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The ancient town of Herculaneum, the city destroyed by the Mount Vesuvius volcano's eruption in AD79

Herculaneum scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius 'read' for the first time by X-ray techniques

Greek words have been deciphered from a charred Herculaneum papyrus, buried for centuries after devastating explosion of Mount Vesuvius in AD79.

BP to push for lower fine in penalty phase of Gulf spill trial

BP will try to whittle away at $13.7 billion (£9.03bn) in potential fines under the Clean Water Act as the penalty phase starts on Tuesday (January 20) in its trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Striking gold in sewage: Millions of dollars worth of metals found in waste

Up to $13m worth of metals found in sludge from city of one million.

First round-the-world solar flight to take off next month

A plane powered by the sun will embark on its unprecedented flight around the world next month as its pilots seek to prove that flying is possible without fossil fuels.

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India: Tiger headcount shows almost 30% rise in numbers over three years

The tiger survey counted 2,226 tigers in the main reserves in the country.

Uranium isotope ratio throws light on early geological processes of recycling crust material

The journey of uranium from the surface to the core reveals how Earth's crust has been recycled over millions of years.

Melting glaciers are major carbon reservoirs

Study reports organic carbon exported in glacier outflow will increase 50% over the next 35 years.

Purgatorius: Ankle bones show first human ancestor lived in trees

Scientists find the small mammal lived in trees - and was not land-dwelling as had been suggested.

Nasa's Dawn spacecraft sends images of dwarf planet Ceres with crater-like structures

Dawn currently speeding at around 725 kph for its scheduled capture into Ceres orbit in March.

Jurassic era fossil shows oldest record of parental care in extinct aquatic reptiles

A family group of an adult with six juveniles is being presented as oldest record of post-natal parental care in reptiles.

January new moon 2015: Watch the first spectacular 'supermoon' of the year live in Dubai

January New Moon, first supermoon or perigee-syzygy of 2015, will occur on 20 January

Dr Dharmasena, a registrar at the Whittington hospital, is charged with one count of an offence contrary to the Genital Mutilation Act 2003.

FGM suspects in court for UK's first genital mutilation trial

Dr Dhanuson Dharmasena is accused of carrying out female genital mutilation on a woman soon after the birth of her first child at London's Whittington Hospital.

Artwork entitled 'My Soul' by Katharine Dowson, which consists of a laser etched lead crystal glass formation in the shape of a brain, and was created using the artist's own MRI Scan, at Wellcome Collection

Brain circuit that controls fear identified by scientists

Researchers have found that fear is stored within a distinct region of the brain, offering hope for millions suffering from anxiety disorders.

The excavated limestone grave set into the floor of the third chamber once held a wooden coffin decorated with bone and glass

Amphipolis Greek tomb: Bones of at least five people including woman and baby found

Bones belonging to two men, a woman, a baby and a cremated adult person have been found in the tomb.

Climate change: The mind-boggling statistics behind 2014 being the hottest year on record

All 15 years from 2000 were in top 20 warmest. The odds of that are 1.5 million billion to one.

A papyrus fragment taken from this ancient Egyptian mummy mask could well be the oldest copy of a gospel known to exist

Egypt: Mummy mask found to contain 'oldest known gospel' from first century AD

Ordinary Ancient Egyptians wore mummy masks that were often made from recycled pieces of papyrus.

Trajan's Column sheds light on women's role in ancient Roman army

Analysis of 2,000-year-old monument suggests Roman soldiers ignored ban on marriage.

Mystery radio signals from space recorded live from 5.5 billion light years away

Astronomers observe bright burst of radio waves from unknown source live for first time.

India: Despite hard evidence government refuses to act against vehicular pollution

While air pollution will keep Barack Obama mostly indoors during his India visit, the environment ministry refuses to acknowledge vehicular pollution.

Galactic hailstorm in early universe observed, gives clues to galaxy formation

How cold clumps of gas are thrown at high speeds seen by observations of a distant quasar.

Scientists have exposed the ease with which people can be persuaded they have committed crimes they are innocent of. (Getty)

Study exposes ease of implanting false memories of committing crimes

Using suggestive techniques, psychologists persuaded 70% of test subjects they had committed crimes when younger.

High-frequency routes would allow aircraft to benefit from flying in formation like birds during cruise

Future passenger aircraft will fly in formation 'like flocks of birds' at hypersonic speeds

Future air traffic controllers may prioritise flights based on VIP passenger status

Snowfall in Oldham, Greater Manchester (Getty)

UK braces for coldest night in years as temperature drops to Himalayan levels

Parts of Scotland expecting -15C temperatures and UK government issues severe weather warnings

Coral reefs bounce back from severe environmental impact

Under reduced local impacts most of the reefs in the Indian Ocean showed resilience.

Nasa sensor finds methane emissions from LA higher than estimates

The measurement from a mountaintop is the first time Earth-bound sites have been used to measure emissions in the air.

Earliest records of Earth's atmosphere found in ancient rocks, shows persistence down billions of years

Rocks dating to four billion years ago show atmosphere was conducive to microbial life.

Three Earth-like planets sighted around nearby star

One of the planets is at the right distance for temperatures that can sustain liquid water and hence, life.

Eurostar suspends services following 'lorry fire' in tunnel

No-one injured following blaze on truck aboard Eurostar but channel tunnel is closed.

The Met Office has issued amber 'be prepared' warnings across central and southern Scotland as snow, ice and high winds bring Scotland to a stand still

UK weather: Arctic blasts bring snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures

A big freeze is heading towards Britain which could 'kill one person every seven minutes' according to a charity.

A huge SpaceX rocket exploded in flames during attempt to land it on barge

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes on barge in dramatic video

Elon Musk's recyclable rocket had been to International Space Station (ISS) to deliver supplies

UFO hunter believes Nasa cut off live feed when mysterious ship approached space station

Check out photos of alleged UFO near international space station

Archaeologists have discovered a Winchester Model 1873 casually propped against a tree, where it has been for over a century

Nevada: Archaeologists discover 132-year-old Winchester rifle propped against tree since 1882

The Winchester Model 1873 rifle was left in the Nevada desert, but no one knows who left it or why.

Anthropic Principle of universe supported by simulated worlds

New evidence supports Anthropic Principle theory of physics and life.

2014 was the hottest year ever recorded, Nasa and NOAA confirm

Nasa confirms 2014 was the hottest year since records began in 1880.

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