SCIENCE

Moon's age dated to 4.47 billion years with stony meteorites from giant impact event.

Brain chemical oxytocin released when dogs and owners gaze at one another.

Scientists reveal unique strategies octopuses employ to coordinate their movements.

An unmanned SpaceX rocket blasted off from Florida flipped around and made a hard landing on a platform in the ocean.

Female savannah chimpanzee tool hunting sheds light on early hominin evolution.

Chan Chan cleaners found ancient mummy dumped near rubbish.

Columbia University researchers have designed a 3D-printed camera powered by ambient light.

The number of Mexicans without drinking water climbed to roughly half a million on after an oil spill.

The Himalayas are not able to block the pollution arising from biomass burning in south Asia.

Scientists suggest huge Mercury-like body smashed into Earth early in its history.

Disappearance of fish believed linked to record stranding of starving sea lion pups along US West Coast.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: 'Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival'.

Caesar was plagued with depression and irrational behaviour in his later life.

Electron's primary components are almost all 3D printed and it uses electricity instead of gas propulsion.

Fossil remains of Neanderthals show bones were beaten and fractured shortly after death.

Nasa scientists held a news conference to discuss the spacecraft New Horizons as it nears Pluto.

Zombie worms fed on carcasses of giant marine reptiles, scientists discover.

Southern California's water wholesaler voted to cut its deliveries to cities and communities by 15%.

First image of Pluto in colour taken from 71 million miles away ahead of flyby in July.

Reuters photojournalist Lucy Nicholson flew over southern California to see the effects of the historic drought.

Archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old chapel with royal statue and carved Basalt blocks.

A 'large, thick' dildo has been discovered by Polish archaeologists in Podwalu in Gdansk.

Discovery of dark matter interacting with itself would open up new realm of physics.

Tools thought to date back 3.3 million years and pre-date the first humans.

Asteroid 2012 TC4 is up to 40 metres long and could cause huge damage if it hits the earth

Lack of magnetic field on 67P debunks theory of comet formation and evolution.

SpaceX postponed launch of rocket carrying Dragon spacecraft following poor weather conditions.

Dark Energy Survey release first map of dark matter showing clumpy nature.

Large storm rolled through Midwest with tornadoes across Illinois.