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How Stonehenge’s ‘bluestones’ were quarried 5,000 years ago: Ready-made pillars were pried away from rocky outcrops before being transported over land NOT sea Ready-made pillars were...

White foam that looks a bit like frothy spit is a familiar sight to gardeners. It is sometimes called cuckoo spit because, like the call of the cuckoo, it is a sign of spring. Inside is the nymphal form...

Look to the sky tonight and, if the weather’s on your side, you should be able to see the biggest full moon of the year. Although the moon appears full for several nights in a row, it is only...

Giant 280ft asteroid will skim past Earth TODAY in close flyby travelling at 30,420 miles per hour Asteroid 2013 MD8 is expected to skim past Earth on Wednesday, NASA said The space rock has a diameter...

Jaws was right! If you see a shark moving at slow speeds it is probably ready for dinner National Institute of Polar Research in Japan tagged eight great white sharks  They found they are one of the...

Why grapes produce fiery plasma in a microwave: Scientists discover the fruit traps electromagnetic radiation to form intense ‘hot spots’ Scientists found the grapes trap microwaves when heated,...

This undated photo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities shows an ancient workshop to build and repair ships, dating back to the Ptolemaic era in the country’s Sinai) Peninsula.(Egyptian...

ELY, Nev. — A crew of five wildlife biologists wearing overalls, helmets and headlamps walked up the flanks of a juniper-studded mountain and climbed through stout steel bars to enter an abandoned mine...

‘The most fragrant February in living memory’: Floral scents are far stronger than expected this year as plants grow more flowers that bloom to a larger size than usual, experts say Floral...

Stunning detail of ancient insects preserved in amber 45 million years ago revealed in images from world-renowned British photographer Levon Bliss Sap often seeps over the surface of trees, eventually...

An asteroid the size of Big Ben is currently hurtling towards our planet , NASA has warned. The space rock, dubbed 2013 MD8 will make a ‘close approach’ to our planet tomorrow afternoon, at which...

There’s only a matter of days to go before one of the most spectacular astronomical events of the year – the Full Snow Moon. The Full Snow Moon is the biggest supermoon of the year, during...

British team spearheads ‘space harpoon’ to snare orbiting rubbish: £13m ‘Remove Debris’ project test-fire barbed arrow that could clear 8,000 tonnes of space junk A harpoon designed...

Mountains buried 400 miles underground ‘could be BIGGER than Everest’ Topography rougher than that of Everest have been found deep inside the earth Shock wave data from the second largest earthquake...

Would you eat meat from a gene-edited animal? Public acceptance of controversial ‘Frankenfoods’ is being gauged by an online survey Gene-editing techniques allows scientists to alter the DNA...

The Milky Way Base: China names Chang’e-4 probe’s moon landing site ‘Statio Tianhe’ – combining ancient Chinese and Latin words Change’e-4’s moon landing site...