Science
Dementia could now be detected 16 years before symptoms are noticed
Researchers found a protein in the blood that can "very accurately" predict degenerative brain disease well before signs of memory loss and confusion begin.
Prehistoric shark that swam up rivers where T-Rex was drinking has been discovered in US
Teeth from the Galagadon shark were discovered in the same piece of rock as the best preserved T-Rex skeleton from North Dakota.
Video – Asteroids striking Earth have soared since the age of dinosaurs
The increase in asteroid showers backs widely held view the dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive impact, say scientists
Cambridge boffins invent app to improve concentration in age of tech distractions
A team from Cambridge's Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute has developed and tested 'Decoder' - a new game aimed at helping users improve their attention and concentration
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