From Einstein-defying neutrinos to the discovery of an Earth-like planet: science editor Robin McKie on the year's biggest stories
A new study claims to re-establish the status of Archaeopteryx as the earliest bird – and not just another bird-like dinosaur
The fossil Archaeopteryx may not have been one of the earliest birds but just another feathered dinosaur, claim scientists
New find unearthed in rock formations in north-eastern China confirms birds evolved from dinosaurs, scientists claim
Palaeontologist made scientific gamble of his life in purchasing $1m fossil to prevent it being lost to private collection
Use of modern CT technology has shown that Archaeopteryx's brain was built like a modern bird's brain
Birds? Reptiles? Fakes? Archaeopteryx fossils have been generating controversy since 1861. Paul Chambers investigates a very strange creature in Bones of Contention
Lost worlds revisited The new specimen forcing a radical rethink of Archaeopteryx