An injection that practically eliminates alcohol cravings could help reduce the 2.5 million alcohol-related deaths each year.
Scotland Yard is on the case to find the stolen skeleton of a 70-million-year-old dinosaur, believed to be in Britain.
UFOs reported over Russia and Costa Rica but videos are inconclusive.
A Medieval mystery will be revealed, as scientific evidence decides whether a skeleton found in a Leicester car park is one of the most reviled monarchs in English history.
Scientists have mapped pigeon DNA 150 years after Darwin was first fascinated by them.
Hay and grass vastly increase methane emissions produced by beef industry.
UK cancer survival rates lower than other countries - because British people worried about wasting doctors' time.
Scientists find new way to target superbug Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium.
Lianna Brinded takes a look at the importance and future of science funding, following the European Commission's €2bn grant.
Almost half of children were infected with H1N1 virus, says World Health organisation report.
As scientists reveal tractor beams could become a reality, we draw up a Star Trek invention wish list
Review into effects of exercise on mental health highlights benefits of yoga.
Study shows cannabis reduces pain and improves physical wellbeing in nursing home residents.
Antibiotics resistance bigger threat than global warming and time may come when simple infection could kill again.
Supermodel-types more susceptible to disease because of gene mutation.
Fishermen and seafood lovers justify their appetites by saying their prey is insentient. Not so, says Lucy P.
Researchers find condoms have no effect on pleasure during intercourse.
Chandra Wickramasinghe finds tiny algae fossils inside space rock.
Climate change causing tropical glaciers to disappear.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall ends ‘mac bap’ campaign over Marine Stewardship Council mackerel overfishing alarm.
Harvard's Prof George Church claims he has technology to clone Neanderthal DNA.
Almost 7,000 fewer hospital admissions for asthma in first three years after smoking in public banned.
The National Geographic Society celebrates its 125th anniversary and in honour, IBTimes UK looks through some of the most iconic photographs of the magazine
Nasa transmits image of Mona Lisa to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Longer family mealtimes help kids maintain a healthy weight.
Senior doctors ask health secretary Anna Soubry to help fight against anal cancer cases.
2013 may be year mankind finally establishes contact with intelligent life from outside Earth.
Flying saucer 'triangle' captured on film few hundred miles above Earth by Nasa cameras and uploaded on YouTube.
Chandrashekar Srinivasan looks at the sad decline of the lion population in west and central Africa, and the worrying trends which suggest extinction is not far away.
Scientists at Manchester University say ultra-thin substance could have applications in the medical, security and aviation industries