SCIENCE

A team of archaeologists unearthed limestone wall segments from the fortress during restoration works on a 15th century townhouse.

While getting stranded in a blizzard is nobody's idea of fun, you can never have too many slow-motion videos of dogs jumping to catch snowballs.

All species showed blue, previously invisible patterns on the head, some even over the whole body, a scientist noted.

Last year, archaeologists discovered a tomb suspected to be the resting place of King Tutankhamun's wife Ankhesenamun.

The star was found being "flung backwards and forwards" at several hundred thousand kilometer per hour speed, every 167 days.

The closely-packed group of galaxies is located some 9.7 billion light years away from Earth.

At 180 kg and four metre in length, the tail reportedly belonged to a 17 metre long, 22 tonne sauropod of the Atlasaurus imelakei species.

A petition to make 1.8 million sq km of Antarctic sea a protected area is gaining steam.

Callum Stewart and his friends were diving off the coast of Martin Island in New South Wales, Australia when he came face to face with the shark.

Every year on the night of 17 January, horses are ridden through huge flames and clouds of smoke on the streets of the village of San Bartolome de los Pinares.

A researcher has debunked the infamous earthquake lore after conducting a detailed analysis of 204 deadly quakes that happened over the past four centuries.

The Two Brothers are the Manchester Museum's oldest mummies and happen to share the same mother, though their fathers were different men.

The over 10,000-year-old underwater cave extends over 347 kms and connects two of Earth's largest flooded tunnel networks.

The National Weather Service in Detroit said the bright flash and accompanying bang were probably made by a passing meteor though many locals thought it was a possible North Korea strike.

The Bornean orangutan, which is one of man's closest living relatives, is under threat from deforestation and poaching.

Microscopic materials created on atomic scale being used in increasing number of manufacturing processes.

A group of golfers came across an alligator fighting off a Burmese Python on a popular golf course in Florida. The incident lasted for 4 hours and led the way to some photo ops.

Between 1545 and 1550, 80% of the Aztec population of what is now Mexico and Guatemala died from an outbreak called cocoliztli. Scientists think they found the disease responsible.

When discussing public issues, Americans are significantly less reliant on facts than they were two decades ago, the report suggests.

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary assisted in freeing the whale, which had become trapped off Makena Beach, Maui.

A study published in the Medical Journal of Australia states that women forgo grey matter in the brain for more important tasks such as child rearing.

Gamma ray bursts are very challenging to study as they originate in far flung galaxies and last for short periods of time.

The laser beams, emitted for a few minutes, would be enough to zap the junk into smaller, less harmful pieces.

China claims that the space station will crash in a deep-sea area in the South Pacific known as the "spacecraft cemetery".

Electricity that will power 2,000 homes will be generated by solar panels just a stone's throw away from the original nuclear plant.

The experimental tower has reportedly been built in Xian, in the Shaanxi province and is currently undergoing testing.

Madagascar is home to all the world's 113 lemur species with 90% of wildlife on the island found nowhere else on Earth.

Caihong juji was about the same size as a duck and lived 161 million years ago, according to scientists.

Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has mocked advice to Australian tourists to watch out for polar bears.