SCIENCE

The study shed light on the ancestry of ancient Egyptians who lived at the crossroads between continents.

If Venus had more volcanoes, its temperature would be lower and it could even have oceans.

Objects inside the tomb appear to show the cultural interactions between different worlds in the 5th century BCE.

The greenstones are thought to have been used in ceremonies to establish a ruling class.

Archaeologists have not been able to date the mysterious engravings yet.

As wealthy classes emerged in Europe, they distinguished themselves with expensive imported clothing.

The newly discovered planetary body is the lightest exoplanet found orbiting an M-dwarf star.

An 11-year-old is among those who died from a falling tree.

The new species has been dubbed Luskhan itilensis, meaning the Master Spirit.

Disposed cigarette butts pose a potential ecological risk to the aquatic environment.

The space agency is set to launch its solar probe that will break its own record.

Scientists warned of the potential threat of a catastrophic nuclear-waste fire, which could cause more damage than Fukushima.

The aviation colour code was raised to red following the 55-minute eruption.

The US president announced in a tweet that he would make his final decision next week.

A complete solar eclipse is due on 21 August this year.

When confronted with a moral dilemma, terrorists exhibit different forms of reasoning.

"We take care of the elephants, and the elephants are taking care of us," says Rimland Lemojong, a Samburu warrior turned elephant caretaker.

Mountaineers are arguing about whether or not the outcrop collapsed in an earthquake or is just hidden by snow.

The star N6946-BH1 quietly winked out of existence between 2009 and 2015.

The Space Aggressors are not training to fight aliens, rather preparing for a space war with enemy nations.

Known locally as Gilligan, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin was found dead in Western Australia.

A controversial study said humans originated in Europe and not Africa. Here's why we shouldn't rewrite textbooks yet.

Whereas the Obamas always looked perfectly choreographed, the Trumps are a very different double-act.

Scientists have also found out more about Juno's gravitational field.

Dehydration of sediments played a key role in triggering the earthquake.

When they enrolled they were told "The risk of infection is high, please report to the safe quarantine zone".

Psyche is an asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter and is made almost entirely out of iron.

Scientists have long been tried to come up with new and better detectors of gravitational waves.

The spaceplane will fly unmanned to high altitudes above Earth.