SCIENCE

Oxford University scientists find 'unique' area of human brain linked to higher cognitive powers.

Air pollution in China is getting worse, Beijing admits.

Such weather, wow, says internet meme Doge on a new weather forecast website.

Researchers discover nightmares have greater emotional impact than bad dreams.

Best photos of the day: 28 January 2014.

Scientists warn strain of disease which wiped out half of Europe could return without warning.

Top headlines and news on January 28, 2014.

Settlement, dating back 11,000 years, believed to be oldest in Nordic region.

Scientists end 'age-old debate' about Grand Canyon with report claiming it is six million years old.

Solutions to the pollution problem in China include bicycles that purify air.

Best photos of the day: 27 January 2014

Genome of 7,000-year-old individual shows Mesolithic men had handsome looks.

A 'mini-tornado' in Chobham lifted feral cats 'six feet in the air', an eyewitness has said.

A large shark has been killed off the western coast of Australia, to the shock of environmentalists worldwide.

A recent graphic of Earth released by Nasa shows the intensity of global warming from 1950 to 2013.

Heavy rain and strong winds forecast across the country on Sunday.

New report claims dangerously high air pollution in towns and villages is causing ill health and premature death among locals.

Council chiefs hit out at Government for lack of support in flood-hit areas.

Mechanical glitch traced to 'complicated lunar surface environment'.

Exploding star not seen in decades causes amateur astronomers to sit up and take notice.

Met Office has issued weather warning for heavy rain and strong winds across much of United Kingdom.

Election certificate shows Darwin becoming Royal Society Fellow in 1839.

More than 150 winter swimmers jumped into Copenhagen harbour baths on Thursday (January 23) evening at an event launching Copenhagen's year as 'European Green Capital', an award given to the Danish capital by the European Commission.

The combination of animals found in western Mongolia and southern Russia are similar to glacial communities.

Renowned physicist Hawking puts forward new theory about black holes.

Best photos of the day: 24 January 2014

Product of the Year survey shows half of consumers want to try 3D printing.

St Basil's Cathedral toytown, thirsty snail and a crime lord's funeral.

Biologists' top finds of previously unknown species discovered in recent years.