, experts are desperately seeking for the missing female bird.
India: As heat wave claims hundreds of lives scientists predict more such events
Rising global temperatures and El nino effect could worsen the situation.
Neutrino: Russian, Chinese and Indian experiments in quest for elusive material
Lake Baikal in Siberia to house Russia's Dubna telescope to net neutrinos.
Texas: Mass evacuations take place as flooding threatens Wichita Falls
Firefighter dies in Oklahoma attempting a water rescue operation as rivers rise several metres
Global warming: Deeper cuts can limit temperature rise to 1.5 deg says analysis
The study comes as a contrast to many others that have warned that it may be too late already.
Serengeti could disappear under increasing pressures from climate and humans
National park in Tanzania is changing fast under various pressures.
New, expanding magnet turns around 175-year-old principle of magnetism
The magnets can revolutionise the world of energy.
Life on Mars? Utah is the place to be for budding explorers of the Red Planet
Humanoids prepare for space colony at the Mars Desert Research Station
The final frontier? All aboard SpaceX's test flight via heartstopping video
It was a great, great outcome, says founder Elon Musk.
World Turtle Day: Facts and figures about conservation and protection
World Turtle Day, sponsored since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue, is marked on Saturday 23 May 2015.
Mexico: Halo sun from optical phenomenon triggers apocalypse and UFO fears
Natural weather phenomenon lead sun in Mexico City to be surrounded by a halo.
Black Pharaohs: Incredible drone footage reveals Nubian pyramids in entirely new perspective
National Geographic documentary to show 3,000-year-old pyramids, temples and burial sites.
Family of Yellowstones: Ancient remains of Martian supervolcanoes discovered by ESA [Photos]
Mars Express spots collection of craters that could be remnants of supervocanoes.
Paralysed man drinks beer using bionic arm and chips implanted in his brain
Erik Sorto, paralysed 13 years ago, controls bionic arm with chips embedded into his brain
Global warming: Semi-arid zones play crucial role in controlling carbon levels
The savannahs and shrublands see large fluctuations that can influence climate in a big way.
Humans, yeast share many genes billions of years after evolution
The discovery allows for drug testing using engineered yeast strains.
LHC: Boldly going where no experiment has gone before, as collision energy touches new record
Collisions of proton beams have begun at energy levels of 13 trillion electronvolts.
This does not compute: Three UK exam boards told to make GCSE maths easier
Ofqual: 'Even the students from the best performing schools scored poorly'.
Japanese aquariums will stop buying dolphins from notorious Taiji slaughter of The Cove
Association faced ejection from world aquarium group without the ban.
A bone to pick: Washington state's first dinosaur fossil found by Burke Museum
First time dino fossil is found there, making it the 37th state with bones.
Here comes the sun: Saudi Arabia looks to export solar energy as fossil fuel starts to run out
Desert kingdom's oil minister expects an end to crude by about 2050.
Antarctica: 'Stable' inland region lost 350,000 Empire State Buildings worth of ice since 2009
Rate of water loss has been 55 trillion litres of water every year.
Nature's rhapsody in blue: Tasmania shoreline glitters with magical bioluminescent plankton [Photos]
River in southern Tasmania glows in the dark as billions of bioluminescent plankton arrive.
Bolivia: Ancient Wata Wata skulls show signs of extreme torture in Pre-Columbia
Wata Wata people beat, defleshed and beheaded their political enemies, study suggests.
China: At least 15 killed and 16 missing after landslides and floods across huge area [Photos and video]
At least 15 people have been killed in floods and 16 missing as landslides cause building collapse.
US and China accuse each other of launching secret space missions
Chinese media suggests X-37B could be used as a spy satellite or weapon delivery shuttle.
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