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The Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 AD

The celestial body’s status as the solar system's ninth planet was withdrawn in 2006. Now some experts say we might want to reconsider

Researchers found that city birds will allow men to get an average of a metre closer before taking flight

Loss of species including mammoths, saber-tooth cats and direwolves has had long-lasting impacts and could tell us how biodiversity loss today could shape the natural world

The characteristics of a contrail depend initially on the size, shape and engine position of the aircraft that created it

Found in clothing, food packaging, cosmetics, the widespread use of PFAS is increasingly being associated with environmental and health concerns

Injuries to reptile’s shoulder and jaw joints likely made its life difficult

Vibrations from ageing pipes and ventilation systems of old buildings could be giving a ‘haunted’ effect

The image is based on recently discovered adult male remains outside the city's southern gates

Government supporting new geoengineering techniques as race against unregulated companies seeking to capitalise on need for climate cooling tech heats up

Carbon dioxide gas generated in the process is captured within the fuel cell system itself

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has for the first time specified a potential launch window no earlier than July 1.

Offspring of long-lived parents consume less sugar and substantially less sodium

The reported mass-firing comes after the Trump administration has proposed drastic cuts to the National Science Foundation’s budget

From soil and water, radioactive materials also moved into plants and animals, which posed risks to human health

China overtook the US in total scientific publications in 2024 – the first time any nation has displaced American dominance since the US itself surpassed the UK in 1948

Findings can help further accelerate the de-boarding process, researchers say

Paleontologists believe these early cephalopods were ‘huge, intelligent’ creatures that crushed prey with their powerful beaks

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus

Minimally invasive endoscopic procedure may offer ‘lasting weight loss maintenance’, scientists say

These discoveries reinforce a growing understanding that the Amazon was far from a ‘human desert’ before colonisation

Although there are liberal chemtrail believers, aversion to uncertainty might explain why the theory has become so popular

Insect represents first fossil bug with forceps-like leg

Levels of plastic chemicals phthalates and bisphenols could be cut by about 50 per cent with intervention

Findings could change how we view dormant volcanoes, scientists say

Sorry, but it’s not an extraterrestrial egg...

Researchers say findings challenge idea that evolutionary change happens at a glacially slow pace

Researchers think the behaviour is likely to have been learned socially

As a society, our collective capacity to recognise false information is at risk

Scientists believe the dirt also provides bacteria and minerals absent from junk food.