Building the Great Pyramid of Giza must have been thirsty work, with records suggesting that the labourers who toiled on the monument were given a beer ration...

The ancient Egyptians pioneered astronomy, mathematics and engineering. Along with pyramids and hieroglyphics, they also came up with the first toothpaste,...

Scientists have discovered the earliest known case of Down’s syndrome, in an ancient fossil of a Neanderthal child whose clan must have cared for her. The...

In Reading University’s psychology examinations last year, there were some entrants that the other undergraduates did not recognise from lectures. These...

Scientists have created a robot face covered with living skin similar to that of humans as they work towards developing a cyborg that can heal and feel. The...

Like many newcomers to New York, Akira Endo was struck by the vivid sights and sounds of the bustling metropolis. In Endo’s case, it was not the tourist...

Before the electrodes were inserted, Oran Knowlson, 13, could have hundreds of seizures in a single day. His life — and his family’s — was built around...

Of the many questions that will be thrown at Sir Keir Starmer in this week’s interviews and TV debates, I doubt he will be asked the one on which his future...

Grasping leg shown by sailor with sex appeal, you may be this! (7,2,1,3). Did you solve it? Then it’s possible you may be emblematic of a problem being...

An elephant-sized dinosaur has been discovered that sported some of the most elaborate headgear ever seen, scientists have said. Lokiceratops rangiformis...