Psychologists say having money in the bank can decrease sadness, but happiness still can't be bought
Extremely elusive African golden cat shown hunting red colobus monkeys.
A new non-destructive method of inducing magnetism in graphene preserves its electronic properties
Oxford University researchers are trying to figure out how to make nano-scale synthetic filaments.
Renowned biologist says religious faith is holding back human progress.
Mummified monk from 1800s found perfectly preserved in lotus position.
ESO's Very Large Telescope captures 'gaping mouth of a gigantic celestial creature'.
Mayans turned into 'drought cult' as climate change triggered ultimate collapse of civilisation.
A powerful blizzard struck Boston and New England, but spared New York City residents.
Fossil analysis suggests many lineages of hominins coexisted in Asia before arrival of modern humans.
Using tiny glass capillary tubes, LMU scientists were able to show how rock pores sustained formation and reproduction of nuclei acids.
Rendlesham was previously in the news for a major UFO incident in 1980.
Native civilisation were not the perpetrators of environmental degradation, new study suggests.
Beetle study shows evolutionary strategy for homosexual behaviour.
Brain abnormalities relating to learning from punishment seen in violent psychopaths.
2.9 magnitude earthquake sounded "almost as if Concorde had flown over"
900m-wide asteroid 2004 BL86 missed earth by 'only' 750,000 miles last night
A syringe to treat syphilis and a rectal pump have been found aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge.
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.