SCIENCE

Eel like creature has been found to be the ancient ancestor of humans, according to researchers

A bright light believed to be a meteorite was spotted across Britain and Scotland on Saturday.

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has detected the presence of oxygen ions around Saturn's icy moon Dione for the first time.

Researchers found that the ice formation taking place in the Arctic region is seasonal and that unlike the ice usually found in the region, it is thinner and saltier.

Swedish researchers find earlier detection increases odds of survival to 92%.

Dwindling number of big cats prompts joint repopulation project.

Researchers have invented a new equipment design that will increase the chances of a woman getting pregnant through IVF.

Global warming is the main cause for early ripening of grapes, according to research.

Nicotine patches do not help pregnant women to quit smoking, according the new research. Counselling can be a better tool in making women kick the habit.

Nearly 1.3 Million people will die of cancer in the European Union in 2012, but the death rate of people who die from the disease continues to decline, according to research.

Tyrannosaurus Rex (T.Rex), had the most powerful bite of any creature in the world, with a biting force between 35,000-57,000 Newtons in a single tooth.

Researchers have reconstructed four feet tall giant penguin fossil which lived in New Zealand, nearly 25 million years ago.

Researchers from Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, Universidad Complutense of Madrid and Uppsala University have discovered that Neanderthals in Europe were extinct even before the arrival of modern man.

Five-thousand-year-old caveman preserved in ice had genetic illness and potential for heart disease, researchers find.

University of London researchers create first realistic maps of the Earth's forests at the time of the dinosaurs.

A team of researchers from the Nippon Dental University in Japan have discovered that bad breath can help teeth stem cells to change to liver cells.

Bill McGuire, a professor of geophysical and climate hazards at the University College London, has discovered that climate change can lead to earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis.

Sedatives carry higher risk of early death and of cancer, British Medical Journal study finds.

The melting Arctic Sea could be playing a critical role behind freezing winters in Britain and other countries in the northern hemisphere, according to a study.

A team of researchers have discovered that the asexual flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be, potentially, immortal.

Space-age cars driven by computer through vacuum air corridors are reality in computer tests.

What was once the world's fourth-largest lake has now turned into a desert!

Check out a list of 10 endangered birds, mammals and insects from across the world... and see if you can do anything to protect them

Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have tagged killer whales, as part of an ongoing project, to establish their winter travel routes and preferred waters.

Unidentified Sphere Crashes in Brazil

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Astrophysicists claim to have discovered a stellar black hole in the Andromeda galaxy.

The study is of intense interest as the end of Mayan civilisation was linked to the possible apocalypse expected to hit the world by the end of 2012.

Life exists even at the deepest spot on earth, say researchers.