Fossil discovery could be the last common ancestor to all apes
A peculiar Spanish fossil from 11.6 million years ago suggests that the ancestor of all apes might have been more like gibbons and less like great apes
Bright light may not be dark matter’s smoking gun after all
Dwarf galaxy observations dash astronomers' hopes that the signal at the centre of the Milky Way was caused by dark matter particles colliding
Salt flats on Europa mean moon’s ocean may come to surface
Jupiter's icy moon is a favourite of alien-hunters, thanks to its buried ocean. Now it seems the ocean could come to the surface – and it might be life-friendly
Frodo’s basement: Secret chamber found where hobbit humans lived
A new cave has been found at the site where Homo floresiensis hobbits were discovered. It could hold more bones and shed light on the hobbits' origins
Would you take a genetic test that could lay bare your destiny?
The decision about whether to take a gene test is at the heart of new play Plaques and Tangles - a dilemma that is becoming ever more common
Lizard literally jumps out of its skin to escape predator’s jaws
A small fish-scaled gecko that was about to be swallowed by a larger velvet gecko saved its own life by shedding its skin
One Per Cent
Drones to record skiers in action, Facebook makes public posts searchable, and is Uber planning a self-driving taxi?
Rosetta’s comet has oxygen made before the solar system’s birth
Molecular oxygen has been spotted on a comet for the first time, which could help solve a mystery about when the substance first appeared in the solar system
Exploding stars could be lit by hearts of dark matter
If supernovae were triggered by companion stars, then why are most of them missing in action? A new theory suggests dark matter lights the fuse instead
Swarms of pumpkin-like robots could explore and map the oceans
A start-up is developing autonomous spherical seafaring drones that could scan the seas for everything from missing aircraft to coral reefs
