Faults in northwest Pacific share same geological features as deadly undersea plates that caused Tohoku devastation.
Mosquitos are drawn to our breath and the smell of our skin, researchers find.
Researchers reveal first documented use of 'tools' by reptiles whose intelligence has long been understimated.
25kg tumour is one of just handful of cases ever recorded in scientific literature.
400,000-year-old fossil of Homo heidelbergensis shows species shared ancestor with Denisovans.
Study involving mice shows absent fathers affect neurobiology of offspring.
Truck carrying radioactive material for cancer treatment stolen near Mexico City.
Nasa 'confident' it is seeing water signatures from multiple planets.
Over a fifth of patients with common lung cancers underwent surgery in 2012.
Study of global food consumption shows humans are eating more meat.
'New genetics' allows researchers to change faulty genes in future.
Mangalyaan craft becomes the first Indian-made object to visit deep space.
Pregnant woman in Abu Dhabi diagnosed with Mers-CoV gives birth to baby.
Battams says Comet Ison has not survived its close encounter with the Sun.
Thalidomide distributor settles legal action with over 100 victims.
Unmanned craft will release six-wheeled lunar rover onto moon's surface.
China could become first country to achieve soft landing on the moon since 1976.
Latest images boost faint hopes that comet Ison survived close encounter with the sun.
Astronomers hopeful Comet Ison survived perihelion with sun and will survive to light up skies again.
Pet researchers show cats able to recognise their owners' voice but choose to ignore them.
Government U-turn on cigarette packaging welcomed by Cancer Research UK.
D-Day for astronomers with Comet Ison just hours away from perihelion.
Researchers identify new strain of HIV that leads to Aids within five years.
Researchers find populations of tigrini are separate species.
Expert says meteor shower from Comet Ison will provide a time travel capsule from outer space.
Thousands of people displaced by volcano say food supplies are desperately needed.
Digital autopsy centre to create 3D images of bodies and reconstruct scenes of crimes.
Cluster of eruptions perfectly normal phenomenon, volcanologists says.
Astronomer says latest figures suggest Comet Ison will not make it around the Sun.
Astronomers anxious to find out if Comet Ison survives encounter with sun.