Biomedical Egyptologist Jenefer Metcalfe takes a look at how our understanding of mummification has changed over the years.
Dark energy could be the key to understanding a cyclical universe that contracts and expands over and over again.
A trove of documents, photographs and records pertaining to the FBI's search for a lost gold horde has been published.
Astronomers have identified a very unusual galaxy that could help improve our understanding of dark matter.
Despite a few technical hiccups, the mission succeeded in further cementing America's dominance in the space race.
This remarkable new robot was inspired by dandelion seeds and requires only a light source to power it up.
Archaeologists excavating a car park off the coast of Northumberland, England have unearthed seven skeletons.
The Israeli spoon bender believes that aliens are testing out our technological systems prior to an invasion.
Most of us write with either our left or our right hand, but is 'handedness' also a thing in the animal kingdom ?
Ostriches are today's largest birds, but in the past - even these giants would have seemed relatively miniature.
Thousands of mysterious ancient stones depicting images of reindeer can be found dotted across the landscape.
After four years of activity on the surface of Mars, NASA's InSight mission has finally come to an end.
Researchers have (quite literally) lifted the lid on who was buried in the coffins beneath the iconic cathedral's spire.
Ever wondered what Mars sounds like ? This intriguing new audio recording offers the chance to find out.
The Breakthrough Listen project has joined forces with the MeerKAT Telescope in South Africa to help it expand its search.
The University of Oxford's Anders Sandberg looks at what might happen if our species survives for another one million years.
A 17-ton meteorite that landed in Somalia has been found to contain two minerals never seen on Earth before.
Palmer Luckey - the man who kick-started the modern VR scene - has built a headset with a rather unique and deadly twist.
The blunder, which had remained undiscovered until very recently, may never be rectified due to the painting's fragile state.
The image, which appears to date back to the 1960s, seems to show a ghostly extra hovering in the background.