SCIENCE

Huzlers website started rumours saying that there will be three days of darkness in December.

Relying on heat energy scientists have been able to push or pull tiny glass particles across 20 centimetres using a single laser beam.

A 265% increase in rate of earthquakes in the past ten years could mean a big quake is due anytime.

Researchers found that learning new words had the same effect on the brain as sex, drugs, gambling and chocolate.

A disk from 1700BCE is revealing its secrets after being decoded by scientists.

Research in rats finds microgravity environment causes damage to sperm.

Reticulated python in Louisville Zoo gives birth to six babies without mating in what is first of its kind.

A study underscores the importance of protected areas in conserving flagship species like the Asian elephant.

Study of two craters and debris proves they were caused by rare double asteroid impact.

Analysing the scale and frequency of eruptions, a study has predicted a catastrophic volcanic eruption in Japan within the next 100 years.

After some compromise and watering down of goals, EU sets fresh targets for cutting carbon emissions.

Schiphol airport has a fleet of 167 Tesla Model S taxi cabs, as part of a new environmental policy

A partial solar eclipse will be visible over much of the United States and Canada on 23 October

German scientists have sequenced the genome of a man in the oldest genetic record ever reconstructed

Analysis of marine debris from Makauwahi sinkhole in Kauai shows giant tsunami could hit Hawaii

Healthcare workers on the frontline will be offered initial stock of the vaccine.

World Energy Day is celebrated on 22 October to draw attention to energy policy and the environment.

A Mexican scientist has been awarded the World Food Prize

A week-long climate summit at Bonn will give negotiators a chance to iron out some major differences before meeting in Lima this December.

A partial solar eclipse will be visible in the United States and Canada on 23 October.

The winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 competition.

The stegosaurus was not the slow-witted creature previously thought, but a ferocious fighter capable of killing even predatory dinosaurs, according to new research.

Orionid meteors are debris from Halley's Comet, 1P/Halley, when it passes through solar system.

Record high poppy yield the result of long-term problems with counter-narcotics programmes.

Volcanologists spot lava flows from Mount Mayon volcano in the Philippines as earthquakes recorded.

In a new book, Hadfield chooses the best photos he took on the International Space Station.

Darek Fidyka first to receive pioneering therapy involving transplanted olfactory ensheathing cells

Images of long-period comet from Oort cloud show it to be less than a kilometre wide.

This is one of the best years for the meteor shower from Halley's Comet as there is almost no moon