Scientists find the Isthmus of Panama closed in waves started over 20 million years ago.
The US Naval Research Laboratory has invented Spinel, a material more durable than glass.
Vienna scientists suggest the holographic principle will hold in a flat spacetime.
British fashion designer Westwood craddles a "fracked baby of the future" in Mayfair fracking protest.
Chilesaurus diegosuarezi had strange combination of features and lived on plants.
Thai customs displayed over three tonnes of confiscated African ivory worth $6m (£3.96m) in Thailand.
Car manufacturer creates crystal clear carbon-neutral fuel using just water and air.
Wild lynx could be brought back to Britain after going extinct here 1,300 years ago.
Many of those injured and killed by the powerful earthquake in Nepal were children.
The crash is expected to leave a crater 16m wide on Mercury's surface.
Present disaster seen as fallout of 1934 quake which devastated Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan.
Britain has sent an emergency relief team to the region to support the recovery effort.
UK scientists building a space laser which will blast beams of energy to Earth
China's Academy of Sciences says meltwater from glaciers can cause floods and mudslides.
The shock wave generated in cluster collisions however cannot sustain star formation for long.
The unidentified flying object was captured by a woman on her camera when she was trying to videograph the Calbuco volcano.
The drug found to confuse hormonal system affecting reproduction.
Discovery made under a pre-Aztec pyramid in Mexico's Teotihuacan city.
Numbers could fuel endangered species classification
Sergio Canavero denies the surgery is a marketing ploy and says procedure will take less than an hour.
Pocket shark measuring just five inches is first specimen caught for 36 years.
Calbuco volcano erupts, with lightning crackling in a dark sky turned reddish orange by the explosion.
Early evangelist Saul/Paul became a Christian after seeing exploding meteor, scientist says.
Hubble telescope was launched 25 years ago today and Google has marked it with a doodle.
Moore wins the world's biggest photography competition for his hard-hitting series on Ebola in Liberia.
Yellowstone volcano eruption risk not altered by findings but enhances understanding of mechanisms.
Teeth from Proto-Aurignacian culture suggest modern humans led to extinction of Neanderthals.
Genome of two woolly mammoths gives insight into history and extinction on Wrangel Island.
Active volcano erupted twice in a matter of hours, projecting ash and lava into the skies of southern Chile.
As Hubble turns 25, here's everything you need to know about Nasa's famous space telescope.