Science
Smoking can speed up ageing in youth by over two decades, scientists warn
Men and women who use cigarettes are twice as old as non smokers - biologically
Frog spawn could hold the key to cancer cure
The tiny eggs that have fascinated schoolboys for decades have proteins very similar to human cells
Birth of black hole ‘captured for first time’
The moment captured by multiple telescopes on Earth is thought to herald the birth of a new black hole or neutron star, caught at the exact moment of its creation
Young British professor has won a £23,500 prize for improving Einstein’s theory of general relativity
Gustav Holzegel, from Imperial University, won the coveted annual Blavatnik Award for working out what happens when a black hole is shaken, a fiendish black hole problem derived from Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Cosmic telescope zooms in on the beginning of time
The distant quasar - jets of energy powered by supermassive black holes - has the combined brilliance of about 600 trillion Suns, say astronomers
Mysterious radio signals received from a galaxy far, far away
The strange beams are known as fast radio bursts (FRBs) - and last only a millisecond
New research finds Facebook can be bad for your health
Constantly comparing yourself to others can lead to sleep problems, weight change and muscle tension.
How Tetris helps PTSD victims piece their lives back together
Just 25 minutes of playing the game a week reduced the frequency of involuntary flashbacks by an average of 64 per cent
Space microbes ‘aren’t so alien after all’
Genetic evidence shows bacteria on the International Space Station are adapting to survive, not to harm - and the findings are good news for any future manned mission to Mars