Wit, unker and git are among a dazzling range of now-extinct pronouns that reveal what people once thought about "two-ness".
A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today.
The four astronauts in the Orion spacecraft set a new record for distance travelled from Earth.
Research shows a positive attitude towards ageing can make people feel younger and live longer.
Astronauts orbiting the Earth are drilled to deal with the worst possible scenarios. That includes having to leave their space station on short notice.
One of the world's most sophisticated scientific facilities is turning to jaw-droppingly low temperatures to try and unravel the secrets of the Universe.
An unusual tennis competition that pits amateurs against professionals in one-point matches is launching at the Australian Open.
Why sports stars who head the ball are much more likely to die of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and motor neurone disease.
Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission arriving in 2026 might solve the mystery.
The statue honours the late African giant pouched rat who sniffed out more than 100 landmines during his lifetime.
Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.
There was giddy euphoria at the Kennedy Space Center after the launch, writes the BBC's Pallab Ghosh.
Britain is preparing to cancel its contribution to one of the Large Hadron Collider's next major upgrades.
Researchers take 8,000 soil samples from battlefields to see if it is safe to grow crops.
The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like?
In the face of rising emissions from data centres, researchers are turning to micro-explosions in glass, and using DNA to solve big data's big problem.
Nasa is preparing a mission to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
Much of the Van Allen Probe was expected to burn up in the atmosphere, though Nasa said there was a "low" risk of people being struck by surviving components.
