SCIENCE

Lone individuals made their way across quiet city streets in the aftermath of 'Snowpocalypse'.

Ancient snake fossils found to be 70 million years older than previous oldest specimen.

University of Colorado Boulder researchers are developing the orbiting Aragoscope for Nasa.

Five Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting 11.2 billion year old star Kepler-444.

Swans spend winter at a lake that never freezes over, in Russia's Altai region.

Underwater forest dating back 10,000 years discovered by amateur diver.

Pollutants reducing density of polar bear penis bones, potentially preventing successful mating.

Dramatic video caught on webcam showed eruptions with clouds of smoke rising above the crater of the Volcan del Fuego (Volcano of Fire), set between the states of Colima and Jalisco.

Climate scientists say the "once-in-a-century" snowstorm is entirely predictable.

The small and efficient ring resonator provides a constant supply of entangled photons, crucial to ultrafast computing.

The US space programme should save more than $12m (£7.95m) a seat flying astronauts to and from the International Space Station on commercial space taxis rather than aboard Russian capsules, the NASA programme manager said on Monday (January 26).

Tissue engineering can benefit from the fibres that can withstand radiation and high temperatures.

The ring system contains 30 rings with each spanning millions of kilometres in diameter.

Northeast US braces for what National Weather Service terms a "crippling and potentially historic" storm.

Middle Eastern birds thought to be Hume's owl are actually a completely separate species

Area of the brain that regulates thirst discovered by scientists.

Advanced imaging techniques reveal 61 newly-discovered tattoos on the 5,300-year-old mummy

After a nine-month search, archaeologists believe they might have found Miguel de Cervantes' grave.

Worm's brain mapped and replicated digitally to control obstacle-avoiding robot.

Mutual UFO Network launches money-raising campaign to fund global database.

Chemical vapour deposition reduces cost of graphene production by factor of 1,000.

Juno expected to bring blizzard conditions to several US East Coast states.

Influential group of UK lawmakers call for a moratorium on shale gas development.

Picturesque Scottish village thought to be sitting on £200m pot of gold.

The probe has travelled three billion miles, and will begin sending back images of dwarf planet on Sunday.

National Science Foundation's project WISSARD found different fish and marine invertebrates while drilling deep into the Antarctica.

Comet Lovejoy is off to outer space but will be back in about 10015

Soldiers suffering from PTSD have been traced back over 2,000 years by scientists

The data has laid bare detailed information about the two-three km wide comet 67P.