Science
Archaeologist baffled by ancient body reattached ‘like a human puppet’
The southwest of England is an archaeological goldmine. From the Jurassic Coast to Stonehenge to the legendary birthplace of King Arthur in Tintagel, amazing discoveries are made...
Archaeologists stunned by ‘marvel of engineering’ found in lost civilisation of Petra
Petra has been scrutinised by archaeologists over the decades. Once a bustling hub of politics, culture and economics, the city was one of, if not the most important...
Musk humiliated as SpaceX’s tourist flight toilet breaks and sprays contents everywhere
Passengers on board got a nasty surprise when the toilet tucked away in the Crew Dragon spaceship’s ceiling broke loose in an area...
Ancient Egypt ‘extraordinary’ discovery of ‘rare mummified baby girls’ in King Tut’s tomb
Egyptologists have long since poured over the myriad relics found across Egypt. Ancient pieces of history have turned up all over, most notably along the...
Viruses, even alien ones, are delicate things
Prof Paul Davies’s headline-grabbing proposal of an invasion by alien viruses (Viruses may exist ‘elsewhere in the universe’, warns scientist, 6 September) may...
Champagne moment as supernova captured in detail for the first time
The earliest moments of a supernova – the cataclysmic explosion of a massive star – have been observed in unprecedented detail, in a...
Solar winds incoming! Space weather forecast predicts ‘unrest’ as hole opens in the Sun
Space weather forecasters expect the stream of charged particles and plasma to reach Earth by Wednesday, July 28. The solar winds are escaping from...
Paralyzed man’s brain waves turned into sentences on computer in medical first
In a medical first, researchers harnessed the brainwaves of a paralyzed man unable to speak and turned what he intended to say into...
Mission Mars: UK scientists join NASA in daring venture to land humans on the Red Planet
Getting humans to Mars is one thing, but figuring out what to do once you get there is a completely different challenge. Under...
Study suggests bacteria in cow’s stomach can break down plastic
Bacteria found in one of the compartments of a cow’s stomach can break down plastic, research suggests. Since the 1950s, more than 8bn tonnes...
