A scenic beauty spot has been accused of fraud after an enthusiastic climber wanted to go to the source and was shocked to discover a huge water pipe. The man…
Japanese scientists have revealed how they plan to use powerful lasers to zap space junk circling the Earth to clear the planet's orbit. Experts say more than a million pieces…
Stone balls worshipped for generations by a family in India have been revealed to be dinosaur eggs more than 70 million years old. The amazing discovery was made by chance…
A new study led by expert palaeontologists has revealed that male mosquitoes also used to suck blood back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and only later moved to a diet…
Freddie Mercury's stage crown and cloak, sold at auction for an amazing GBP 500,000, are to go on show again, their new owner has revealed. The Queen star's crown and…
Astonishing new evidence has revealed that members of the notoriously plot-ridden Medici family may have died of malaria and not murder. The powerful Rennaisance family spawned four popes and two…
Ancient bureaucrats introduced the first weight and measures system to transport food and wine more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have revealed. Experts examined millennia-old amphoras from pre-Roman times to…
Modern humans have their Neanderthal ancestors to thank for their tall, narrow nose shape, a new study has revealed. The study - led by researchers from the University College London…
Ancient Greeks kept their estates and farmlands together by arranging for first cousins to marry each other, a new study has revealed. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…
Scientists are redrawing lines of ancient trade routes after discovering that 4,500-year-old gold in treasures found in both Troy and modern-day Iraq were mined in the same place. A new…