DNA analysis of an ancient mummy suggests Hepatitis B has been killing humans for centuries.
While the risks of alcohol consumption are well-known, the exact mechanism by which the substance causes cancer has not been clear.
The Canterbury Roll traces the history of England from its mythical origins right up until the Wars of the Roses.
The latest photos of the massive winter storm barrelling into the northeastern US, as a rapid plunge in barometric pressure causes bombogenesis or a "bomb cyclone".
Ice quakes occur when rapid drops in temperature make water in the ground to freeze, causing the rock or soil to crack.
Three separate celestial events — a supermoon, a blue moon and a full lunar eclipse — will take place simultaneously on January 31.
Michael Gove set to tell farmers the current subsidy scheme will be replaced by a pro-environment system.
After battering Britain and Ireland, Storm Eleanor slammed into western Europe, derailing trains, toppling trees and halting flights.
Archaeologists have discovered a stone shrine build in pre-Hispanic times, along with ceramic fragments, lithic materials, lapidaries and organic remains.
People have been prohibited from going within 8km of Mount Agung's volcano crater ever since it erupted in November 2017.
Extreme cold weather has caused parts of the Niagara Falls to freeze as a massive winter storm, followed by possible record-breaking cold, moves up the eastern US.
Archaeologists discovered heavily burned stones in a pit at the centre of the site, along with stones they believe may have been discarded outside the two entrances.
The Mariana snailfish has been documented at depths of more than 8,000 metres below the ocean surface.
Scotland's Highland Wildlife Park has welcomed a polar bear cub, announced just a day after a cub in Tierpark Berlin was found dead. Cubs have a high mortality rate in captivity.
The new findings confirm a decades-old hypothesis describing how the supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies influence the birth of new stars.
Flach's new book, Endangered, features over 180 images of remarkable animals such as the mandrill and the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey.
Tabby's Star aka KIC 8462852 appears to be inexplicably dimming and brightening sporadically like no other star known to science.
Recent cold snap is set to become deteriorate as a freezing meteorological "bomb cyclone" is predicted to affect East Coast.
A new study claims that global warming not only destroys the planet, it also hurts people's earning capacity in future.
The technique could provide historians new insights into ancient Egyptians and their everyday lives.
The image was taken from a distance of about 5 million kilometres.
Researchers developed "optically pumped" magnetometers that picked up signals as faint as one-millionth of the Earth's magnetic field strength.
The bone-chillingly cold temperatures have frozen parts of Niagara Falls and caused a mile-long pile-up on Interstate 90 near Buffalo, New York.
The calf is being looked after by forest officials who are attempting to find its mother and reunite the two.
The lunar event marked the second episode of the famous "Supermoon trilogy" that started in December and is slated to end with the 31 January blue blood red moon.
It is still unclear as to what the Zuma satellite's mission is and what branch of the US government the spacecraft belongs to.
A great white shark, named Miss Costa, was spotted swimming off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday (1 January).
Storm Eleanor is battering Britain with 80mph winds and there are warnings that there could be a threat to life as the bad weather gathers pace.
"Meritocracy places a strong need for young people to strive, perform and achieve in modern life," researchers say.
2018 is slated to be an exciting year for Nasa and its fans as the space exploration organisation has a lot of missions, updates and extensive plans scheduled across the year.
