Samir Singh collapsed from exhaustion a tantalizing 36km from achieving his goal of 10,000km in 100 days.
The well-preserved skeleton of Sa-Nakht, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, shows clear evidence of gigantism.
A radio station in Russia has been broadcasting a mysterious signal non-stop for more than 35 years.
Scientists have warned that extreme weather events could prove devastating by the end of the century.
Two priceless candlesticks that went missing years ago have suddenly turned up again in plain sight.
An exceptionally well-preserved Roman neighborhood has been unearthed in south-eastern France.
The new employee will be tasked with, among other things, protecting Earth from alien contamination.
Archaeologists working at the Angkor Wat temple complex have discovered a 12th-century statue.
This month marks four decades since NASA's two pioneering spacecraft headed off to visit the gas giants.
14-year-old Yana Tamocheva went missing while picking berries in Siberia's remote Krasnoyarsk region.
An asteroid due to pass the Earth in October is to become a target for a planetary defense exercise.
74-year-old Khim Hang married the animal believing it to be the reincarnation of her deceased husband.
Until recently, maps and atlases were plagued by non-existent islands, mountain ranges and countries.
39-year-old Kristy Manzanares was killed on Tuesday during a murder mystery dinner show on a cruise ship.
One 20-year-old woman found, to her horror, that she was not alone in her new Enumclaw apartment.
Astrobotic is aiming to land its unmanned Peregrine lunar lander on the surface of the Moon in two years' time.
An extraordinarily well-preserved lunch box has been discovered on Switzerland's Lotschberg mountain.
A mystery spanning over 55 years has finally been solved thanks to newly released CIA documents.
Scientists have found evidence of a huge, hulking semi-flightless swan that went extinct 500 years ago.
According to researchers, stressing out over a lack of time is a leading cause of anxiety and depression.