Experts in Germany have scanned the fascinating inner workings of encryption machines that were first developed in 1870 and that also included the famous Enigma machines used by the Nazis…
Climate change has caused the Greenland ice sheet to lose 4,700 billion tonnes of ice over the last 20 years, enough to submerge the USA in half a metre of…
A crocodile conservation project that has several rare breeds is facing closure due to a lack of space after a flood stressed the reptiles - prompting them to lay a…
An environmental activist couple and their 14-year-old daughter have been shot to death by armed gunmen at their home. The bodies of Jose Gomes aka 'Ze do Lago', his wife…
A photographer has revealed these amazing images of the 12 full moons he has taken at regular intervals throughout the year in tribute to their names. Full moons were often…
An elderly Israeli building manager has burned the rent money she collected from her tenants to a crisp after bleaching the banknotes and putting them in the microwave to kill…
This is the moment a five-year-old child born missing his left hand plays catch after boffins 3D-printed him a prosthetic that enables him to firmly grip objects. Rice University partnered…
Over 6,000 silver coins from the late Middle Ages have been discovered during a renovation project on a farm in Austria. The discovery took place in the village of Rainbach…
These stunning underwater gardens are part of a project to save coral reefs from destruction by increasing their survivability and growth. Although coral reefs occupy less than one percent of…
A huge statue of an ancient Chinese general has begun to be dismantled just five years after it was unveiled because residents disliked it and the government slammed it as…