SCIENCE

Very Large Telescope Interferometer observes 92 nearby stars to examine exozodiacal light.

Prehistoric turtle fossil unearthed in southern New Mexico desert.

UCLA astronomers identify mysterious object at centre of galaxy as binary star pair that merged under gravity influence of black hole.

Questions raised over Virgin Galactic crash as it emerges plane's 'feathering device' activated early.

Disguised rover attacked by jealous female penguin during mating season.

Researchers used an robots disguised as penguins that could walk, talk and lay camera eggs.

Scientists use remote-controlled robot rover disguised as a penguin in order to intimately study colonies of shy Emperor penguins in Antarctica.

Physicists claim parallel universe theory helps to explain "bizarre" quantum mechanics.

Over the past 30 years, 36 of Europe's most common bird species have rapidly declined.

IPCC scientist says green groups gave public wrong impression of climate change.

The co-pilot was killed in the crash while the pilot was severely injured.

New dams to increase hydropower will not be able to meet increasing demand for electricity, says study.

In a stroke of luck, removal of a damaged part of the brain associated with a different symptom leaves a man cured of his spider phobia.

Archaeologists in Teotihuacan discovered tunnel that leads to three burial hidden chambers

Scientists spot rare Kashmir musk deer for first time since 1948.

'Brain decoder' associates private thoughts with neural activity.

End reliance on coal and oil or changes will be 'severe, pervasive and irreversible' – IPCC

People of San Luis Valley are still clueless about the bright coloured, disc shaped flying object.

Growing groundwater extraction is causing the ground to sink, adding to a sea-level rise by six feet.

Researchers suggest dark energy is annihilating universe-building dark matter in interactions.

Biographer says project has been plagued by difficulties and walkouts by engineers.

Chinese orbiter becomes the first spacecraft in almost 40 years to make return journey to the Moon.

Neurological mapping techniques could allow scientists to understand how drugs cause synaesthesia and hallucinations.

Police arrive to find 15-year-old dead at scene in New South Wales.

Lake Toba study shows "tremendous" amounts of lava emitted during super-eruptions.

Ozone hole reached 24.1 million square kilometres, slightly bigger than last year's peak.

Study looks at how normal certain sexual fantasies actually are.

Moscow to submit UN application claiming 1.2 million square kilometres of Arctic Ocean.

A zoo in Chile allows visitors to tickle a lion's belly – from inside a cage mounted on a truck.