SCIENCE

The iceberg continues to calve and disintegrate as it reaches warmer waters.

The spiral galaxy's swirling arms are where new stars are born, whose high temperatures make them shine a bright blue.

A new set of smart drum line trialled in Australia could keep sharks away from popular beaches and make sure they have better chances of survival.

The 70-pound meteorite looks like an ellipsoid cosmic sculpture with "numerous sockets and perforations".

GPU manufacturers are scrambling to deal with rapidly rising demand for graphics cards.

The two galaxies are moving towards each other and will collide after some four billion years.

SpaceX has an installed capacity to build about 400 rocket engines per year, that is, over 100 launches by 2020.

These five elaborate methods have evolved to increase the chance that an individual male's sperm is the winner.

A report by the US intelligence agencies has warned that China and Russia are developing space weapons to be used against satellites in future conflicts.

Researchers have not been able to fully explain the physical processes that produce the colourful aurorae.

This 'gender equality paradox' could be explained by a variety of social and economic factors, according to researchers.

An expert weighs in on the debate about personality and where it comes from. Carol Dweck explains personality lies between needs, motivation to fulfil these needs, and development.

Children had far more responsibilities and less supervision than they do today, new findings suggest.

German ministers have announced that free public transportation will be trialled in five cities in an effort to reduce road traffic and meet EU air pollution targets.

The image, taken by an Oxford University student, won first prize at a science photography contest conducted by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

A 13,500-year-old carved bison bone dredged from the North Sea is the oldest piece of Dutch art ever found.

This is the first time that such behaviour has been seen in any animal other than humans.

The carvings were discovered at an archaeological site known as the Camel Site and have been dated back to the first century BC or AD.

The total solar eclipse captured by Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), kicked off this year's eclipse season.

Three nominees for each of the eight photo contest categories, and – for the first time – a shortlist of six nominees for the World Press Photo of the Year.

The large animal was seen with its three young ones and has triggered worries over the dangers of having the wild beast roaming through residential areas.

A new image that will be shot next year from outside the Solar System will remind us how the Earth is nothing more than "a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam".

Once it lands on the Red Planet, the rock will be used as target practice for a high-precision laser called 'SHERLOC' positioned on the rover's robotic arm on the rover's arm.

A recently published journal seems to suggest prehistoric Scandinavians were prone to violence against men and women.

A new study, published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, contradicts the standard model of our planet's evolutionary history.

"There is no compelling reason at all to assume benevolence, for example, that extraterrestrials are wise and kind due to their ancient civilisation's experience".

Their thinness makes them extremely promising for applications in electronics, among other fields, researchers say.

Michelle Meyers, an American woman, went to bed with a headache and woke up with a British accent. It turns out she suffers from Foreign Accent Syndrome and EDS.

Wine has been known as a magical substance since its appearances in Homeric tales, with the unique power to bring euphoria and an altered states of consciousness.