SCIENCE

Music lovers depend on visual information when judging a musical performance, University College London team finds.

Scientists say planet has one of the shortest orbital periods ever detected.

Nasa’s Mars rover Curiosity has captured latest images that show a large moon of Mars passing a smaller moon in a night on the red planet.

Sealed-off Windscale chimney still contains highly radioactive waste - 56 years after accident.

Scientists argue over whether space history made with Nasa 1 crossing galaxy's boundary into outer space.

Scientists in South America discover western hemisphere's first new species of carnivore in 35 years.

Delaware's Orb Lab scientists makes unusual catch during monitoring exercise of tagged sharks.

Researchers find droughts, storms and heatwaves prevent ecosystems from absorbing carbon dioxide.

Spanish researchers identify biomarker associated with risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

Almost third of honeybee colonies across Scotland failed to survive 2012/13 winter - one of biggest losses in Europe.

Grandfather says damage to brain’s frontal lobe has stopped him experiencing sadness.

First scientific evidence of near-death experiences recorded by researchers.

Royal Astronomical Society says 12 August is best night to see Perseids meteor shower.

Dangers of silicosis and cancer highlighted by occupational health watchdog.

More than 100,000 people have enrolled in the Mars One project, which will send eight people on a one-way trip to the Red Planet.

Annual Perseid meteor shower expected to reach peak of approximately 100 streaks per hour during 12 and 13 August

Best places in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Newcastle to see hundreds of meteors in British skies.

Bottlenose dolphins able to recall former partners' signature whistles even after two decades.

Nasa scientists exploring the possibility that Europa has life within its interior ocean.

Researchers publish a comprehensive portrait of the world's first immortal cell line, found in cervical cancer sufferer Henrietta Lacks in 1951.

Medical experts to find ways of easing pain of lab animals at Newcastle-upon-Tyne confab.

Scientists in Australia have found a trove of prehistoric fossils of marsupials and bats in northwest Queensland.

Experts say new bird flu virus has potential to cause pandemic.

Magnetic field of sun changes polarity every 11 years.

Curiosity rover has been on the red planet for a year.

Man claims lights were aliens hovering over Zig Zag Hill.

Meteor that hit Russia was one of many that have potential to hit Earth.

Study to find most recent common ancestors of modern humans suggests 'Adam' is older than 'Eve' .

An oil spill has spurred cleaning works on the beaches of popular resort island Koh Samet in Thailand as the beaches have turned black from the oil slick.