Stone Age Picasso made oldest known drawing of human settlement
An etching on a slab of stone in Spain seems to shows a group of seven huts, forming a campsite or village that would have been inhabited 13,800 years ago
Stone Age Picasso made oldest known drawing of human settlement
An etching on a slab of stone in Spain seems to show a group of seven huts forming a campsite or village that would have been inhabited 13,800 years ago
Chinese satellite to shine a light on mysterious dark matter
Shadowy hints of dark matter's true nature are set to be boosted by a new particle and gamma-ray detector being launched into orbit
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Whale of a task; rhino horns legal again; driller thriller sets sail and more
Hundreds of giant dinosaur footprints found in Scottish lagoon
A huge collection of 170-million-year-old sauropod footprints has been discovered by accident in a lagoon on the Isle of Skye
Having trouble giving up smoking? Blame your genes
A third of white people have gene variations that make it harder for them to quit cigarettes and may predispose them to other addictive behaviours
Sword and dagger arachnid fights may explain weapon evolution
Three weapons have been found in one harvestman species. Gladiator-like cage fights could help explain why animals have evolved different types of weaponry
UK scraps carbon-storage plans, making green targets unreachable
The UK chancellor has scrapped plans to build a demonstration carbon capture and storage plant. The country is now unlikely to meet its 2050 emissions targets
Man with no limbs controls robotic hand using muscle whispers
Alex Lewis lost his limbs to an out-of-control infection. Listening to muscle movements offers him an easier way to control prostheses. Sam Wong gives it a go
A welcome blow to the myth of distinct male and female brains
A major study that undermines the damaging idea that male and female brains are fundamentally different could be a game-changer, says Gina Rippon
