Science
Typhoid vaccine may protect against other infections and save hundreds of thousands of lives
Researchers have found that by vaccinating people with weakened strains of Salmonella their immune systems were strengthened against other viruses and diseases, not just typhoid
Remains of some of the frog’s oldest relatives – who lived around 216 million years ago – unearthed
Paleontologists have identified fossil fragments of what are thought to be the oldest known frogs in North America
NASA’s new £2.45 billion space telescope ‘could find hundreds more planets’
The £2.45 billion mission will build on the work of its predecessor Kepler that found more than 2,600 planets outside our solar system before its mission ended last October
Carbon dioxide ‘turned back into solid coal’
Scientists say the ground-breaking technique can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particles of carbon
Brain cells that cause insomnia have been identified for the first time by scientists
And there are found strong genetic links with depression and anxiety.
Britain’s WORM population is in decline which is also hitting bird numbers
A study has shown that the average field has just 9 worms per spadeful of soil - almost half of the number there should be
Volcanoes turned Earth into giant snowball 580 million years ago
Scientists say the Gaskiers glaciation could have been triggered by huge amounts of carbon dioxide being absorbed as part of the weathering process of the solidified lava
Tiny ancestor of king of the dinosaurs discovered
The small but speedy flesh-eater was the size was a modern mule deer native to western North America, being up to four foot tall and weighing around 180 pounds
New moon discovered orbiting Neptune
At only 21 miles wide, it's among the smallest in the solar system - explaining how it's eluded astronomers