It has been over a century since the ancient device was found in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece.
Scientists have been trying to work out what the weather might be like on this recently discovered world.
Scientists have been drilling in to the crater left behind by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Astronomers have been analyzing the atmosphere of a Neptune-sized planet located 430 light years away.
Hundreds of large barrel jellyfish have been washing up on beaches along the British coastline this week.
The recording, which was made when Kennedy was 20, has been released by archivists at Harvard University.
A fossil found in China has finally been formally identified after more than a quarter of a century.
One of legendary crime novelist Agatha Christie's most enduring mysteries may have finally been solved.
Scientists at NASA have been drawing up plans for the demolition of the International Space Station.
A beach that was stripped of its sand three decades ago has suddenly been restored to its former glory.
Two brand new species of small tree-dwelling primate have been discovered on the island of Sulawesi.
An extremely rare fossil belonging to an ancient predatory dinosaur has been found in a mine in Morocco.
It has been revealed that the controversial operation will no longer involve patient Valery Spiridonov.
One of the largest ever species of plant-eating dinosaur has been discovered at a museum in Switzerland.
An unknown individual in Virginia has been abducting pet cats and then returning them partially shaved.
More UFOs have been reported over California than any other US state, claims a new book on UFO encounters.
A new proposal has been put forward to send a spacecraft to look for signs of alien life on Europa.
A species of caterpillar known to eat wax inside beehives has been found to eat plastic bags as well.
Homo naledi's brain may not have been as big as that of a modern human, but it was still sophisticated.
Russian scholars have been making headway in deciphering the pages of the mysterious medieval text.