Neanderthal living

Danish archæologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old circle of wooden piles that they say could be linked to Stonehenge in Britain. The 45 Neolithic-era wooden pieces, in a circle with a diameter of a

Research into a humble molar from a cow’s jawbone may have brought scientists a little closer to unlocking one of the mysteries of Stonehenge: how our Neolithic forebears transported the monument’s va

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

From strange lights in the sky to rocks that spontaneously glide across the ground, the mysteries scientists are trying to finally crack

How the Thule Society’s warped vision of supposed German Aryan heritage influenced the rise of National Socialism

Peek over the parapet of a bridge just as daylight bleeds into dusk, gazing down through the clear layers of a shallow river or chalk stream, and you may glimpse the shadowy, serpentine form of an eel