SCIENCE

Excavations at ancient Roman site give insight on how sex workers lived and worked, the sex trade of the city, and the sexual norms and practices.

Raping a woman was not only dishonourable to the victim, but was regarded as "highly defamatory" to her male relatives - who could kill the perpetrator without risk of punishment.

Kisar island - which has never been studied by archaeologists before - is home to at least 28 rock art sites which contain paintings dating back thousands of years.

Loss of water from the mountains resulted in this change, according to researchers involved in the study.

There was an explosive outbreak of severe coughing and sneezing among the community of wild chimpanzees in the Kibale National Park.

'We could end up with 8 feet of sea level-rise in 2100, but we're not likely to have clear evidence for that by 2050,' say scientists.

Researchers believe that the ancient ice core may contain ice that was formed over 600,000 years ago – long before the appearance of modern humans.

Exceptions were made for the poorest countries as their access to energy is a clear benefit.

The researchers studied the evolution of the ice sheet over last 50 million years in the current study.

Industry will remain a focus of increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies as nations address their climate goals.

The hottest year in modern times experienced "multiple extreme events that weren't even possible without human influence".

The video of the animals reacting to their herd member's death was captured by an 8-year-old boy for his school science project.

The movie could be sent via SpaceX's Dragon capsule which will be heading towards space station Friday.

Growing popularity of Greek staple generating huge volumes of food waste in the form of liquid whey, which scientists test for other uses.

Our 2017 gallery kicks off with Barack Obama shedding a tear and ends with his successor inflaming the Middle East.

Total value of reusable materials in discarded electronics was at least $55bn in 2016 - more than the GDP of most countries.

An optical illusion featuring zig-zags and curves is confusing people across the world. Here are five other images that trick our brains.

Museum of London to honour nauseating urban by-product that blocks sewers. Here are some of the worst fatbergs on camera. Warning: put down any food you have.

Ticks that lived alongside dinosaurs feasted on their blood.

New Zealand has been rocked by a series of powerful earthquakes over the years.

Caledonian crows can make multiple types of hooks in various shapes and sizes using their sharp bills.

Member nations have agreed to set quota limits.

Scientists successfully manage to sequence DNA of baby Tasmanian tiger raising hopes of bringing extinct species back from the dead.

Researchers believe the tomb, which holds the decomposed remains of a person, probably belong to a high-ranking chief or his spouse.

A Neolithic weapon, found buried at the River Thames, could be one of the earliest weapons that was fashioned to kill.

The stars are residents of globular star cluster Messier 79, which is located as far away as 41,000 light-years from the Earth.

Stunning wildlife, aerial, landscape and underwater photos in National Geographic's Nature Photographer of the Year contest.

Warming is causing wind farms to get less efficient in the amount of power they can generate and it is bound to get worse.

After the Queensland police shared the photo on their social media, the post went viral with over two million views and 10,000 comments.