China's environment ministry appears to admit the existence of so-called "cancer villages" after years of public speculation about the impact…
Astronomers have smashed the record for the smallest planet beyond our Solar System identifying Kepler-37b, an exoplanet which is only…
Scientists say they may be able to determine the eventual fate of the cosmos as they probe the properties of…
Tardigrade, known as water bear, is dubbed “nature's greatest survivor”, being almost invincible. Tardigrades are some of the most fascinating…
Fragments from the meteorite that struck Russia's Urals region on Friday, injuring some 1,200 people, have been found around a…
Asteroid 2012 DA14, as large as an Olympic swimming pool, has raced past the Earth at a distance of just…
Russia starts a big rescue and clean-up operation involving more than 9,000 workers in the Ural Mountains following Friday's meteor…
NASA's Messenger probe to Mercury has shown off a stunning new color map of the planet. The map comprises thousands…
The meteor crashing in Russia's Ural Mountains has injured at least 985 people, as the shockwave blew out windows and…
A meteor shower has exploded over Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions, central Russia, injuring dozens and shattering windows. Brightly burning rocks…
US experts say North Korea appears to be upgrading one of its two rocket launch sites, perhaps in a move…
Asteroid 2012 DA14, which is as large as an Olympic swimming pool, will race past the Earth on Friday at…
Particle accelerator Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has turned off its particle beams ahead of a shut-down period that will last…
South Korean experts have not detected any radioactive isotopes from North Korea's nuclear test, hampering efforts to assess the device.…
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign from his office at the end of this month. The Pontiff says he is…
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign on February 28, 2013, at the age of 85. He is thought to the…
According to researchers, dogs are more capable of understanding situations from a human's point of view than has previously been…
British engineering group Dyson has unveiled Airblade Tap, a device that combines a high-speed hand dryer with hot and cold…
Researchers have been able to trace a line between some of the earliest modern humans to settle in China and…
A UK-based report has found that as much as half of the world's food, amounting to two billion tonnes worth,…
Thousands of people across the world have been preparing for what they believe will be the end of the world…
One in ten of us is said to be anxious that December 21st marks the end of the world. The…
Scientists say it won't happen, at least not on Friday, December 21, but in the event the Mayan prophecy of…
Astronomers have found that the nearest single Sun-like star to the Earth hosts five planets - one of which is…
NASA’s Ebb and Flow gravity mapping twin satellites have ended their mission to the Moon. Ebb and Flow were commanded…