SCIENCE

Researchers converted sawdust cellulose into hydrocarbon chains that can be used in gasoline or plastic

Dan Kitwood photographs some of the 1,220 grey seal pups born at Donna Nook so far this winter.

Extreme weather events will not change climate change sceptics' views on global warming.

Harking back on common but differentiated responsibilities on climate change, China has called on rich nations to do more than poor nations.

Scientists discover homosexuality may have evolved from a need for social bonding.

In a first demonstration of theory, researchers at the University of Basel have cooled down a small membrane using ultracold atoms.

Netherland researchers create molecules that are compared to processes that triggered life in primordial soup.

Analysis of bone remains from prehistoric site shows man consumed mammoth meat in large quantities.

Hundred mud-brick homes destroyed and 100 roads blocked including six national highways in the south.

Hi-tech robot can provide accurate ice thickness measurements from areas too difficult to access.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is on the increase for the first time in ten years.

Physicist John Brandenberg claims intelligent life on Mars was annihilated by nuclear attacks

Anglerfish Melanocetus captured on film in wild off Monterey Bay.

Woodland Trust debunks popular 'confirmed sighting' of Loch Ness monster.

Papers showing development of theory of evolution released by Cambridge University Library

Country is passing legislation to help meet ambitious climate change targets.

Coming after the UNEP report, the World Bank commissioned report finds the planet cannot avoid a rise in temperature and its damaging consequences.

European Space Agency's spacecraft to be launched in 2016 is expected to reach Mercury in 2024 and stay in orbit while studying the planet.

From views on God to theories on the universe, Einstein's letters and manuscripts continue to throw light on what the genius believed in.

In the largest ever study of its kind, scientists tested 409 pairs of gay brothers.

Quake hits Nagano region 170km north-west of Tokyo, leaving traffic disrupted and 200 homes without power.

Created by German laser enthusiast Patrick Priebe, watch can pop balloons and light matches.

Sichuan province in western China was devastated by an earthquake in 2008 that killed 90,000.

Project aims to establish whether food crops can be grown on planets such as Mars or the Moon.

The explosion happened about 12 miles off Louisiana's coast just before 3pm on Thursday.

Experts say this year will be the hottest since records began in 1880.

Designing circuits with suitable processes and materials, researchers are able to make electronic components disintegrate after their tasks are done.

Financial commitments have poured in from nations towards helping poor nations adapt to climate change, but actual investments have dropped.

Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside have found thread-like "filaments" in the cosmic web that accelerated the formation of galaxies