Dr Andy Harland of Loughborough University analyses what new free-kick trajectory findings mean for footballers.

There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book.

A metal detecting enthusiast finds what is believed to be the only intact Roman lantern made out of bronze ever discovered in Britain.

An island off Peru is making money from selling bird poo to use as organic fertiliser

Evacuations begin in areas of the US East Coast likely to be hit by Hurricane Earl, which has strengthened to a category four storm again.

The collision of two major weather events can explain unusually large snowfall in the US and Northern Europe, researchers say.

Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 "impossible goal" was not a fluke.

Europe's Herschel space telescope spies an aging star that has surrounded itself in hot water vapour.

The remains of a huge 12,000 year old feast have been found in a cave in Northern Israel.

Fishermen from Suffolk and Essex have welcomed a new quota agreement which allows smaller boats to start catching sole again.

New pictures have emerged of the shipwreck of the Titanic, almost 25 years since it was first discovered.

An ancient reef may provide scientists with clues about what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise.

An earthquake is recorded in the North Sea about 155 miles east of Aberdeen.

A Tasmanian Devil who experts hoped was immune to a facial cancer that threatens the marsupial species is euthanised after developing tumours.

Why Darwin's little-known "project" in the South Atlantic is still causing debate today