The first evidence that iron was traded as a semifinished product has been found off the coast of northern Israel. It may ...

When I ask people if they have ever eaten soil before, they tend to give me a strange look. But geophagy – the deliberate ...

For hundreds of years, Khasi and Jaintia people in Meghalaya, India, have woven the roots of Indian rubber trees into ...

Scientists say they have uncovered new clues in Australia about when plate tectonics began on Earth, the only known planet to ...

From bioweapons to biblical plagues, the bacteria that cause anthrax can persist for decades in harsh conditions and wreak ...

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel and offers a sustainable and potentially carbon-neutral alternative to petroleum products. Yet ...

The state of Kentucky produces 95% of the world's bourbon, and all that bourbon leaves behind an enormous amount of waste ...

Lyne constituency office included threats to kill her and her son. Harker has now been given an 18-month community order and ...

The ostraca, some dating back to the time just before Cleopatra, were discovered within the ancient ruins of Athribus ...

According to a statement released by the Public Library of Science, Neanderthals may have used birch-bark tar to treat their ...

A Nordic-Dutch startup has developed a cement substitute that acts as a carbon-sink. So is carbon-negative concrete a real ...

Elizabeth Harker, 63, targeted the deputy prime minister in abusive voicemails sent via her office on 5 September – the day ...