SCIENCE

A brain-computer interface has used the brain activity of monkeys to navigate wheelchairs, if they receive a grape.

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story – Secret History shed new light on structure.

Depiction of unknown god found in ancient sanctuary in Turkey.

Book describes what civil war smelt like to 23-year-old nurse.

China mastered high-temperature technology thousands of years before anyone else.

A robot that can scale the faces of steep cliffs might one day help explore Mars and find signs of life.

The scientist won the medal with Francis Crick for discovering the double helix structure of DNA in 1962.

Humans spotted on Mars in 1979?

Local residents of Portugal were amused by a mysterious sticky substance that fell from the sky and comes alive under ultraviolet rays.

23,000-year-old statue of large-breasted big-bottomed woman found in Amiens.

Camera traps set up in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have photographed many species of wildlife.

Brown bears seen in area of Chernobyl disaster for first time in 100 years.

Study shows world's oldest computer based on Babylonian maths, not Greek trigonometry.

At a time when irreversible climate change seems a likely prospect because of man, the movie could have done without dwelling on the 'man as conqueror' theme.

Volcano on southern Kyushu Island sends smoke and ashes shooting 1km into the sky.

Report highlights problems of high-turnover electronics worsened by Black Friday shopping.

Seeing the rising waters, UNRWA has shut down its school in Gaza City, which is attended by 65,000 students.

Scientists finally name Earth's most abundant mineral discovered in meteorite.

Matthew Watson said we must weigh up what would happen if we do nothing to limit global warming.

DNA able to survive on outer shell of rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

An invisible 'force field' has been discovered 7,200 miles above Earth, protecting the planet from "killer electrons".

Commander Alastair Denniston was a cryptologist during the First World War.

Sloppy drinking habit of dogs could be their way of beating gravity, says Virginia Tech and Purdue University study.

Methane and water were produced in a process that turned human waste into useful products.

Royal Society report finds risks from extreme weather are "significant and increasing".

Experts say vampire graves were the result of cholera outbreaks in Eastern Europe.

Astronomers discover invisible shield that blocks "killer electrons" from threatening Earth.

Photographer tell the story behind the most powerful pictures of the year.

Dogs are able to process information from speech better than previously thought, study finds.