Where would you look for new species of trees?

Try the Cheddar Gorge, one of Britain's most studied landscapes

Top scientists share their future predictions

From virtual brains and Matrix-like thought connections to disease-making bacteria, what the next decade could bring

First-known venomous dinosaur

Poisonous turkey a danger to health – 125 million years ago

Botanists find plant right under their noses

They scour the planet for undiscovered plants, yet botanists at Kew Gardens missed the rare plant hiding in their workplace

Where would you look for new species of trees?

Try the Cheddar Gorge, one of Britain's most studied landscapes

Record tally of foreign birds in Britain

The country’s birdlife is at a record high, with exotic visitors including albatrosses gracing the shores, a study says

Top scientists share their future predictions

From virtual brains and Matrix-like thought connections to disease-making bacteria, what the next decade could bring

First-known venomous dinosaur

Poisonous turkey a danger to health – 125 million years ago

First-known venomous dinosaur

Poisonous turkey a danger to health – 125 million years ago

Why mum's and dad's genes really are different

Five DNA variants were found to have opposite medical effects when inherited from the mother than they do when inherited paternally

Banned grape turns out to be mother of all wines

A grape once regarded as so inferior it was scorned, has emerged as the ancestor of fine wines from Chablis to Champagne

Scientists find single ‘on-off’ gender gene

Research that led female mice to develop testes and produce testosterone could revolutionise reassignment therapy

Data deluge will reboot our brains

The average person gets bombarded with 2.3 words per second, or about 100,000 words a day, according to a new study

Testosterone's reputation largely undeserved

Far from increasing violence and greed, the male hormone can encourage decency and fair play, scientists have found

Schwarzenegger talks dirty

The Governor of California’s rude riposte to the state assembly was random ... surely

Wonderful world: the great survivors

They have soldiered on through meteor showers and volcanic eruptions, but climate change could see off these species

Two heroin users dead from anthrax-laced drug

Heroin users have been warned over a contaminated batch as two users who died in Glasgow test positive for anthrax

Family of ‘orgasm’ doctor in plea for law reform

The family of a gynaecologist falsely accused of sexual assault has called for law reforms to protect the reputations of innocent defendants

Libel gag on talk of 'medical hurricane'

Healthcare firm is seeking to silence a Danish academic from expressing doubts about one of its products by using England’s libel laws

Libel laws quash drug scandal

General Electric uses London libel courts to gag a radiologist after he raised the alarm over the potentially fatal risks of one of its drugs

Scientists spot clues to mystery of dark matter

Hints of mysterious substance thought to make up quarter of the Universe picked up for first time in disused US mine

'Cuts will kill UK's nuclear research programme'

Scientists say a £40m deficit will prevent the training of technicians required for a new generation of nuclear plants

The Eureka Quiz

Three levels of difficulty and - most importantly - the answers

CERN 'a threat' to nuclear energy research

Physicists fear that costs of Hadron Collider experiments could leave programme for new power stations in disarray

'Cuts will kill UK's nuclear research programme'

Scientists say a £40m deficit will prevent the training of technicians required for a new generation of nuclear plants

Britain 'can’t back' Obama's pullout pledge

Rift with US exposed as Defence Secretary says setting date for withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan impossible

Doctor to argue freedom of speech defence

A heart doctor being sued for criticising a US company’s research says scientists must be free to challenge such work

Johnson accused as three more scientists quit

Home Secretary accused of 'political expediency' in his use of scientific advice as fallout grows from sacking of adviser

Student discovers 'Super earth' planet

Planet GJ1214b, which is about 50 per cent water and could sustain organic life, is spotted 40 light years away

Brave the cold for weekend of meteor showers

The new Moon and predicted clear skies mean stargazers could see up to 120 shooting stars an hour this weekend

Vista telescope sheds new light on Milky Way

Situated in Chile, the telescope is the most powerful using infrared light, helping it to penetrate dust clouds

Telescope that could show the sky is crowded

Nasa’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer will reveal stars that were invisible because they are too cool to emit visible light