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The hot, the fat and the molten.

Astronomers find a star that's 13.2 billion years old.

Videos reveal how bats turn quickly and get lift.

Creepy crawlies are the latest weapon in the anti-MRSA arsenal.

Extrasolar planet grabs attention of astronomers and alien-hunters.

Autonomous device should help protect animals from ships.

Treasure trove of extinct species discovered in old coal mine.

Fears of contamination in comet collection may be overblown.

The metal is increasingly sourced from conflict-ridden countries.

Money from industry rises, but public funding falls.

Mix-and-match hydrogel is most resilient yet.

People have infrared vision — and it could be the result of pairs of photons combining their energies to appear as one 'visible' photon.

Plans to capture an asteroid and travel to other planets are culled from European Space Agency shortlist.

Automated clipping together of modular building blocks shows promise for drug discovery.

East Asian cuisine doesn’t use matching flavour compounds, unlike North American recipes.

Conflict between generations of unrelated childbearing women affects offspring survival.

Chemists settle centuries-old debate about what causes 'fetid fluorite' to smell.

Science is not sufficient to save amphibians, says herpetologist Mark Auliya.

Company to shift focus to selling flexible plastic displays.

Ultra-hard material made in the lab without high pressures.

Dust storms and dark rocks are making the red planet hotter.

Polymer technology could speed ships by stopping critters clinging on.

Chemistry meeting grants audience to low-energy nuclear work.

Brute force added to the list of ways to do clever chemistry.

Stunning video of collapsing magnetic arc baffles scientists.

Stunning movies of Mars' surface premiered.

Dark 'skylights' could be openings to martian shelters.

Instruments from doomed Mars mission seek a second chance on the Moon.

Salt deposits could have come from groundwater, not standing water.

Estonia premiers the world's first Internet voting for parliamentary elections.

Detectors may all grow old before their time.

NASA flyby makes for pretty pictures.

Europe's Rosetta mission is still years from its cometary target, but has sent home some pretty pictures of Mars en route

Tiny transistor uses a single electron to turn off and on at room temperature.

Moving satellites may have caused falling measurements of cloud cover.

Coatings make all the difference for splashing

First all-science collection sells modestly at Christie's.

Light makes molecular machines perform trick.

Chemists develop method for spotting counterfeit pharmaceuticals.

Climate change causes eelpout population to crash from suffocation.

First three-dimensional picture of elusive matter throws up mystery.

Solar material in comet dust brings confusion about Solar System modelling.

Photos show gullies growing within the past few years.

Natural proteins act as super reflectors.

Conference introduces film festival to reach the masses.

NASA scientists may give up hope on old craft, but welcome new one.

Toilet excavation could link site to Dead Sea Scrolls.

Cosmonaut space stunt will put balls into orbit.

Mercury's crossing of the Sun leaves most pros unmoved.

Carbon nanotech may have given swords of Damascus their edge.