A venomous cobra that went missing from the Bronx Zoo in New York is found after six days.

Scientists claim strange ripples observed in the ring systems of Saturn and Jupiter were caused by comets.

The French president calls for clear international standards on nuclear safety as the crisis at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant continues.

A bog near Stirling is declared the first UK reserve for the rare large heath butterfly.

A giant predatory dinosaur, which stood 4m tall and was similar in size to T. rex, is identified by palaeontologists.

19 kwietnia będzie okazja do zwiedzenia Instytutu Fizyki oraz Centrum Astronomii na Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu. Dni Otwarte dostępne są dla wszystkich chętnych, ale szczególne względy będą mieć dziewczyny, w ramach akcja prowadzonej pod szyldami „Dziewczyny na Politechniki” i „Dziewczyny do Ścisłych”. Podobne inicjatywy będą przeprowadzone na innych polskich uczelniach.

A killer whale that drowned its trainer in 2010 returns to public performances in Florida

A killer whale named Tilikum which drowned its trainer in 2010 returns to public performances in SeaWorld, Florida.

Art and science have united for a project needing 12,000 baby teeth.

Art and science have united for a project needing 12,000 baby teeth.

The European Space Agency releases an unusual illustration of Planet Earth which describes the variation in gravity across the surface of our world.

Gertie the hen stops laying eggs and starts to strut and crows like a cockerel.

The BBC’s Tom Feilden explores how the biggest radio telescope ever built should help our understanding of the universe.

A national survey by the RSPB records a rise in the populations of small birds, including long-tailed tits, goldcrests and coal tits.

The UN’s nuclear watchdog advises Japan to consider expanding the evacuation zone around the stricken Fukushima reactors.

The plan to connect 3,000 radio telescopes across a continent

BBC gets first look inside Virgin Galactic’s passenger spaceship

The BBC’s Richard Scott has become the first journalist to be allowed inside the Virgin Galactic spaceship.

The BBC’s Richard Scott has become the first journalist to be allowed inside the Virgin Galactic spaceship.

Test pilot Peter Siebold has told the BBC’s Richard Scott that flying the Virgin Galactic spaceship is ”exhilarating”.

Japan’s fishermen brace for the worst after Fukushima disaster

President Barack Obama sets out an ambitious target to reduce US oil imports by one-third by 2025.