Stone Age site challenges theories of how human technology evolved.
University of Edinburgh scientists have created a timeline of the evolution from dinosaurs to birds.
Nasa has produced a poster spoofing The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
City Council to implement geothermal district heating network from volcano-heated rocks.
The top two floors of the ageing Pata department store in Bangkok are occupied by a zoo.
Fossils of multicellular organisms contradict longstanding theories about evolution.
New edition of Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World shows land lost beneath ice.
Rare green-fanged tube-web spider invading parts of England.
Made In Space is testing moon dust as a 3D printing ingredient
Elon Musk's SolarCity will produce enough high-efficiency solar panels per year to generate a gigawatt of electricity.
HAT P-11b, 729 trillion miles away, has been discovered to have water vapour in its atmosphere.
Powerful images by one of the world's most important photographers go on show in London.
Data suggests fading El Niño cold make a "modest comeback" later this year.
The town of Seseña, 35km south of Madrid, is blighted by an enormous mountain of old tyres.
Asteroid hunter keeps a watchful eye on the universe for potential new discoveries
Study finds plasma bubbles aided enemy in 2002 Operation Anaconda against Taliban and al-Qaida.
Kostanay University and Vilnius University researchers discover 50 ancient geoglyphs in Kazakhstan
India's Asian rival in the space race congratulates Isro on successful Mars mission.
Antifreeze proteins in notothenioid icefish in Antarctic create permanent ice crystals in fish
The deep sea creature is actually a well organised cluster of smaller organisms called the Zooids.
Analysis of human genetic history at Max Planck Institute shows female populations larger than male
India has become the first nation to place a Martian probe in orbit in the very first attempt.
Researchers have found that butterflies that fed on contaminated food from the area are dying.
Behavioural study of chimps shows detrimental effect of raising them as pets.
The massive forest blaze in California continues to spread more than a week after it started.
Brazil refuses to endorse global anti-deforestation initiative at UN climate summit.
Climate change protesters stage anti-capitalist New York sit-in.
The deal will establish the first nuclear power plant based on Russian technology on African continent.
Think tank speculates the writing is on the wall for the coal industry.
100-year-old rail infrastructure by engineer Brunel excavated by Crossrail near Paddington