Child's bones buried 40,000 years ago solve long-standing Neanderthal mystery By Peter Dockrill We don't know whether it was a boy or a girl. But this ancient child, a Neanderthal, only made it to about two years of age.
Scientists discover exotic new mineral forged in the furnace of a Russian volcano By Peter Dockrill Volcanoes rank among the most destructive and awe-inspiring phenomena on the planet. But these fiery fissures do much more than just destroy.
Mysterious 'dark river' may flow hundreds of miles beneath Greenland By Peter Dockrill A giant underground river fed by melting ice could be running in a state of perpetual darkness far below the surface of Greenland.
Mysterious 'gene within a gene' found in the coronavirus By Peter Dockrill Researchers have uncovered a mysterious gene in the genetic code of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – a segment virtually hidden from view in the virus's genome, and largely overlooked until now.
An asteroid trailing after Mars could actually be the stolen twin of our moon By Peter Dockrill A distant asteroid trailing in the gravitational wake of Mars our moon's long-lost twin.
NASA finally makes contact with Voyager 2 after longest radio silence in 30 years By Peter Dockrill After long months with no way of making contact with Voyager 2, NASA has finally reestablished communications with the record-setting interstellar spacecraft.
The ozone hole over Antarctica has grown much deeper and wider in 2020 By Peter Dockrill The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has expanded to one of its greatest recorded sizes in recent years.
Ice melt in Alaska threatens to unleash unprecedented 'mega-tsunami,' scientists warn By Peter Dockrill
800 years ago, Old Faithful went quiet. Soon, it might happen again. By Peter Dockrill Old Faithful, the famed geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts with captivating regularity, could soon go quiet.
Eerily well-preserved 17th-century ship found in the dark waters of the Baltic Sea By Peter Dockrill Divers from Finland have made an unexpected discovery while exploring the depths of the Baltic Sea, finding an incredibly well-preserved shipwreck dating back almost 400 years.
