Unlicensed welders have been detained by police in China after a blaze engulfed a high-rise apartment building under renovation in Shanghai, killing 53 people...
The body of 16th-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe has been exhumed as scientists attempt to discover more about his sudden and mysterious death.Brahe's extraordinarily...
Scientists say they have disproved claims that enormous prehistoric winged beasts could not fly, with new evidence that they "pole-vaulted" themselves into the sky.Dr...
Heavier people have a greater sense of smell for food, scientists have said.Dr Lorenzo Stafford, of the University of Portsmouth's Department of Psychology, found...
Home Secretary Theresa May has issued a "call to action" for community activists to tackle neighbourhood problems alongside frontline services.Baroness Newlove will promote "the...
