SCIENCE

An airborne laser system has enabled the discovery of an ancient Roman gold mine that used complex river diversion and storage systems.

Scientists decipher 1,300-year-old handbook from Egypt.

A comparison of the mouse and human genomes has yielded results showing the details where man and mice part ways.

The UK's first ever bus powered on food waste and human poo has taken to the road today

Before and after photos of Mýrdalsjökull ice cap show shrinking over 30 years.

In the search for new particles and forces that can possibly explain what happened after the Big Bang, two new baryon particles have been detected at Cern.

An invisible cohesive force seems to be at work in aligning distant quasars and their black holes to others in the universe.

Seals have learned to listen to scientific equipment to score a free meal.

David Iron tells IBTimes UK more about the first ever crowdfunded space mission and its objectives

Small volcanic eruptions contribute to global cooling phenomenon, scientists find.

Archaeologists use imaging technique to solve long-held mystery about Terracotta Army.

The world has rekindled its love affair with all things space.

Lunar Mission One plans to crowdfund a robot mission to the moon by offering donors the chance to plant their messages, photos, videos, even their own DNA, on the moon's surface

The arctic story led to a towering "wall of snow" six feet high

James Dyson Award finalist's self-filling water bottle can harvest 500ml of water in 20˚C temperatures

The LIGO detector should be able to pick gravitational waves from space to identify black hole collisions.

Experts say Neanderthals were not a sub-species of modern humans.

Scientists are a step closer to harnessing electricity from bacteria to power tablets and smartphones.

Lightning strikes increase by 50% thanks to Sun "bending" Earth's magnetic field.

A study has suggested that volcanic activity was probably what provided brief periods of warmth and water on Mars.

British-led consortium offers donors the chance to put their DNA on the moon in huge crowdfunding campaign.

Interaction between the Higgs particle and gravity prevented the dense, early universe from collapsing into itself.

Instrument detects organic compounds containing carbon in atmosphere of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Philae was able to conduct experiments before its batteries died.

With the clearance of a road running through the Kutch wildlife sanctuary, flamingo populations are at risk.

A newborn Thomson's gazelle calf that was abandoned by its mother, has been nursed back to health by a senior keeper at Whipsnade Zoo

Mystery object launched by Russian military now being monitored by US military.

US and Canadian scientists say GPS can be used to detect and measure dark matter.

Using computer simulations of movement of carbon dioxide, scientists can project future climate, says Nasa.