World's most powerful electrical testing system unveiled
At 24 kilo volts the system at Florida State University is the most powerful kind in research.
Geese use Himalayas as world's biggest rollercoaster to migrate
How bar-headed geese get from Mongolia to India discovered by scientists.
Oceans facing wildlife Armageddon: 'We are falling off a mass extinction cliff - but we're not there yet'
Marine wildlife facing devastation if Industrial Revolution of the sea continues.
Endangered baby pygmy hippo born at Whipsnade Zoo
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Huge mysterious asteroid to fly by Earth in closest encounter for centuries
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Nasa astronauts back in US sector of ISS after ammonia leak false alarm
Hatch opened to US segment while wearing protective masks but no traces of ammonia found.
Meteors not the building blocks of planets but the by-products of violent collisions
MIT scientists say meteors played less of a role in planetary formation than once believed.
UK winter weather: Beautiful photos of snow in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales
Much of Britain has been turned into a winter wonderland, with roads and fields blanketed with snow.
Hongshan: Chinese civilisation began 2,400 years earlier than previously thought
Researchers now think the Neolithic Hongshan culture is the source of Chinese civilisation.
Global sea level 'rising faster than previously believed'
Acceleration of global sea level "significantly larger" than scientists predicted.
More evidence against badger cull: Testing for bovine TB 'more effective measure'
Queen Mary study shows testing for bovine tuberculosis is more effective than badger cull.
Real life 'batwoman' Fiona Gameson uses her superhuman hearing power to see the world
Blind woman Fiona Gameson says she calls her ability to see with echoes her 'bat sense'.
ISS: Nasa says 'no ammonia leak confirmed' on board space station as crew follow 'safety procedures'
Nasa confirms all crew are safe after suspected toxic leak on ISS.
ISS space worms: Japanese scientists probe roundworm to solve astronaut health problems
JAXA is studying roundworms on the International Space Station to help cure bone and muscle diseases.
Iceland: Holuhraun lava field biggest in 200 years, Nasa satellite images show
Lava has been gushing from fissures north of Iceland's largest glacier for five months.
ISS: US astronauts evacuated after toxic ammonia leak and take refuge in Russian sector
BREAKING: Astronauts on board International Space Station 'safe' after being evacuated.
Sri Lankan snake species sighted in southern India suggesting ancient land links
The snake can jump five metres and disappear suddenly, says the biologist who spotted it.
Gene 'downloads' make every bacteria in a species unique
Genes exchanged in a horizontal transfer during reproduction makes each strain unique.
Gold mining leading to felling of tropical forests in South America
Around 1700 sq km of land around protected areas has been lost to gold mining in a decade
How the zebra really got his stripes: To stay cool in savannah heat
Study looks at adaptive significance of zebras and tests the theories about them.
Men want committed relationships 'when women are scarce'
Study of Makushi people shows how men want relationships based on 'supply and demand'.
Britain told to brace itself for 48 hours of snow and sleet
Motorists warned to take care driving due to "treacherous conditions" in coming days
Amazon Tall Tower Observatory: Rainforest construction taller than the Eiffel Tower
The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory is 325m high, making it taller than the Eiffel Tower.
Elon Musk plans SpaceX satellite business to achieve human colony on Mars
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk plans a human colony on Mars assisted through commercial satellite production.
World's oldest butchering tools 'led to human language and teaching'
Slaughtering tools from 2.5 million years ago aided evolution of human communication.
Beagle 2: UK Space Agency expected to announce recovery of long-lost Mars probe
UK Space Agency announces mystery conference about Beagle 2 Mars probe.
Dogs rolling over 'is sign of aggression not submission'
Dogs rolling over during play is a combat manoeuvre used before launching an attack.
Thailand: Workers catch 3,000 fish in the flooded abandoned New World shopping centre in Bangkok
Amazing photos of workers catching fish inside a flooded abandoned shopping centre in Bangkok.
Lion's mane jellyfish and giant octopus: How big sea monsters really are
Human bias towards larger animals has misconstrued true size of many sea beasts.
Parasitic infections rising due to climate change induced sea level rise say fossil studies
Increase in infection by flatworms in the Holocene period is being linked to sea level rise similar to that seen today.
Global warming: Every degree rise could see a drop in wheat yield by quarter of present production
One degree of rise in temperature locally will cut wheat production by 6%.
China spacecraft enters orbit for possible mining mission
The service module of China's unmanned test lunar orbiter successfully entered an eight-hour orbit around the moon, state media reported.
Better late than never: Dragon delivers late Christmas present to International Space Station
SpaceX mission deemed a success despite failure of launcher to land on floating touchpad
Facebook Likes show computers are more accurate in judging personality than family or friends
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