Researchers have released the largest-ever picture of the whole sky, comprising trillions of pixels, in a publicly-available bounty of astronomy data.
As Japan's nuclear station slowly regains power, experts ask what is the worst that can now happen.
An Austrian man has chosen to have his hand cut off so that it can be replaced with a bionic prosthesis.
US experts publish an action plan that aims to halt the spread of white-nose syndrome, which has killed more than a million bats in just five years.
UN scientists are warning that a virus that attacks the cassava plant is on the verge of an epidemic in parts of Africa.
Researchers find that ground-dwelling invertebrates such as harvestmen and beetles preferentially live near street lights, even during the day.
Scientists working on Voyager 1 are receiving further data suggesting the probe is close to crossing into interstellar space.
Alan Turing, the British mathematical genius and codebreaker, may not have committed suicide, as is widely believed, claims an academic.
The Voynich manuscript has baffled the world for centuries, but a new study suggests it may contain a genuine message after all.
The grey long-eared bat, one of the UK's rarest mammals, is in danger of disappearing if it is not given additional protection, say scientists.
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