SCIENCE

At a million km closer to the sun than Mercury, the loner comet's fate as it goes around the sun is unsure.

Researchers show eyelashes divert airflow and protect eyes from dust particles.

US scientists warn coastal areas to prepare for extreme sea level events followinhg recent rise

Schoolchildren in Brixton, south London, have come up with an innovative way of allowing a local Shetland pony to see above his stable

Number of Amur leopards has reached 57, WWF census shows.

Alcohol drinkers are more at risk than heroin, cocaine and meth users when comparing lethal doses.

Newcastle University is leading the project to create a pressure sensitive bionic hand.

Carnivorous bladderwort genome is 'jewel box full of evolutionary treasures'.

Around 99.5% of the Indian population is breathing in air much above WHO's prescribed limits.

AI expert says we should develop machines capable of experiencing human emotion to negate potential existential threat.

Shortlisted images in the Open category of the world's biggest photography competition.

Shortlisted images in the Professional category of the world's biggest photography competition.

A steep decline in the price of photovoltaics has been predicted by a think tank, which will make solar energy the cheapest source of electricity.

By binding to iron sulphide, the metals are transported to the surface by vapour bubbles in magma.

Craters discovered near Gazprom's Bovanenkovo gas field have serious implications for global warming.

Nearly 600 cases of measles, a potentially fatal disease has been recorded in Berlin since October.

Ancient Bolivian farming population took their dead on road trips.

Global warming sceptic Wei-Hock Soon yet to respond to funding allegations, as CfA launches inquiry.

Early humans developed kindness and compassion before intelligence, research claims.

Phlegra Montes range in northern hemisphere shows features indicative of past glacial activity.

Loss of habitat to infrastructure projects and encroachments is pushing the tiger into more confrontations with humans.

The Higgs boson, or God particle, was first seen in the particle collider at Cern in 2012.

Oxford and Leicester University researchers to map sites with satellite and aerial photography

Tiger family in China shows populations are finally returning following conservation effort

A heavy winter storm has dumped snow on Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria.

Hawking says aggression threatens to destroy mankind but empathy would bring us together.

The new device has the potential to save thousands of lives

Study of 17,000 animals over 542 million years shows support for Cope's rule.

The discoverers found evidence that mystics were using animal bones to predict future