A sarcophagus found buried 20 feet under the church of Saint Nicholas is set to get carbon dating to reveal if it is indeed the final resting place of the…
A lump of amber unearthed in the South Pole that is the first ever to be discovered there has proven how Antarctica was once covered in lush rainforests. The amber,…
Zoo keepers in Switzerland have given a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the mind bug-ling menu demands of hundreds of animals in their rainforest enclosure. 11,000 square metre (118,400 square feet) enclosure…
Recently discovered beetle fossils preserved in amber for hundreds of millions of years have revealed that the bugs ate dinosaur feathers, according to a new study. The study shows how…
Ceramic vessels discovered in ancient tombs in Israel have revealed the world's earliest evidence of opium use dating back more than 2,300 years. The images show the opium paraphernalia from…
Swiss scientists have succeeded in visualising the process of crystal nucleation that precedes crystallisation, considered invisible until now. The University of Geneva (UNIGE) in Switzerland said in a statement on…
A nine-year-old boy who tragically drowned in his school swimming pool had told a nun just days before his death that he was "going to heaven". Luis, 9, his family…
A new study has revealed how dragonflies that are not even two inches long are able to fly nonstop for over a thousand miles in the longest migration relative to…
German prosecutors have confirmed dates and details for the trial of a 100-year-old former SS guard on charges of aiding and abetting murder while he was at the Sachsenhausen concentration…
Independent studies by two German scientists have revealed that wearing face masks in the long term could result in an accumulation of various chemicals and microplastics in the lungs. Dr…