A German doctor has been jailed for administering a lethal dose of potassium chloride to a terminally-ill COVID-19 patient. Dr Andreas B., 45, who worked as a senior physician at…
Austrian scientists are developing new treatments for illnesses such as cancer and autoimmune conditions using shark and camel antibodies. Klaus Liedl, who works at the University of Innsbruck in the…
A study into the timber used to build the Batavia ship that ended up sinking off the coast of West Australia in the 17th century resulting in the first official…
Archaeologists have extracted 30 titanosaur dinosaur eggs found in a two-tonne block of rock in northern Spain and believe there could be as many as 70 more deeper inside the…
The discovery of nearly 500 ancient ceremonial sites in southern Mexico could transform how experts trace the rise of the Mayan civilisation. A team of international researchers led by the…
A researcher in Canada has discovered the oldest non-marine crab ever which also happens to be the most complete fossil of a crab ever discovered because it was trapped in…
This Australian velociraptor-like dinosaur once thought to have been a massive predator has been revealed to have been a "timid vegetarian" instead. The University of Queensland in Australia has released…
Police are investigating a history student for celebrating her 24th birthday with a cake topped with a photo of Adolf Hitler in uniform. The young woman celebrated turning 24 years…
A new British study has found large amounts of toxic chemicals such as copper and lead in the North Atlantic potentially poisoning the fish that eventually end up on our…
A new species of ‘indestructible’ water bear has been found fossilised in a chunk of amber dating back 16 million years. Tardigrades, also known as water bears and moss piglets,…