The Man in the Steel Cylinder

The Curtain takes centre stage as excavation of Shakespearean theatre begins

Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting the Dwarf Planet Makemake

Chernobyl’s legacy 30 years on.

This Ancient Sauna Is Changing How We Think Britain’s Neolithic Henges Were Used

Hillsborough disaster: deadly mistakes and lies that lasted decades

Study: Even infants can be bribed into ‘doing business’ with perceived wrongdoers.

What Killed the Bear Lady?

Study: Half Your Brain Stands Guard When Sleeping In A New Place

New Tool To Revolutionize Planet Hunting

Meet ‘Bike Batman’: Seattle’s vigilante reuniting stolen bikes with their owners

Discovery of 4,500-year-old female mummy sheds light on ancient Peru

First gene therapy successful against human aging

On the communal hot tubs of Iceland

Dolphin calfs imprint on their mother’s signature whistle to find one another in open ocean.

In the Footsteps of a Killer

Huge coral reef discovered at Amazon river mouth

Photographer’s eyes opened on epic road trip along Canada-U.S. border

Aphantasia: How It Feels To Be Blind In Your Mind

A manned solar airplane is on the longest leg of its around-the-world journey.

Study: Cities have their own special blend of fungi and bacteria; a bacterial signature.

The Battle Over the Sea-Monkey Fortune

Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy

With “dark tourism” on the rise, Huntsville’s prison museum is thriving

Venus Express unveils surprising polar atmosphere

Photo gallery: Inside the stations of North Korea’s Pyongyang metro

Video: Frontline | Saudi Arabia Uncovered (2016)

They had the remarkable luck to survive AIDS, and the brutal misfortune to live on.

The reason birds lived when the dinosaurs died? Seeds, scientists say

A $10 million nut heist is a window into the shady, lucrative world of large-scale food theft

Sexism in mouse research can lead to medical harm to women, scientists warn

A new theory provides a possible explanation for the “Impossible” EmDrive Thruster

The Trippy State Between Wakefulness and Sleep

The first fossilised heart ever found in a prehistoric animal

Chronas, an interactive timeline of history (use the slider at the bottom of the map)

Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the US $20 bill.

150 countries must all switch to a new oral polio vaccine over a 2 week period

Study: Dolphins have a language that helps them solve problems together

The ancient Peruvian mystery solved from space

People can judge relationships from short bursts of laughter

AccuWeather issues 90-day forecasts and meteorologists are not amused. #WeatherHoroscope

The Untold Story of the Teen Hackers Who Transformed the Early Internet

The crippling thing about growing up poor that stays with you forever

Video: The Brazil Nut Effect

The Future Will Be Quiet

The Tragic History of RC Cola

Alien ‘Wow!’ signal could be explained after almost 40 years

Prehistoric STDs Might Explain Monogamy

Why Luck Matters More Than You Might Think

Saharan silver ant’s hairs reflect light to beat the desert heat

Sugar conspiracy: How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long?

Image: Food menus from the RMS Titanic for the day before she sank. First class on left, third class on right.

Gamers help satisfy the need for speed in quantum manipulations

Archeologists find ancient mummy approximately 1,500 years old in Mongolia

Mysterious giant sphere unearthed in forest divides opinion

Astronomers find a supersized black hole in a cosmic small town – 17 billion solar masses

Brazen NZ octopus breaks free from aquarium, escapes down drain to the ocean

Chip, Implanted in Brain, Helps Paralyzed Man Regain Control of Hand

Does Tylenol make us miss mistakes?

Painting Found In Attic Attributed To Caravaggio, Could Be Worth $137 Million