The ability of Cyclorana alboguttata (not pictured) to survive hibernation intact could preserve astronauts' muscles during journeys in micro-gravity

US researchers found head injuries made up a bigger proportion of bicycle-related injuries in cities with sharing schemes

Study played newly-learned foreign vocabulary to students and compared their memory with those who were played the words while awake

Scientists with the University of Copenhagen studied 2.4million children over 40-year period

Gliese 832c is a super-Earth located in the 'Goldilocks zone' of a solar system 16 light years away

Video: The technology could one day take heavy spacecraft and astronauts on NASA's eventual trip to Mars, though hit some problems in its first outing

Lead scientist says programme is just the first step in the country’s plans to explore the solar system – with further plans involving sending probes to the Sun

Some clinics in the UK are relying on imported sperm to meet demands

Analysis of world's oldest faecal matter ever discovered indicated significant plant intake

The small dog-sized dorcopsulus wallaby was discovered along with other unknown "bandicoots and rodents"

Technical advance based on edible salt overcomes need to use toxic agents

The galactic oddity is 11 billion years old - the same age as the Milky Way

The first of its kind procedure used electronics to bypass the patient's spinal injuries and relay signals directly from the brain to the muscles

The ants, which have jaws powerful enough to fling themselves in the air, may have been hiding in the US for 50 years

New software will be able to track changes to patients’ features using thousands of photographs

Scientists are baffled by images of planet-like Titan’s second largest sea, which appear to show an island materialise then disappear

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, found that decisions could be predicted based on patterns of brain activity