24 February 2012 Last updated at 02:40 ET

Mild drought 'caused Maya fall'Mayan ruins at Palenque in southern Mexico

New research suggests mild drought conditions were enough to cause the collapse of the Central American Maya civilisation after AD950.

New species of leafminer moth (c) Antispila oinophyllaNew moth invades Italy vineyards

A moth with a taste for Chardonnay leaves, which has infested vineyards across northern Italy, is a new species of leafminer, scientists say. BBC Nature

Detective Comics No. 27Rare US comic books fetch $3.5m

A collection of early comic books - including those featuring the debuts of Batman and Superman - is sold for $3.5m (£2.2m) at auction in New York.

Edvard Munch's The Scream (1895)Munch's The Scream to go on sale

Edvard Munch's famous masterpiece The Scream is to be sold at auction in New York, Sotheby's announces.

Mona Lisa replicaMona Lisa copy on show in Prado

A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, believed to have been painted at the same time as the original, goes on display at Madrid's Prado museum.

Two dolphinsDolphins 'deserve human rights'

Dolphins should be treated as non-human "persons" and their rights to life and liberty respected, the world's biggest science meeting is told.

Robert Mugabe (file photo)Mugabe jokes about 'resurrection'

President Robert Mugabe denies reports he has cancer, joking that he has died and been resurrected more times than Jesus Christ.

The car in which a man was discovered who claims he was trapped inside for two months, in woods north of Umea, SwedenMan 'survives two months in car'

A Swedish man found alive in his snow-trapped car tells police he has survived inside for two months with no food.

TrombonistJazz FM sorry over 'porn' noises

Digital radio station Jazz FM apologises after what appeared to be part of a pornographic film soundtrack was broadcast during one of its shows.

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