Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková – which blazes bright green with a huge purple tail – will be the headliner of a huge line-up

For a decade, Canadian scientists battled a sinister federal campaign to control and silence them. Now that the US has an even more extreme anti-science leader, veterans of that conflict tell Chantal Da Silva that their southern counterparts must resist early and loudly

When researchers blocked the production of natural opioid substances, people no longer liked their favourite songs as much

'Our findings are suggestive of implicit bias – minorities were significantly more likely to have been fatally shot as a result of an apparent threat perception failure by officers'

‘We’ve got to understand that just plonking a cities in front of a highly flammable vegetation type is a recipe for disaster’

Many scientists thought it was impossible, but one team has finally done it. They say operating their quantum computer is just like playing a game of Pacman

The new page has a focus on adapting to climate change, rather than addressing the reasons it is happening

One type of antibiotic is found to kill bacteria by ripping it open by brute force, a previously unknown method that could help make a whole new generation of drugs

Climate minister urges European Union to take lead on climate change as fears Donald Trump will pull out of Paris Agreement 

Research 'demonstrates why sleeping on it can actually clarify your ideas', Dr Graham Diering says

Academics suggest the products could be redesigned to make them look less attractive to children

Advances in genetics mean doctors will be able to prescribe drugs to treat each individual's unique form of cancer, turning the often deadly disease into a chronic, but treatable condition

Forget about weather, geomagnetic reversals now have the potential to be predicted

The experienced anthropologist that led the study said she was left 'disturbed' by the behaviour

Brain sensitivity and personality traits may have the power to create false experiences

Experiment allowed researchers to 'read' the minds of totally paralysed people

‘I don’t think the paper is convincing at all,’ one expert said

All the agency's research will now have to be approved by the government and may be deleted entirely from the website

‘It’s the first-ever sample of metallic hydrogen on Earth, so when you’re looking at it, you’re looking at something that’s never existed before’