Scientists have solved the mystery of when black holes “burp” – when the astronomical bodies launch jets after feeding on stars, blasting material enormous...
Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first...
A mathematician has uncovered what may be one of the longest-running myths in history after studying optical illusions and the Parthenon, the famed Greek...
Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondentGetty ImagesA key UN report on the state of the global environment has been "hijacked" by the United States and other countries...
An ancient Egyptian pleasure boat that matches a description by the first-century Greek historian Strabo has been discovered off the coast of Alexandria, to...
Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondentNatural History Museum/ University of GothenburgA brittlestar found on the seafloor of the Clarion-Clipperton ZoneMachines mining minerals in the deep...
A groundbreaking soil-health measuring technique could help avert famine and drought, scientists have said.At the moment, scientists have to dig lots of holes to...