Researchers have devised a new technique for antibiotic treatment that kills only the harmful and resistant bacteria and leaves the harmless ones untouched.
John O'Keefe, May‐Britt Moser and Edvard Moser win Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize 2014.
Scientists say Majorana particle could help quantum computer development.
DJI drone maker Eric Cheng and Ragnar Sigurdsson capture Bardarbunga volcano eruption video.
A private firm is looking at ways to reduce costs on human missions to Mars by placing astronauts in deep sleep.
The Global Biodiversity Outlook report says that biodiversity loss continues at a fast pace, and has called for scaling up protective measures.
Male sexual organs grown by scientists in laboratories will help people suffering congenital abnormalities or the victims of traumatic injury.
Blood Moon 2014 live stream: watch the second lunar eclipse of 2014 online
DNA from dried human excrement recovered from Oregon's Paisley Caves is the oldest found in the New World, dating to 14,300 years ago.
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Astronomer says if people want to call Pluto the ninth planet, they can.
WA Fisheries Department confirms two great white sharks caught following attack.
Activists say high rates of rhinos and elephants poaching will cause animals' extinction in 20 years
Scheme set to favour offshore wind and marine, leaving some to claim it is lopsided
One of Scotland's rarest breeding birds has had its most successful season since the 1960s
Thousands of previously unknown seamounts discovered with new satellite data.
Scientists at University of Southern Denmark create a crystal, making oxygen tanks obsolete.
The first of six solarboxes has been opened on Tottenham Court Road.
Researchers claim human activity leads to relocation of prey, forcing cheetahs to travel for long periods for food.
Scientists discover technical intelligence played a huge role in human cognitive evolution.
Two of Darwin's theories from 150 years ago have been tested by scientists.
A six-acre portrait has gone on show on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
US government says nuclear weapons are for "potential use in planetary defence" against asteroids.
A fisherman in Russia has caught a fish with what looks like a full set of human teeth in its mouth.
However opponents claim it is merely prolonging our addiction to fossil fuels.
Arctic ice has melted due to climate change leaving thousands of walruses stuck on Alaska shoreline
Greek archaeologists warn the Acropolis is falling down due to rainwater pipes from museum
Reuters' photographer Yannis Behrakis travelled to Balsfjord in Norway for the Aurora Borealis.
Shark attacks 23-year-old man in Western Australia causing severe injuries.