Six clay seals unearthed in Israel could prove that Kings David and Solomon actually existed.
An issue with 32-bit computer systems could result in widespread problems on Tuesday 19 January 2038.
The world's deepest ever marine drilling expedition has uncovered signs of life in the 'deep biosphere'.
A statue of Amenhotep III has been re-erected after an earthquake brought it down three millennia ago.
Earth could see three quarters of its animal species go extinct within the next few decades.
Rosetta has discovered that the water on comet 67P is different to the water that we have here on Earth.
Cody Townsend made headlines this week after careening down a near-vertical mountain crevice on skis.
Tomas Nunuk and his friends stepped on to ice so clear that it was like walking on a sheet of glass.
Amateur naturalist Henry James McCooey witnessed the creature near Australia's Batemans Bay in 1882.
A Russian scientist has identified a huge asteroid that crosses the Earth's orbit every three years.
Paul Rosolie ended up calling off the stunt early after the huge snake crushed one of his arms.
Researchers found the arachnids within less than a single square mile of the Xishuangbanna rainforest.
Thousands of Albert Einstein's original documents have been uploaded by the Princeton University Press.
NASA's successor to the space shuttles landed safely earlier today after embarking on its maiden voyage.
An engraving found on a fossilized shell is believed to have been made over 430,000 years ago.
An incredible stick insect measuring up to 54cm long has been found by researchers in Vietnam.
An asteroid just 164ft across is still large enough to cause widespread devastation were it to hit us.
Our early primate ancestors are likely to have consumed alcohol in the form of fermented fruit.
A local witness reported a strange object which remained in the vicinity for almost two hours.
Strange rectangular rubber-like blocks have been washing up on European shores for almost 100 years.