SCIENCE

Friends and colleagues pay tribute to popular staff member at Wolverhampton University.

Four first-generation edited pigs have been created and they now have 30 offspring to test for resistance to the PRRS virus.

Pointillist techniques were identified in ancient artworks found in rock shelters in France.

The balloon carried instruments to measure solar flares, all of which seem to be unharmed by the landing.

Dedicated to the god Mithra, it is the first ever discovered on the island.

What is it in catnip plants that makes our cats go wild?

Scientists have since identified it as a dugong, but do not know why it washed ashore.

Larger marine animals are expected to starve first as the seas warm and food scarcity increases.

Fours individuals had been buried at a medieval site in a crouched position.

The bones of the bird were discovered along the Waipara River in New Zealand's Canterbury region.

Malaysian police announced VX was likely used to kill the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

2016 saw record seizures of ivory in the UK, Germany, France and Austria.

The viral footage was reportedly taken at the Harbin Siberian Tiger Park in China's Heilongjiang province.

Bees show unprecedented learning abilities in a test of their cognitive limits.

A first look at the fine-scale effects of millions of Neanderthal genes sheds light on their influence on modern humans.

In short, a really long time.

War-torn South Sudan is first country in the world to declare famine since 2011.

Scientist considers what sort of extraterrestrial life may emerge on newly discovered exoplanets.

Up close and personal with big cats, whose numbers in the wild for some species have dwindled dramatically.

Planet's rarest and most valuable metal was tipped to transform modern technology.

The Angolan dwarf Galago is three times bigger than its close relatives.

The spacecraft is due to make another attempt to reach the International Space Station.

The 17-year-old admitted to shooting the bird several times after it did not die from the initial gunshot.

The planets could all contain water, Nasa scientists say, creating the conditions for alien life.

Results have been questioned for using out-of-date data.

Garnets took in radioactive impurities when an earthquake shattered them, allowing geologists to put a date on the event.

First humans to people South America share a last common ancestor with modern-day northeast Asian populations.

Scientists find solar system 40 light years away with seven potentially habitable planets.

The length of Ice Ages went through a shift in the last few million years, but a simple rule predicts when they will end.