Science
Collapse of Antarctic ice shelves ‘would raise global sea levels by an inch – threatening coastal towns and cities’
Scientists have shown how much sea level would rise if Larsen C and George VI - two Antarctic ice shelves at risk of collapse - were to break up
Cannabis ‘can act as a treatment for cancer’
Researchers say that naturally occurring compounds in the plant may stop cancer cells from spreading and block tumour blood supplies
Watch – A dozen new moons orbiting Jupiter have been discovered by astronomers… by mistake
They were hunting a possible massive planet beyond Pluto when they stumbled upon the mysterious satellites - one of which has been described as an "oddball".
Remains of flatbread dated to 14,400 years ago…4,000 years before humans began farming
Neolithic hunter/gatherers baked the early bread at a site in the desert in Jordan.
Seaweed off Antarctica has surfed up to 12,500 miles across the Southern Ocean
And the discovery shows how climate change will alter the ecology of Earth's most remote continent, say scientists.
Vaccine that protects children against malaria is one step closer
Parasite will never develop resistance to the vaccine which could spell the end of the deadly disease.
People ‘trust scientists more than politicians – even when the evidence is outlandish’
Researchers found that members of the public in both Britain and the United States have far greater trust in scientific experts than the government
Two species of whale may have been hunted to extinction in the Mediterranean
Ancient bones found at Roman archaeological sites reveal that two whale species have been lost from the Med
Dinosaur that roamed Argentina over 200 million years ago has been dug up by scientists
It is among the first giant sauropods that grew into the largest animals ever to walk the Earth.