Google Ocean: Has Atlantis been found off Africa? - Telegraph

A "grid of streets" on the seabed at one of the proposed locations of the lost city of Atlantis has been spotted on Google Ocean.

Most Powerful Gamma-Ray Burst May Point to New Physics

Observations from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope hint that extremely high-energy gamma rays don't travel at the speed of light.

Materials Science Mystery Of 'Hidden Order' Solved: How A New Phase Arises And Why

A discovery that can be of great importance to our understanding of how new material properties occur, how they can be controlled and exploited in the future.

Alp-sized peaks found entombed in Antarctic ice

Jagged mountains the size of the Alps have been found entombed in Antarctica's ice, giving new clues about the vast ice sheet that will raise world sea levels if even a fraction of it melts

Mole rats may hold secret to long life

They may not be pretty, but naked mole rats can live nearly 30 years longer than other rodents - now scientists think they know why

Ancient sharks saw the deep sea in colour

A primitive deep-sea fish, the elephant shark, is the oldest vertebrate to share the colour vision system of rods and cones with humans

First pictures of endangered Saharan cheetah

Estimates put the numbers of the animal as low as 250, but this is little more than guesswork – the survey aims to produce a more reliable figure

Jordan's fossil water source has high radiation levels

Ancient groundwater being tapped by Jordan, one of the 10 most water-deprived nations in the world, has been found to contain 20 times the radiation considered safe for drinking water