SCIENCE

Costa Rica's Turrialba volcano belched a column of ash and smoke up to 656ft into the air on Sunday (10 May).

Earthquake of magnitude 7.3 hits Kodari in Nepal just weeks after 7.8 quake killed thousands.

A present window of opportunity could allow the probe to pick up power and transmit signals to Rosetta.

The method seeks to avoid destroying ancient tissues by invasive techniques.

Environmentalists says move is 'risky and ill-conceived'

Frenchman Yves Berthelot was in 'the wrong place at the wrong time. He had no luck'.

The UFO community was shocked by the confession.

Academics lift the lid on a scandal involving ancient Egyptian mummified animals in which a third of the mummies examined were empty.

Germany called on its G7 counterparts to show economic opportunity of clean energy.

A new bill is awaiting approval that sets out Hawaii's ambitions to be 100% self-sufficient by 2045

It is an 18% increase on the same period last year.

Three engineering students in Chile have invented a smartphone charger that harnesses power from plants.

Lopsided explosions and a missing neutron star at the core are some of the features of the explosion.

The Planetary Society's LightSail project is set to realize Sagan's vision after 40 years.

Loss of nutrients and carbon stored in the soils poses a double threat to human security.

Mercury and Earth are the only two planets with a magnetic field.

A tornado in Cisco, Texas has killed at least one person and levelled homes, but elsewhere rain and hail reigns

Professor Lee Berger says remains of Australopithecus sediba include fossilised skin and particles of trapped food

Everest yet to be analysed, so no one knows how high it is.

Ayelet Carasso and Doron Marco say meals can be put together in 30 seconds.

Ticks, brain worm thrive in the rising heat.

A tropical storm warning is in effect from South Santee River, South Carolina to Cape Lookout, North Carolina.

Oldest fossil brains ever discovered helps scientists identify transition point from soft to hard bodies.

Pirate bounty found by divers off Madagascar's Sainte Marie island.

Up to 300 people, many of them foreigners, are believed to have been buried by an avalanche in Langtang.

3D printed human skin tissue would be useful for testing products and advanced research.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) unveiled details of its Mars mission.

Resumption of drive hunting of dolphins is increasing species vulnerability around the globe.

This year's most powerful solar storm erupts from 'wildly active sun'.