With the ubiquity of Google Maps and cheap international flights it often seems that we, as a species, know good old planet Earth like the back of our collective hands. Today’s list of the top new species from Arizona State University aims to show us just how much more we have left to discover.

The images are thought to have been created by three groups of hunters

New treatment developed by fusing key proteins of the virus with a bacterial protein

The vast tornado that struck an Oklahoma suburb on Monday afternoon dwarfed even the Hiroshima atomic bomb in its destructive power, according to scientists.

Most pregnant women are deficient in iodine, a mineral vital for cognitive development

Virtually unknown mathematician Dr Yitang "Tom" Zhang to publish 'landmark' paper on theorem

'But what’s the point?' Paxman asks Peake. 'You’re just drifting around, aren’t you?'

'Yes, I do play the guitar, but very badly. And I wouldn't inflict my singing on anybody'

Thirty years after the virus was identified, the French scientist behind its discovery is looking to the future. Steve Connor meets Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

An asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 is due to sail past the Earth later this month.

Adventurers with a keen eye sight and loud vocal chords are being offered the chance to explore the Arctic with scientists, in a three week job contract as polar bear spotter.

Simple technique tchooses the best embryo

News could lead to tissue-transplant operations for range of debilitating disorders, also including MS and spinal cord injuries

Discovery could help in the development of techniques for finding extra-terrestrial life-forms living within underground pockets of water on the moons of Jupiter

Nasa has released a video and a set of images showing solar flares and coronal mass  ejections (CMEs) shooting out of the Sun, sending billions of tonnes of particles into space.