SCIENCE

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

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.

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

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.

Top scientists might move the minute hand on the clock due to climate change and nuclear tensions.

Manicured lawns emit more greenhouse gasses than they soak up, study finds.

Sea snails use insulin to immobilise whole schools of fish for dinner, Utah scientists find.

Exeter Cathedral has put in a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £8.7m to restore the Roman baths.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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