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Mountaintop blasted to build huge telescope

Astronomers have blown the top off a mountain in Chile. The explosion has created a flat area of land upon which the world's biggest telescope - called the European-Extremely Large Telescope - can be built. Scientists say that once it has been built, it will allow them to see deeper into space than e..
Jul 13,2015

Crustaceans may feel anxiety

Crustaceans may be able to feel some emotion. That's the conclusion of French researchers whose findings have been published in the journal Science. The research follows a number of studies that suggest crustaceans can also feel pain. Some experts say the seafood industry may need to reconsider how i..
Jul 13,2015

Premier League clubs' income 'doubled in seven years'

The English Premier League remains the most lucrative in world football, according to a new survey by consultants Deloitte. It's calculated that revenues at the 20 Premier League clubs will have grown by 28% over the last season, to 5.4 billion dollars. But high wage costs mean that most of that mone..
Jul 13,2015

Hands-free on the road?

It looks like the route to driverless cars is clear. Google is to start building its own self-driving cars, rather than modifying vehicles built by other manufacturers. It'll have a stop-go button but no controls...
Jul 13,2015

Children aid malaria vaccine hunt

A group of children in Africa who are naturally immune to malaria are helping scientists to develop a new vaccine. The US team published the results of their research in the journal Science...
Jul 13,2015

'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered

Fossilised bones of a dinosaur believed to be the largest creature ever to walk the Earth have been found in Argentina, palaeontologists say. Based on its huge thigh bones, it measured 40m long and 20m tall...
Jul 13,2015

Galapagos environmental emergency

The government in Ecuador has declared an emergency in the Galapagos islands. A ship carrying petrol which got stuck on the rocks last week may still carry a threat to the island group's plants and animals...
Jul 13,2015

Electronics 'affect bird navigation'

Electrical devices may disrupt the migration of some birds, a study suggests. A German team has found that electromagnetic fields produced by equipment and AM radio signals affect the animals' navigational systems. The study is published in the journal Nature...
Jul 13,2015

UN: World must end 'dirty' fuel use

A long-awaited UN report on how to curb climate change says the world must rapidly move away from carbon-intensive fuels. There must be a "massive shift" to renewable energy, says the study released in Berlin by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). ..
Jul 13,2015

Flies move 'like fighter jets'

New research shows that when a threat comes into view, fruit flies make extremely fast turns similar to those made by fighter jets. The study explains why flies are hard to catch, according to the team...
Jul 13,2015