| Oceans on brink of mass extinction: study |  |
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 Climate change, over-fishing and other human impacts have pushed the oceans to the brink of a mass extinction that could take tens of millions of years to recover from, an Australian scientist says.
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| Brain exercises delay mental decline | |
|  New research suggests exercising your brain can keep you sharper for longer into old age, but when the symptoms of dementia finally settle in, the decline happens faster.
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| Meaning of life changes across cosmos | |
|  New research suggests the laws of physics aren't the same in all parts of the Universe.
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| Ancient Nubians drank antibiotic beer | |
|  People have been using antibiotics for nearly 2000 years, suggests a new study, which found large doses of tetracycline embedded in the bones of ancient African mummies.
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| First mission to touch the Sun | |
|  Scientists are planning a new mission to travel closer to the Sun than ever before.
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| There's gold in them thar bacteria! | |
|  Gold nuggets are often the creations of bacterial biofilms, say Australian researchers who have demonstrated the process and even identified the bacteria at work.
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| Low vitamin D linked to schizophrenia | |
|  Babies born with low vitamin D levels are twice as likely to develop schizophrenia later in life, researchers from the Queensland Brain Institute have found.
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| Weight loss may be toxic: study | |
|  Losing weight may actually harm your health, claim Korean researchers.
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| Pilbara find points to earliest life | |
|  The evolution of oxygen-producing organisms has been pushed back another 270 million years through the discovery of new evidence in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
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| Researchers uncover dance moves to impress | |
|  A European study has found that men who move their necks and trunks more to the beat are most likely to attract women.
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| Visual trickery key to luring lover | |
|  A new study claims male bowerbirds deliberately decorate their bowers to make themselves look larger to females.
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