Lead tablets inscribed with powerful curses have been unearthed at a grave site in Athens, Greece.
A comet bombardment that occurred on Mars 3.9 billion years ago may have created habitable conditions.
A missing patent for the world's first powered flying machine has been found in an old archive in Kansas.
The SETI Institute is aiming to find evidence of aliens in a place where nobody had thought to look.
Archaeologists have unearthed what is only the second known Viking site ever discovered in North America.
A mysterious star with an atmosphere dominated by oxygen has left scientists scratching their heads.
The Window of the World amusement park in Shenzhen, China has set up a rather unusual attraction.
A man with over 30 years of aviation experience has recorded footage of two unknown objects over Ohio.
Scientists are developing special software that can work out just how long someone is likely to live.
Scientists have been able to determine the skin color of a snake that lived over 10 million years ago.
A new study has suggested that it may be possible to stop alien civilizations from discovering us.
More scans will be needed to confirm what lies behind the walls of King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt.
The largest shark that ever lived may have been driven to extinction by competition from other predators.
Strange footage has emerged online this week of a large, dark shape surfacing in the River Thames.
A new theory has suggested that the new planet could be responsible for periodic mass extinction events.
New evidence has indicated that Homo floresiensis may have died out shortly after homo sapiens arrived.
The eerily realistic female humanoid robot has been designed to look, act and speak like a real person.
A cross between a robot and a beetle, the cybernetic insect can be commanded to walk or run on demand.
The case for a hidden gas giant in the outer solar system continues to go from strength to strength.
A man wearing a ridiculously life-like dinosaur costume managed to scare more than a few passers-by.