To send a woman into space for the first time, the Russians spent months perfecting their design. But they forgot one vital piece.
Charles Darwin looks set to be given the Hollywood treatment after Disney bought the rights to a film based on his life.
The winner of 2015 London Design Museum's Design of the Year Award may revolutionise medical trials. [VIDEO]
The first man to walk in space launched a landmark exhibition in London devoted to Russia's pioneering space programme.
Experts raise doubts over whether botanist cracked Tudor code to make one of most startling discoveries about the Bard.
Captain William Kidd and fellow pirates from the golden age have long sparked the imagination of treasure hunters. [VIDEO]
Stephen Hawking has urged people to become more empathetic.
‘McDivitt’s purse’ contains priceless first moon landing momentoes.
Members of the Richard III Society have withdrawn money they donated for a tomb to hold the remains of the recently discovered king.
A valuable hunting treasure owned by Henry VIII's brother-in-law appears to have been discovered in a field in Norfolk.
Experts believe they have one of the most important finds ever for Roman London artefacts, dubbing it the “Pompeii of the north”.