Dominant hand preference appears to date back to a time long before modern humans arrived on the scene.
A new study has cast doubt on the idea that the universe is expanding at an increasingly rapid rate.
30-year-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft has revealed the presence of two hidden moons.
Father-of-two Max Spiers was found dead back in June after going to Poland to give a talk about UFOs.
This tiny, distant world is believed to take up to 1,140 years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.
It turns out that earthquakes can occur significantly below the upper half of the Earth's crust.
A new study has shown that our primate cousins may be able to tell what's going on in each other's heads.
Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole floating in the outskirts of a newly merged galaxy.
Kirobo Mini is designed to act a lot like a small child and is intended to help keep people company.
Remember that time a giant octopus dragged a ferry to its doom off Staten Island ? No, neither do we.
It's a sad day for conservationists as the last known Rabbs' tree frog has died in captivity in Atlanta.
Palaeontologists have identified a prehistoric Titanosaur footprint that is the size of a human torso.
Several major technology companies have joined forces in an effort to prevent an AI-fuelled apocalypse.
A rise in occult and superstitious practices has allegedly brought about a major exorcist shortage.
A secret US facility hidden beneath the ice is believed to contain significant amounts of nuclear waste.
Scientists believe that the dwarf planet's interior may be filled with large quantities of liquid water.
NASA's highly successful spacecraft will soon be getting up close and personal with the gas giant itself.
Divers have unearthed 2,000-year-old skeletal remains within the wreckage of a Roman-era cargo ship.
Wildlife conservation authorities have downranked the giant panda's endangered status to 'vulnerable'.
The swirling storms at the gas giant's poles have been captured on camera in unprecedented detail.