Original blueprints for the ship Captain Scott used to sail to the Antarctic have been discovered.
Some of the most unusual Freedom of Information Act requests posed to local authorities have been listed.
New evidence has been found suggesting the allegedly extinct Javan tiger might not have been wiped out.
Two planets have been found that appear to have survived their star's destructive red giant phase.
An ancient document has revealed that the baby Jesus may have been visited by crowds of wise men.
Scientists in Italy have claimed that the mysterious shroud couldn't have been forged in medieval times.
A 1,100-year-old tomb containing the remains of 60 people has been discovered in Peru.
New software able to determine if someone is lying by analysing words has been used on Roswell witnesses.
A triangular UFO nicknamed the 'Dudley Dorito' has been sighted again over the English Midlands.
Large amounts of the greenhouse gas methane have been bubbling up to the surface of the Arctic ocean.
The ancient bottle was discovered in 1867 and has been kept at the Pfalz Historical Musuem.
The final chilling letter penned by Scott's Antarctic expedition has been revealed for the first time.
A new species, Spinops sternbergorum, has been discovered in the vaults of the Natural History Museum.
It is thought that neanderthals may have been the first to build structures using mammoth bones.
A planet so hot that iron would melt on its surface has been discovered orbiting a distant star.
Fire crews have been called out to rescue people from vending machines, cat flaps and more.
Some dinosaurs may have stored vital minerals in bones encased within their skin, it has been revealed.
The face of Jesus has been spotted in another mundane everyday object - this time in a paper towel.
Mexico has acknowledged that more than one reference to 2012 has been found on Mayan artifacts.
Several people have died after being told by churches that they had been miraculously cured.