Researchers show monkeys displaying self-recognition for the first time in mirror study.
Nasa discovers new details about destructive stellar system 10,000 light years away.
Archaeologists analysed faeces from Cangrande's mummy to discover he was poisoned with foxglove
Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory developing robots to find out how volcanoes erupt.
30 tombs dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period have been found in Zaoyang city, Hubei Province
Structures similar to those seen on Earth and carved by microbes noticed on Gillespie lakebed.
Met Office has warned of a double storm followed by the threat of snow next week.
Latest study shows that the vast majority of coal reserves in China, Russia and the US should remain unused
Snow has fallen in parts of the Middle East as a powerful winter storm swept through the region.
Mystery of Genghis Khan's final resting place to be solved with satellites.
Image released showing gaping hole in star field 700 light years away.
Tsunami that created 'North Sea Atlantis' would have wiped out populations returning from the coast.
DNA origami could build nano robots that can deliver and release drugs in specific parts of the body.
The technique offers potential cure for diseases besides providing a way to test drugs.
Almost 28,000 lemurs have been kept illegally as pets in Madagascar.
A pioneering treatment that uses electrical shocks to stimulate damaged spinal chords could help paralysed patients move again.
Two best habitable planet candidates found by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
40,691 images of objects from the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler galleries are now available online
Study finds 14 dwarf stars heading for our solar system.
Met office warns of 'very unsettled weather' on Friday and Saturday as Atlantic storms build.
The amulet has images of the Egyptian god Osiris and the Greek god Harpocrates on one side
A breed of cow that went extinct in the 1600s but was brought back to life by Hitler has made the headlines across the UK.
Countdown aborts moments before launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable rocket carrying ISS supplies
Easter Island inhabitants' downfall through European illness and slavery, study finds.
The Langley Research Center is exploring inflatable heat shields to safely land spacecraft on Mars.
Japan plans to use hydrogen to power 2020 Olympics Village proposed in Harumi district of Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
New images of one of the most iconic images from space re-released by Nasa.
The technology demonstration programme could eventually lead to reduced costs of space launch missions.
The flare detected by Nasa's Chandra X-ray Observatory in September was 400 times brighter than the usual output.
By measuring masses of distant planets accurately HARPS instrument reveals recipe for Earth-like exoplanets.