When the pharaoh Tutankhamun died young, his widow may have tried to remain on the ancient Egyptian throne, ancient letters reveal.
The 'Hawking radiation' emitted by black holes may be able to carry information after all, a new solution to Stephen Hawking's famous paradox suggests.
Three species of marine worm have been described by scientists in Japan, who named them after folkloric demons because of their spooky glow.
Indigenous oral histories and archaeological evidence are rewriting the story of how horses came to the American West.