SCIENCE

A series of unidentified objects again spark UFO rumours.

Possible signal of dark matter detected from Andromeda and Perseus galaxies found by European scientists.

ESA release first colour image of the comet 67P/C-G showing what it would look like to us.

Construction of underwater turbines in Pentland Firth should be complete by 2016.

A tanker carrying 350,000 litres of oil collided with another vessel threatening the Sundarbans sanctuary's wildlife.

Applications created by British school children will be used on Raspberry Pi computers on board the International Space Station

US Secretary of State John Kerry made an impassioned plea on Wednesday (December 11) for all nations to work for an ambitious UN deal next year to fight climate change, saying time was running out."Every nation, and I repeat this as we hear the debates going back and forth here, every nation has a responsibility to do its part if we're going to pass this test, and only those nations who step up and respond to this threat can legitimately lay claim to any mantle of leadership and global responsibility," he said in a speech at United Nations talks in Lima that are trying to sketch out elements of a draft 190-nation deal due in Paris in late 2015 to curb rising world greenhouse gas emissions.

Developing nations led by India are insisting on rich nations doing more by way of reducing emissions and providing assistance.

Folding of genome is not random but highly regulated and decides if a gene was to be turned on or off.

Almost 90% of Darwin Awards winners are men, researchers find.

Ancient volcanic rocks from India suggest a major eruption around 66 million years ago could have done the damage for dinosaurs.

Major study shows evolution of birds after mass extinction of dinosaurs.

Don Pettit's images of star trails, Earth and the upper atmosphere from the ISS are a sight to behold.

Pythons and some venomous snakes found in larger sizes across New South Wales.

The research challenges the idea of the "arrow of time" which says that time moves forward

Peruvian government to press charges against 20 environmental activists accused of harming UN World Heritage site.

National Institute for Materials Science researchers modify molecules to self-assemble in method that could have major spinoffs.

Five million litres of crude oil spilled in Israeli desert could take years to fully clean up.

UNEP launches voluntary coalition to highlight work done in developing nations to cut emissions.

With only six northern white rhinos left in the world, and three incapable of natural reproduction, the species could soon be extinct.

A study has for the first time analysed and concluded that carbon soot is discolouring the Taj Mahal.

A study of the hydrogen isotopes in water suggests water on earth was not delivered by comets from the Kuiper belt, but probably by asteroids.

Event will mark the first time ever that scientists are able to watch how stars are formed.

Oldest horned dinosaur in North America discovered in Montana.

Experts estimate the total weight of plastic in Earth's oceans.

Best places to watch the Geminid meteor shower 2014.

Russian documentary claiming 400m asteroid is going to hit Earth is wrong.

Popular term weather bomb is a rapidly deepening extratropical cyclonic low-pressure area.

Making way to the more socially dominant cat, leopards are being forced to adapt in the face of tiger conservation.