Science
Dogs can sniff out early signs of cancer in humans with 97% accuracy
A dog's ability to use their smell receptors which are 10,000 time more accurate than humans' can be used to detect malignant lung cancer in patients.
Climate change could cause as much damage as when dinosaurs were wiped out by asteroid
Man's destruction of planet means life on Earth could take equally as long to recover as it did after the "Great Dying" more than 60 million years ago
Life existed on Mars, scientists reveal
A Martian meteorite found in Antarctica over 40 years ago had cracks or 'veins' made by green algae and other bacteria, say scientists.
High-tech system produces 3D images of breast helps doctors detect early signs of cancer
In September, a £2.4 million cancer centre in Belfast became the first in the UK to offer it to British women.
Depression,obesity & chronic pain are linked and could be treated with new drugs
Depression,obesity & chronic pain are linked and could be treated with new drugs
One of the world’s smallest frogs is one of five newly discovered on Madagascar
The Mini mum is just 8-11mm long. Other new species have been named Mini scule, with the largest, Miniature, a 'whopping' 15mm long.
Hubble space telescope images of asteroid disintegrating – leaving tail 500,000 miles long
The Gault asteroid is just 2.5 miles wide and is currently 214 million miles from the Sun.
Deadly fungal disease has wiped out 90 species of frogs, toads and salamanders
The disease chytridiomycosis which eats away at the skin of amphibians threatens to contribute to the Earth's sixth mass extinction unless it can be controlled
Water could be flowing deep underground around the equator of Mars
High pressure deep beneath the surface forces groundwater up through cracks in craters