Commercial space flights from UK spaceports by 2018, says Government
The UK Government plans to have a British spaceport operational by 2018, with commercial space flights taking off and landing at prices starting at...
Dawn probe about to orbit dwarf planet Ceres
The Dawn probe, launched by NASA in 2007, is about to start orbiting Ceres, the dwarf planet made of ice and rock that lies...
Ethiopian jawbone find shows humans were around 2.8 million years ago
An amazing fossil find in Ethiopia shows that the genus Homo was around 2.8 million years ago, which is 400,000 years earlier than scientists...
Homer Simpson discovered the Higgs boson during a mid-life crisis
In 1998 during a mid-life crisis, when he realized that he would probably reach the end of his life without having achieved anything, Homer Simpson just...
Fossil find places origin of humans at 2.8 million years ago
The human genus Homo existed 2.8 million years ago, about 400,000 years earlier than previously thought, after a fossil of a lower jaw with...
Mars Curiosity rover short circuits and will be inactive for several days, says NASA
The Mars Curiosity rover had a short circuit on February 27th. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the vehicle followed its programmed response by...
Stop starving Kew Gardens and give it more autonomy, say MPs
The Government should treat Kew Gardens, the world’s major botanical research and education institution, like it does the Natural History Museum, and stop playing...
Kew Gardens let down by Government, unlike Natural History Museum, say MPs
Kew Gardens has been let down by the Government, due to cuts and interference, unlike the Natural History Museum, say MPs on the Science...
City of the Monkey God discovered in Honduras, National Geographic reports
A team of Honduran and American archaeologists, aided by a group of former British SAS soldiers, have discovered the legendary “City of the Monkey...
‘Sophie’ Stegosaurus weighed 1.6 tonnes, says Natural History Museum
A 150-million-year-old Stegosaurus weighed about 1.6 tones (1,600 kg, 3,527 lbs) when it was alive, the Natural History Museum in London announced on Wednesday,...