SCIENCE

Scientists explain cosmic inflation discovery made by Harvard Smithsonian astrophysicists.

British Antarctic Survey scientists discover moss frozen in time for 'longer than anything' reported before.

Scientists provide evidence supporting Big Bang Theory of an ever-expanding universe.

Harvard Smithsonian researchers announce space-time ripples from beginning of universe.

Extremely rare space event 'asteroid occultation' to take place above New York.

Best photos of the day: 17 March 2014.

Drivers will only be allowed to use cars on alternate days as pollution reaches dangerous levels.

European Space Agency warns that increased amount of litter orbiting Earth could make space inaccessible.

Scientists examine 1,000 year climate history of western tropical Pacific Ocean.

XKCD web comic author Randall Munroe's unpublished book is an internet hit.

Just one in three Americans believe global warming will pose serious threat in their lifetimes.

Eight million people in the 15 cities around Guanabara Bay produce over 18,000 litres of sewage per second.

Top 20 quotes from Albert Einstein on what would have been physicist's 135th birthday.

Siberian experiment paves way for cloning 43,000-year-old mammoth.

Best photos of the day: 14 March 2014.

450-million-year-old fossil related to latter-day crabs, lobsters and shrimps

Long lost species of porpoise had distinctive underbite it used to feel for prey.

Astronomer Seth Shostak says advances in computer technology will shorten search for extraterrestrial life.

Hidden camera at London Zoo captures first days of three recently born Sumatran tiger cubs.

Jared Ehlers indicted for stealing three-toed pre-historic footprint from Moab, Utah.

Are We Fit to Frack? report says 'robust' regulations needed for UK fracking industry to avoid pollution and wildlife damage

Panasonic is believed to be first company to announce premium to compensate for polluted air.

Drone captures incredible close-up video footage of a live volcano erupting in Vanuatu.

Ancient skeletons show evolution of Europeans.

NASA searches for plane using satellites and International Space Station's ISERV camera.

Best photos of the day: 13 March 2014.

Tiger cubs born four months after Melati's first cub drowned at London Zoo.

Texas researchers find 70-million-year-old Nanuqsaurus hoglundi fossils.

Newly discovered mineral suggests vast oceans of water held 500km underground.