Science
Scientists have brought back to life pigs’ brains…four hours after death
The "Frankenschwein" Easter 'resurrections' offer hope humans could one day return from 'the other side'.
Lightning really does strike twice and the reasons are revealed with slow motion lightning film
The reason why a lightning channel is 'reused' is explained after a radio telescope was used to study the development of lightning flashes in unprecedented detail.
NASA’s top asteroid hunter wants to build new telescope to defend the Earth from asteroids
Amy Mainzer, 45, warned current telescopes makes it very hard to spot them until it's too late to stop them hitting our planet "very hard."
Life found under the Dead Sea and scientists say it may help in the hunt for ET life
As one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, scientists say the discovery has implications for the search for extraterrestrial life
Viper’s fangs are so deadly because of angle of their tip
It is the distinctive shape that delivers the massive dose of venom - rather than the staggering size, say scientists
The modern human’s face was shaped by the need for good social skills
It's extraordinarily expressive features boosted our early ancestors' ability to communicate
Sliver of space rock as thin as a human hair ‘may hold key to formation of Solar System’
Billions of years old, it was discovered encased inside a meteorite that fell to Earth in Antarctica
Watch – New tribe of dwarf humans found in remote jungles of south east Asia
New species of hominin found in the Philippines
First photo ever of a black hole has been revealed
This image shows the first ever look at a black hole, which looks like a flaming ring of yellow and red. The black hole, described by scientists as a "monster", is 24billion miles across - 3million times the size of the Earth. It is a LONG way away from here though, at about 300 million trillion miles. It was photographed by a network of eight telescopes across Earth known as the Event Horizon telescope. The telescope is made up of ...