Mass grave is the burial site of Viking army
A mass grave uncovered in Derbyshire the 1980s dates to the Viking Age and may have been a burial site of the Viking Great...
Global temperatures could break through the Paris accord of 1.5c within five years warns...
A new forecast published by scientists at the Met Office indicates the annual global average temperature is likely to exceed 1 °C and could...
UK puts forward Jodrell Bank Observatory as 2019 World Heritage nomination
Jodrell Bank Observatory has been chosen as the UK’s nomination for World Heritage site status in 2019, Heritage Minister Michael Ellis announced today.
The Observatory,...
One of the world’s oldest crayons is found In Yorkshire
Archaeologists say they may have discovered one of the earliest examples of a ‘crayon’ – possibly used by our ancestors 10,000 years ago for...
10,000 Years on, Channel 4 unveils the face of the ‘First Brit’
A Channel 4 film will exclusively unveil the face of Britain’s oldest complete skeleton. It
Airing as part of Channel 4’s critically-acclaimed Secret History strand,...
Manchester researchers lead survey design for Europe-wide study of young people’s well-being
Manchester Metropolitan University researchers are leading the design of a survey for the first Europe-wide project to track the well-being of children as they...
Last year the warmest year on record without an El Niño
Provisional figures for global average near-surface temperatures confirm that last year, 2017, was the warmest year on record without the influence of warming from...
Trailblazing environmental DNA project on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
The environment project run by the Canals and Rivers Trust and funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, is concentrated on a five mile...
Life on Mars? NASA scientists find huge ice sheets stretching across the planet.
NASA scientists have discovered what are believed to be huge ice sheets stretching across Mars, a development that could be a "game-changer" in our...
Giant extinct burrowing bat discovered by evolutionary biologists
International team of researchers including members from Salford University have found the fossilised remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions...