Italy's other leaning tower is at risk of collapse after scientists listening for cracking sounds in the stonework declared it potentially unsafe. Bologna's Garisenda Tower, one of a pair built…
Scientists hope to find out more about bees' survival strategies after discovering 3,000-year-old mummified solitary bee larvae in Portugal. Researchers from Lisbon and Seville said the bees, which were ready…
Cute pack of meerkats assembles after a scientist plays their distinctive cry of warning on a small loudspeaker for research purposes. In the footage from Zurich Zoo from 20th September…
A cache of astonishingly perfectly preserved Roman swords has been unearthed from what scientists believe was once a two-thousand-year-old rebel arms dump. The four swords are said to be in…
Astonished scientists investigating Bronze Age burial urns have discovered that ancients were cremated with animals and their jewellery. CT scans carried out by Austrian experts have revealed that ashes found…
A new species of ancient wide-mouthed frog once prey to caveman hunters 100,000 years ago has been unearthed by scientists in Argentina. Fossil hunters discovered the remains of the amphibian's…
A massive haul of Bronze Age treasures has been unearthed by astonished experts who had been looking for remains at a Roman battle site. Archaeologists had been scouring the site…
Scientists in Austria have developed a way of detecting fires, rockslides and earthquakes by measuring minute changes in the light pulses in fibre optic cable networks caused by shifts in…
Scientists in Switzerland have discovered a new way of treating diabetics by using one of Queen's biggest hits to deliver insulin. Experts at the Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich's ETH…
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…